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Members of the Vancouver Police Department carry a naked man up the beach during a mental health episode that brought paramedics, firefighters and police officers to Wintler Park under an excessive heat warning on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 5, 2024.

Clark County Council says Vancouver’s police levy would create more work for the county without paying for it

Members of the Vancouver Police Department carry a naked man up the beach during a mental health episode that brought paramedics, firefighters and police officers to Wintler Park under an excessive heat warning on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 5, 2024.

October 18, 2024, 1:47pm Clark County News

The Clark County Council on Friday adopted a resolution warning that passage of Vancouver’s Proposition 4, which would raise property taxes to add 80 new police officers, will create more work for the rest of the criminal justice system without providing money to pay for it. Read story

Peter Abbarno

Incumbent Abbarno faces newcomer Apana in 20th District race

Peter Abbarno

October 18, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

Two-term state Rep. Peter Abbarno, a Republican from Centralia, is running to retain his seat in the 20th Legislative District. Read story

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, left, and Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson are running for Washington governor in 2024.

Latest poll shows one Washington governor’s race candidate handily in lead

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, left, and Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson are running for Washington governor in 2024.

October 17, 2024, 8:23am Election

Democrat Bob Ferguson holds a commanding lead over Republican Dave Reichert in the race for Washington governor, according to a new statewide poll. Read story

Matt Little, left, and Joe Zimmerman are running for Clark County Council District 4.

Candidates for Clark County Council District 4 committed to preserving rural landscape

Matt Little, left, and Joe Zimmerman are running for Clark County Council District 4.

October 17, 2024, 6:04am Clark County News

Vancouver resident Joe Zimmerman and Camas resident Matt Little are running to represent District 4 on the Clark County Council. Read story

Prices are displayed on a corner sign at a Shell gas station, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Seattle.

Will carbon tax Initiative 2117 lower gas prices? That’s debatable

Prices are displayed on a corner sign at a Shell gas station, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Seattle.

October 17, 2024, 6:00am Election

Brian Heywood claims Washington’s cap-and-invest program could raise state gas prices by up to $1 per gallon if the initiative to repeal it is defeated at the November polls. Read story

How WA insurance commissioner candidates approach auto, home, health coverage

October 16, 2024, 11:06am Election

This November, Washington will elect a new insurance commissioner for the first time in more than 20 years. The candidates, two sitting state senators, have both acknowledged the skyrocketing prices of home and auto insurance, and said they’d work to stabilize rates. But they proposed vastly different strategies for doing… Read story

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, with Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, and UAW President Shawn Fain, speaks at a campaign rally at UAW Local 900, Aug. 8, 2024, in Wayne, Mich.

New WA poll shows Harris way ahead, including with moderates, independents

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, with Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, and UAW President Shawn Fain, speaks at a campaign rally at UAW Local 900, Aug. 8, 2024, in Wayne, Mich.

October 16, 2024, 11:02am Election

A new poll offers a measure of how much the presidential race has changed among Washington voters in the last three months. Read story

The Clark County Elections Office is one of many places you can place your ballot in a ballot box. Or, drop it in the U.S. Mail; the postage is prepaid.

From bullhorns to petitions, you can get arrested for these 5 things at a WA polling place

The Clark County Elections Office is one of many places you can place your ballot in a ballot box. Or, drop it in the U.S. Mail; the postage is prepaid.

October 16, 2024, 11:00am Election

If you’re a U.S. citizen who’s at least 18 years old, living in Washington, and haven’t been ruled ineligible by a court order, total confinement sentence or federal or out-of-state conviction, you have the right to vote. But can election officials ever remove you from the ballot box? Read story

Wil Fuentes, left, and Churck Keplar are vying for the Clark County Council District 3 seat.

Political newcomer candidates for Clark County Council District 3 differ but share priorities, goalsvideo icon

Wil Fuentes, left, and Churck Keplar are vying for the Clark County Council District 3 seat.

October 16, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News

About the only thing District 3 Clark County Council candidates Chuck Keplar and Wil Fuentes have in common is that both are relative political newcomers. Keplar has lived in Clark County for 24 years, while Fuentes moved here a few years ago after graduating with a master’s degree from Western… Read story

Jaime Herrera Beutler Republican candidate for state lands commissioner

WA lands commissioner general election: Where candidates stand on key issues

Jaime Herrera Beutler Republican candidate for state lands commissioner

October 15, 2024, 7:38am Election

The race for Washington’s next commissioner of public lands began with seven. Read story