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Hoops for Pink will be just one of the many featured activities during Girls Night Out when it returns to downtown Camas on Saturday. Participants who put the ball through the basketball hoop receive a pink feather boa.

Girls Night Out aims to entertain, inform and educate

Hoops for Pink will be just one of the many featured activities during Girls Night Out when it returns to downtown Camas on Saturday. Participants who put the ball through the basketball hoop receive a pink feather boa.

September 24, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Saturday's third annual Girls Night Out, being billed as a celebration in support of women and local cancer charities, will offer educational workshops in the afternoon followed by an evening that will include a rally for women, survivor stories and a fashion show. "This event is an exceptionally fun way… Read story

See the candidates in action

September 24, 2012, 5:00pm Editorials

With just more than five weeks left until the Nov. 6 General Election, candidates are ramping up their campaigns and doing their best to get voters' attention -- mostly in the form of political ads, mailers and phone calls. Read story

Camas takes a position on collective medical marijuana gardens

September 18, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

The city of Camas finds itself in the middle of state and federal laws when it comes to the legality of medical marijuana collective gardens, and in response the City Council has passed a resolution that effectively makes them illegal within city limits. Last night in a 6-0 vote the… Read story

Emergency crews from three agencies work to put out a brush fire on Leadbetter Road Thursday morning.

Brush fire sparks along Leadbetter Road in Camas

Emergency crews from three agencies work to put out a brush fire on Leadbetter Road Thursday morning.

September 17, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Emergency crews battled a brush fire along Southeast Leadbetter Road in Camas on Thursday. Read story

Help keep C-W beautiful

September 17, 2012, 5:00pm Editorials

It's late summer days like today -- sunny with temperatures that are expected to reach 90 degrees -- that make you realize how great it is to live in the Pacific Northwest. And Camas and Washougal are especially beautiful areas where a premium is placed on making sure there are… Read story

A pavement grinder tipped over earlier this afternoon on state Route 14 in Washougal, blocking the roadway in both directions.

Grinder truck overturns on Highway 14

A pavement grinder tipped over earlier this afternoon on state Route 14 in Washougal, blocking the roadway in both directions.

September 13, 2012, 5:00pm

An overturned construction vehicle closed both lanes of Highway 14 near Second Street in Washougal today. Read story

Emergency crews from three agencies work to put out a brush fire on Leadbetter Road Thursday morning.

Brush fire sparks along Leadbetter Road in Camas

Emergency crews from three agencies work to put out a brush fire on Leadbetter Road Thursday morning.

September 13, 2012, 5:00pm

Emergency crews battled a brush fire along Northeast Leadbetter Road in Camas on Thursday. Read story

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A touching tribute to a tragic loss

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September 10, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Camas-Washougal Fire Department Capt. Larry Saari participates in a moment of silence to remember the New York City firefighters who died as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, Read story

Highway 141 Fire near White Salmon is 85 percent contained

September 10, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

The Highway 141 Fire Complex between Husum and White Salmon has burned nearly 1,700 acres as of this morning, and recent cooler temperatures and lighter winds are expected to help emergency crews get a handle on the blaze that began burning last Wednesday. Emergency crews now have the fire 85… Read story

The importance of remembrance

September 10, 2012, 5:00pm Editorials

This morning, the Camas-Washougal Fire Department held its annual ceremony commemorating the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The heartfelt event held in Camas, thousands of miles away from the East Coast where the attacks were focused, is an illustration of the widespread impacts of these events on the United… Read story