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May 23, 2024

Camas turns on Well 13 earlier than planned

The city of Camas said May 15, that “an emergency situation” had caused two of the City’s drinking water wells to be non-functional, forcing the City to turn…

May 16, 2024
Andrew Okerlund, a 2021 Camas High School graduate, climbs one of Washington state's 100 highest peaks during the summer of 2023. (Photo courtesy of Ross James Photography)

‘100 Summits’ documentary about Camas mountain climber headed to local theaters

Last summer, after mountain climber Andrew Okerlund, a 2021 Camas High School graduate, became the youngest person to complete the challenging Bulger List by summiting Washington state’s 100 highest peaks in a single season, the work of promoting Okerlund’s climbing feats was just beginning for another Camas High alumnus.

May 16, 2024
Vehicles park at Heritage Park in Camas, Sept. 14, 2023. The park, which offers access to Lacamas Lake, is set for a parking lot makeover in the summer of 2024, to help manage overcrowding.

Changes ahead for crowded Heritage Park parking lot

Heritage Park is one of Camas’ most popular summertime recreation spots, but overcrowding and double-parking in the park’s public parking lot has caused several headaches for recreationists as well as city of Camas staff over the past few years.

May 9, 2024
A sign greets visitors to the Port of Camas-Washougal’s Grove Field airport north of Camas in 2020. The Port will hold an open house on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, to discuss its request to annex Grove Field into Clark County’s urban growth boundary. (Post-Record file photo)

Port to discuss Grove Field annexation plans with public

The Port of Camas-Washougal will hold an open house from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, to provide community members with information about its request to annex Grove Field airport into Clark County’s urban growth boundary.

May 9, 2024
The front of Camas City Hall is pictured in August 2018. (Post-Record files)

Camas OKs temporary ADU code changes ahead of new state law

The Camas City Council has unanimously approved temporary amendments to the City’s accessory dwelling unit (ADU) code that will limit the size and scope of ADUs built in Camas ahead of a more permanent ordinance that will comply with new statewide affordable-housing law — House Bill 1337 (HB 1337) — that will ultimately limit the way in which cities can regulate ADUs.