Doug Flanagan

2 weeks ago | camaspostrecord.com | Doug Flanagan

Officials find that leases haven’t covered the cost of maintaining port’s 5,500 feet of rail By Business, Camas, News, Port of Camas-Washougal, Washougal In an attempt to cover increased maintenance costs, the Port of Camas-Washougal may renegotiate leases with businesses that use the port’s industrial park rail line. Port Commissioner Larry Keister, a former locomotive engineer, asked port leaders earlier this year to examine the leases to ensure that the port was receiving enough money to...

2 weeks ago | camaspostrecord.com | Doug Flanagan

A local nonprofit organization is bringing the art of storytelling to Washougal. The Friends of the Washougal Community Library group will hold “One Story At a Time,” an event to raise funds for Fort Vancouver Regional Library’s new Washougal library facility, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, at Washougal High School’s Washburn Auditorium. The event will feature narrative storytelling and poetry readings as well as a musical performance, magic show and silent auction.

2 weeks ago | camaspostrecord.com | Doug Flanagan

Washougal schools’ forklift simulator helps facilitate local careers By News, Port of Camas-Washougal, Schools, Washougal 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) The Washougal School District bought the SimLog Forklift Simulator with money from a federal grant program. (Contributed by the Washougal School District) Washougal High School student Max...

3 weeks ago | camaspostrecord.com | Doug Flanagan

Camas native with ties to museum named director By Camas, Life, News, Washougal Two Rivers Heritage Museum Director Julianne Lawrence shows visitors an Oregon Trail butter churn included in the Washougal museum’s collection of historical artifacts. (Contributed by Two Rivers Heritage Museum) Two Rivers Heritage Museum Director Julianne Lawrence, left, and Camas-Washougal Historical Society President Dick Lindstrom visit the Washougal museum in 2025. (Contributed by Two Rivers Heritage Museum)...

3 weeks ago | camaspostrecord.com | Doug Flanagan

Rising costs have forced the Washougal School District to pivot to Plan B for its Washougal High School roof-replacement project. During its May 13 meeting, the Washougal school board approved a $2.1 million contract with Portland-based Carlson Roofing to install a composite shingle roof on the Washougal High building this summer after district leaders determined that their preferred material — metal — would be too costly.