The family of Ric Mason – better known to many locals as “Painless Ric,” the owner of Painless Ric’s Tattoo Parlor – will host a celebration of life for the longtime downtown Camas business owner from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, at the Black Pearl on the Columbia, 56 S. First St., Washougal.
Unhappy with the Port of Camas-Washougal’s recent decision to eliminate annual launch ramp permits, a group of outspoken Parker’s Landing Marina users said this week they are optimistic they can change the Port commissioners’ minds.
Chuck and Janessa Stoltz, the owners of Camas’ unique, Lacamas Lake-adjacent Acorn & the Oak restaurant, had already weathered more than their fair share of hurdles when the city’s planning manager emailed another piece of bad news earlier this month: the city could not approve the couple’s plans to build a permanent cover over their back patio.
East County Fire and Rescue Board of Commissioners: The Board will hold a remote meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1. Members of the public may attend this meeting by calling in to 253-215-8782. The meeting ID is 833 9047 and the passcode is 655277. For more information, or to view the meeting agenda, visit ecfr.us.
Camas-area residents eager to see environmental cleanup work being done at the Georgia-Pacific (GP) paper mill site will likely need to settle for “later rather than sooner.”
Though the Two Rivers Heritage Museum in Washougal is closed to the public for the winter season, visitors hoping to learn more about Washougal and local history can still book group tours of the local museum, located at 1 Durgan St., Washougal.
Three local high school basketball teams have not allowed COVID-19 — which has temporarily sidelined the majority of their players and coaches over the past few weeks — to impede their success during the 2021-22 season.
