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April 23, 2026
Camas to promote youth water safety
The city of Camas has announced a new campaign aimed at increasing water safety among youth.
The city of Camas has announced a new campaign aimed at increasing water safety among youth.
The contentious decision to close the state-run Skamania Steelhead Hatchery along the Washougal River has alarmed and angered many local anglers and conservation groups, as well as county officials because of not only the loss of the fisheries, but also the loss of local revenue generated by angling activities.
East County Fire and Rescue commissioners voted Wednesday to place an emergency medical services levy before voters on the August ballot, according to a social media post from the agency.
The Camas-Washougal Community Chest, in partnership with the Rotary Foundation of Camas-Washougal and the Camas Lions Foundation, has awarded 37 grants totaling $140,760 to nonprofits serving children and families in Camas and Washougal.
The Camas Public Library will host its annual spring children’s author event, a “Llama Llama Pajama Party,” from 3:30-5:30 p.m. April 24.
The nonprofit East County Citizens’ Alliance has mobilized volunteer crews to clean stretches of state Highway 14 through Camas and Washougal since 2022. In that time, the volunteers removed an estimated 24,000 pounds of trash under the Washington State Department of Transportation’s Adopt-a-Highway program.
Mark Silliman devotes hours each month to picking up trash along state Highway 14.
Richard Cherwitz didn’t always have a voice.
The demolition of a boiler at Georgia-Pacific’s downtown Camas mill unleashed a loud boom and a giant cloud of dust the morning of April 1.
Washington legislators agreed last month to spend $1.5 billion over the next six years to help preserve the state’s roads and bridges but denied a $125 million request to widen the narrow, two-lane West Camas Slough Bridge that connects the cities of Camas and Washougal on state Highway 14.