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Despite objections, Discovery, Odyssey to share one campus

1 week ago | camaspostrecord.com | Kelly Moyer

Middle school to close in effort to make up for $13 million budget shortfall By Camas, Schools There are still a few kinks to work out and likely a few worried students to convince, but the Camas School District’s plan to merge its project-based learning middle and high schools into one building seems to have found a path forward that quells most, if not all, of the concerns raised earlier this year when the district first announced the creation of its first 6-12 school. “Things have calmed...
Gas station opponents will soon have their day in court

2 weeks ago | camaspostrecord.com | Kelly Moyer

Residents sued the city of Camas over proposed project near Union High By Camas, Environment, News A group of Clark County residents suing the city of Camas over a proposed gas station development near Union High School will soon have their day in court. Clark County Superior Court Judge Camara Banfield is scheduled to preside over a hearing on the land-use lawsuit July 15. City planners and a Camas hearings examiner have already approved plans to build a gas station, convenience store and...
Port of Camas-Washougal considers renegotiating leases with businesses that use rail line

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...
Camas’ Comeback Player

2 weeks ago | camaspostrecord.com | Will Denner

For some golfers, an early mistake or two can be difficult to recover from. Jasmine Chen isn’t one of them. The Camas senior is the definition of what Papermakers golf coach Bob Foster calls a “comeback player,” one who can quickly refocus and move on to the next shot. That was Chen in a nutshell at the Class 4A bi-district tournament May 12-13 at Meadow Park Golf Course in Tacoma.
Camas leaders push for more inclusion, equity

2 weeks ago | camaspostrecord.com | Kelly Moyer

School district hosts ‘Let’s Talk Together’ event By Camas, News Camas leaders gather on the stage of the Joyce Garver Theater in Camas on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, for a “Let’s Talk Together for Camas” forum hosted by the Camas School District and the district’s Community Equity Forum group. Pictured from left to right are Port of Camas-Washougal Executive Director Trang Lam, Camas School District Superintendent John Anzalone, Camas City Councilor Marilyn Boerke, Camas business owner Melissa...
Camas native joins ‘Book of Mormon’ cast

2 weeks ago | camaspostrecord.com | Scott Hewitt

Clayton Lukens will perform Friday, May 30 in Portland By Arts & Entertainment, Camas, News Clayton Lukens focused on the beat and kept smiling. “I faked it till I made it,” he said of his dance audition for the Broadway Across America touring production of “The Book of Mormon,” which will come to Portland’s Keller Auditorium next week. Actually, Lukens did a lot more than fake it. The Camas native had worked with a friend in a practice room for days, drilling the dance he’d need to deliver...
Friends of the Washougal Community Library bring art of storytelling to city

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.
Students, Port of Camas-Washougal team up

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...
Camas School District to lay off 50 employees

2 weeks ago | camaspostrecord.com | Kelly Moyer

Final round of budget cuts is in addition to earlier reductions By Camas, News, Schools The Camas School District will lay off 50 employees to help close an expected $13 million shortfall ahead of the 2025-26 school year. On Friday, Superintendent John Anzalone said the district will cut 69 teaching positions, three school secretary positions and the equivalent of 45 full-time classified support positions, but the number of actual layoffs is lower after reconfiguring job assignments and...
Officials warn about algae in Columbia

2 weeks ago | camaspostrecord.com | Shari Phiel

Clark County Public Health is warning residents of new dangers related to algae growths in local waterways. Benthic (that is, at the bottom of a body of water) algal mats found along the Columbia River have been linked to the death of two dogs. “What we’ve talked about in Clark County for several years is planktonic algae blooms. We’ve been monitoring those in Clark County since 2007. These are the blooms that we see that are mixed into the water column.