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May 1, 2025
Krista Bashaw, here at Falling Leaf Lake Park, is retiring after a 30-year career organizing special events for the Camas Parks and Recreation Department. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

‘She will be sorely missed’

Ask any Camas resident what they love most about their city and the response is likely to include the city’s “hometown feel.”

May 1, 2025
Construction crews install playground equipment at Crown Park in Camas on Friday, April 25, 2025. City of Camas leaders hope to reopen parts of the historic park, including the new inclusive playground, to the public this summer. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Crown Park remodel makes progress

Construction is still in full swing at Camas’ historic Crown Park, but city leaders say the end of the extensive, $6.3 million park remodeling project is finally in sight.

May 1, 2025
Audience members listen to U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, answer questions Thursday during a town hall at the Luepke Center in central Vancouver. Hundreds of constituents lined up for the event with signs expressing their anger over Perez’s voting record. (Photos by Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Gluesenkamp Perez feels heat at town hall

A line of more than 500 people wrapped around the Luepke Center in central Vancouver for U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s April 24 town hall. Most of them were there to criticize the Skamania Democrat for siding with Republicans on recent controversial votes. Many of them had voted for her.

May 1, 2025

Correction

Student job fair: Talulah Rodrigue, 16, is a junior at Hayes Freedom High School in Camas. Incorrect information was included in a story on Thursday’s Page A1.