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June 12, 2025
Port of Camas-Washougal employees work on the port’s new boathouse at Parker’s Landing Marina on June 6. (Photos by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Rentable boathouse docks at Port of C-W marina

Right before Port of Camas-Washougal Facilities Director Eric Plantenberg broke a bottle of Cook’s champagne on the bow of the port’s new boathouse on the morning of June 6, a port employee said the vessel should have a name before entering the Columbia River, Plantenberg replied, “Hope floats?”

May 29, 2025
Washougal High School student Jacob Dillie uses the school’s new forklift simulator during a class session on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Contributed by the Washougal School District)

Students, Port of Camas-Washougal team up

A group of Washougal High School students is diligently preparing for an upcoming forklift certification examination with the help of a newly purchased simulator, installed in the school’s construction technology classroom May 15.

May 22, 2025
A tower crane pierces the skyline at the Hyas Point construction site along the Washougal waterfront May 13. (Contributed by Central Bethany Construction)

Crane arrives at Washougal’s waterfront

Construction on the Hyas Point mixed-use development on the Washougal waterfront hit a public milestone last week with the May 13 arrival of a tower crane.

April 10, 2025
American Cruise Lines' American Harmony docks at the Port of Camas-Washougal on July 19, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record files)

Port of Camas-Washougal, cruise lines address concerns

Port of Camas-Washougal leaders said this week that they are confident the port and American Cruise Lines have satisfactorily addressed Parker’s Landing marina users’ concerns about noise and emissions coming from cruise ships docked next to the Washougal marina.

March 20, 2025
Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

Measure would let voters extend port commissioner terms

Port of Camas-Washougal Commissioner John Spencer is advocating for a bill in the Washington Legislature that would give voters in seven port districts, including Camas-Washougal, the option of extending the terms of their port commissioners from four to six years.

February 28, 2025
Port of Camas-Washougal CEO Trang Lam stands for a portrait Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, outside the port’s visitor center. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Trang Lam settles in as port’s chief

When asked by a reporter in August about the goals that she hopes to accomplish in her new role as Port of Camas-Washougal’s chief executive officer, Trang Lam chuckled and said, “Give me six months and I’ll let you know.”

November 29, 2024
Port of Camas-Washougal leaders recently surveyed their industrial park tenants at the Steigerwald Commerce Center in Washougal to gauge safety and theft concerns. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Port of Camas-Washougal survey details thefts

The Port of Camas-Washougal has pledged to assist its industrial park tenants strengthen their security protocols after nearly half of the respondents to a recent leaseholder survey indicated they have been victimized by at least one theft in the past two years.