PeaceHealth Southwest has erected an emergency tent to help care for what the health care facility has called “unprecedented volumes” in its emergency room due to COVID-19. “To accommodate the current surge, a tent has been erected near the Emergency Department...

Threats of a lawsuit have put a damper on the Lacamas Creek Watershed Committee, an ad hoc group created in 2020 to investigate and advise the city of Camas on water quality topics related to the Lacamas Creek Watershed and the city’s Lacamas, Round and Fallen Leaf...

Carroll, Judy A., 70, Camas, died Aug. 23, 2021. Straub’s Funeral Home & Columbia River Cremation, 360-834-4563. Essex, Robert J., 50, Longview, died Aug. 21, 2021. Straub’s Funeral Home & Columbia River Cremation, 360-834-4563. Grigsby, Jack H., 102, Vancouver, died...

The 12th annual Downtown Camas Vintage and Art Street Faire returns this weekend after a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s event will feature more than 60 vendors selling locally made art and vintage items from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug....

After the Camas Heat youth basketball team defeated its opponent to win the boys 11-and-under division championship at the 2021 Oregon Hoopla 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Salem, Oregon, on Aug. 8, the vanquished squad’s coach approached Camas coach Jeremy Fogle and...

Tennis enthusiast says Camas needs dedicated pickleball courts I would like to urge Trang Lam, the new director of Camas Parks and Recreation, to address the growing need for a new “pickleball” playing area, apart from the beloved Crown Park Tennis Courts. I began...