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Construction workers stand near Vancouver Police vehicles Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, after being evacuated from their work sites due to a bomb threat in downtown Vancouver.

Vancouver’s Prop 4 to fund police is failing by 1 percentage point

November 5, 2024, 9:23pm Clark County News

Initial results Tuesday showed Vancouver’s Proposition 4, which would raise property taxes to fund police, failing by a narrow margin. Read story

Local residents attempt to stay dry as wait at the Clark County Elections Office in downtown Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez pulls ahead of Joe Kent in 3rd District results

November 5, 2024, 9:00pm Clark County News

Early results show U.S. Rep Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D- Skamania, pulling ahead of Republican challenger Joe Kent in the 3rd Congressional District race on Tuesday. Read story

FILE - Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is seen, April 27, 2023, in Seattle. Five months after holding its presidential primaries, Washington state is looking further down the ticket to select candidates to compete for federal and state offices in November. Ferguson is leaving the attorney general’s office to seek the governorship.

Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson wins governor’s race in Washington

November 5, 2024, 8:42pm Election

Longtime Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson was elected governor of Washington on Tuesday, defeating former U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, a Republican, in a state that’s considered a Democratic stronghold. Read story

Washington’s Cantwell headed for another term in U.S. Senate

November 5, 2024, 8:34pm Clark County Politics Free

Democratic incumbent Maria Cantwell has won a fourth term, beating Republican challenger Raul Garcia in the race to represent Washington in the U.S. Senate. Read story

Tacoma, Washington in August 2021.United States Courthouse sign outside of Union Station in the downtown area.

Clark County couple fined $20,000 for violating federal law, altering pollution systems on more than 350 trucks

November 5, 2024, 3:57pm Business

The owners of two Clark County automotive businesses were sentenced Monday to home confinement for violations of the federal Clean Air Act for tampering with emission monitoring systems in more than 350 diesel trucks. Read story

Data outage impacts Washington’s online court networks, including in Clark County

November 5, 2024, 7:38am Clark County News

Washington state’s courts network is dealing with a data outage that has affected online services. Read story

Vancouver School of Arts and Academics requires students to put cellphones in pouches during class. Both Vancouver and Evergreen districts are looking at stablishing districtwide policies regarding students.

Vancouver and Evergreen schools want to have student cellphone policies in place by next fall

November 5, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

The two biggest Clark County school districts, Vancouver and Evergreen, are among those developing cellphone policies they hope to have in place in time for the next school year. Read story

Today is the last day to mail or deposit ballots in the 2024 election.

It’s Election Day in Clark County, finally. Make sure to get your ballots in

November 5, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News Free

Today is the last day to have your vote counted in the general election. To be included in results, ballots must be postmarked by today or dropped in one of the county’s 22 ballot boxes or returned to the Clark County Elections Office by 8 p.m. Read story

Sustainable Power and Water Engineering Solutions founder Geb Mengistu works on soldering a driver in Mengistu’s garage. The company is part of a growing renewable energy job sector here in Clark County.

Startup working on a generator-type battery could be the future of manufacturing in Clark County

November 5, 2024, 6:08am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Experts tout the importance of energy storage as part of the region’s carbon-free future. Part of that work is happening right here in Clark County. Read story