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April 16, 2026
East County Fire OKs levy for August vote
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.
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.
Pineapple, diamond, brick, bobble, spike, wattle, bamboo, butterfly, popcorn, puff, corkscrew and cactus. That might sound like a top-secret World War II code or a sophisticated word association game, but it’s actually a list of crochet stitches.
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 city of Washougal will host a free Earth Day celebration, “Paws for the Planet,” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 25 at Reflection Plaza.
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.
A Washougal family and a friend who was living with them are recovering after suffering injuries in a fire that destroyed their home.
Among the 45 adventurers who crossed the North American continent as part of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery in 1804-1806 was one who never chose to join the journey, yet contributed to its success in surprising and crucial ways. After the expedition was over, it’s beyond surprising to learn how that heroic figure was treated with ingratitude and contempt, and mostly vanished from the history books.
Washougal High School science students took on the roles of urban planners and grid engineers earlier this month, presenting proposals for the region’s energy future. The students’ plans aimed to balance long-term reliability, environmental concerns and conservation, and were evaluated by a panel of experts from Clark Public Utilities.
The Washougal school board has appointed Greg Retchless to its No. 1 director position, which was vacated by Jim Cooper when he resigned in January.
A big change is coming to Washougal’s 32nd Street rail crossing project, which was conceived as an underpass but will instead move forward as an overpass.