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December 18, 2025
Christmas Festival of Lights features holiday light displays, outdoor caroling, indoor choral concerts and more through Dec. 30 at the Grotto in Portland. (Contributed photo)

It’s time to light up the holidays in Clark County

Holiday lights give the darkness of December a sparkling uplift, just like bubbles in Champagne. These local light shows include festive displays that have been family traditions for decades as well as a couple recent additions, like Ridgefield’s Brew Lights in the Park and the Holiday Light Walk at Skamania Lodge. Wherever you decide to enjoy the glittering extravaganza of holiday twinkles, you can be sure that your spirits will be made merry and bright.

December 18, 2025

Local art show offers young creatives opportunity to shine

The show, open to middle and high school students in Camas and Washougal is designed to give students a real-world art experience, complete with professional display and the chance to sell their work, according to a news release.

November 20, 2025

Camas’ Hometown Holidays Dec. 5

The city of Camas’ Hometown Holidays will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 The annual event brings the community together to celebrate the holidays with “festive…

October 16, 2025
Washougal’s newest piece of public artwork has been installed on the campanile at Reflection Plaza, as seen Monday morning. The Two Rivers Heritage Sculpture, created by Vancouver artist Sharon Agnor, made of metal and glass, depicts key events from Washougal’s history and displays the city’s location near the confluence of the Washougal and Columbia rivers. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Sculpture symbolizes spirit

The campanile at Reflection Plaza in downtown Washougal has a whole new look, designed to celebrate the history and natural beauty of the area and foster a sense of community.

October 16, 2025

Washougal nonprofit forms Northwest Songcraft, will expand throughout region

Northwest Songcraft will likely produce and promote songwriter concerts in other cities and communities in the region, including ticketed performances at established performing arts venues; look to form relationships with other nonprofits, festivals, and venues for potential collaborations in other locations, in parallel with continuing offerings in Washougal; and,depending on funding availability, consider offering grants directly to songwriters developing their own audiences in local communities, according to a news release.

October 2, 2025
Jasmine Nesbitt, of Redmond, Ore., harvests a large pumpkin on opening day Sept. 20 at Bi-Zi Farms Pumpkin Patch in Brush Prairie. (James Rexroad/ for The Columbian)

A variety of Clark County farms offer pumpkins, mazes, more to kick off fall

Western Washingtonians are a funny bunch. We spend much of the year complaining about the rain, but after a mere three months of summer, we go bananas with excitement at the first sign of fall. When flame-orange pumpkins appear in stores and in fields, gray weather isn’t far behind — yet all we can talk about is pumpkin spice and fuzzy sweaters. October’s pumpkin patches, harvest festivals and other autumn celebrations offer us a brief window to flirt with the idea of coziness while still soaking up sunshine. Yes, it’s technically fall, but you can feel summer’s last kiss on your cheek and it’s absolutely glorious. So embrace the paradox! Get out your plaid flannel shirts and sturdy boots because it’s time to revel in the season’s fleeting beauty.

September 25, 2025

Camas Plein Air event returns to downtown Camas Saturday

People can watch artists paint outdoors at various points along Northeast Fourth Avenue and other main downtown Camas streets from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., then attend an artist reception at RedDoor Gallery, 411 N.E. Dallas Street, from 4 to 6 p.m. to see the finished art, meet the artists and view an awards ceremony.