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Editorials

June 17, 2021

Vaccines can help youth get past ‘weathering the storm’

Once you’ve attended a few high school graduation ceremonies — shout out to the teachers, school administrators and other community newspaper folks out there — the speeches and cheers and caps flying in the air may start to blend together in your memory.

May 13, 2021

We must all keep disinformation in check this election season

With the local candidate declaration period ending on May 21, we will soon know — save last-minute write-in candidates — who plans to compete for several open positions on Camas-Washougal city councils, school boards and commissions in the August primary and November general elections.

April 15, 2021

We can’t let the J&J ‘pause’ derail our pandemic fight

The federal government called for a “pause” on injections of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine this week after six U.S. women between the ages of 18 and 48 experienced a rare, severe form of blood clotting six to 13 days after receiving their inoculations.

March 25, 2021

March Cheers & Jeers

If there’s one thing that deserves a giant cheers this month it is the fact that we can finally see the light at the end of this long, dark, jumping-spider-filled COVID-19 tunnel.