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The last rays of sunshine over the Port Angeles Washington harbor.

For 40 years, this Washington county has picked the winning candidate for president, the longest streak in the nation

The last rays of sunshine over the Port Angeles Washington harbor.

November 4, 2024, 12:40pm Latest News

Nestled in the gateway to the Olympic National Forest, a rural coastal county at the westernmost point of Washington has turned into a national political anomaly. Read story

Jaime Herrera Beutler uses binoculars to view a sea lion on the Columbia River near Bonneville Dam in 2018.

Five things to watch in Washington heading into Election Day

Jaime Herrera Beutler uses binoculars to view a sea lion on the Columbia River near Bonneville Dam in 2018.

November 4, 2024, 11:21am Clark County Politics

Election Day is, thankfully, almost here. Read story

An attendee holds up a sign reading &quot;mass deportations now!&quot; during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. (Patrick T.

Trump promises to deport undocumented people. What would that mean for Idaho dairy?

An attendee holds up a sign reading &quot;mass deportations now!&quot; during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. (Patrick T.

November 4, 2024, 11:17am Business

At the Republican National Convention, speakers explained that a second Donald Trump administration would carry out the “largest deportation in history,” NPR reported. Trump has said that, if reelected, he would deport up to 20 million undocumented immigrants. (In 2021, Pew Research Center estimated there were about 10 million undocumented… Read story

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A Vancouver police cruiser near a ballot box Tuesday in Fisher&rsquo;s Landing. The Clark County Auditor&rsquo;s Office announced ballot boxes would be staffed with observers 24/7 until the end of the election after boxes in Vancouver and Portland, including the Fisher&rsquo;s Landing Transit Center ballot box were targeted by arson early Monday morning.

WA, OR ballot drop box makers and officials explore changes after arson in Vancouver, Portland

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A Vancouver police cruiser near a ballot box Tuesday in Fisher&rsquo;s Landing. The Clark County Auditor&rsquo;s Office announced ballot boxes would be staffed with observers 24/7 until the end of the election after boxes in Vancouver and Portland, including the Fisher&rsquo;s Landing Transit Center ballot box were targeted by arson early Monday morning.

November 4, 2024, 9:04am Clark County News

Just four days before the election, the sounds of hammering and welding reverberated through the 27,000-square-foot Puyallup facility where drop boxes found throughout the U.S. — including many found bolted down in Multnomah and Clark counties — are born. Read story

UW’s new freshman class is its most diverse yet

November 4, 2024, 8:15am Northwest

The University of Washington’s class of 2028 is the most racially diverse in the institution’s history. Read story

On eve of election, Washington GOP tells Spanish-speaking voters Democrats ‘hate you’ and ‘hate God’

November 4, 2024, 7:46am Clark County News

On the eve of an election marked by increasingly heated rhetoric, the Washington State Republican Party sent text messages to Spanish-speaking voters on Friday alleging that Democratic candidates want to “eliminate the Spanish language” and “support the chemical castration of your children in school without your knowledge or consent.” Read story

Washington man sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for conspiring to kill eagles, hawks to sell on black market

November 4, 2024, 7:44am Northwest

A 49-year-old Cusick, Washington, man was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for conspiring to hunt and kill bald and golden eagles and hawks on the Flathead Indian Reservation to sell on the black market, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office — District of Montana. Read story

Washington National Guard members walk in formation along a perimeter fence near the Legislative Building Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia. Gov, Jay Inslee has activated the Washington National Guard ahead of Election Day. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Inslee puts National Guard on stand-by to support law enforcement if needed during election week

Washington National Guard members walk in formation along a perimeter fence near the Legislative Building Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia. Gov, Jay Inslee has activated the Washington National Guard ahead of Election Day. (AP Photo/Ted S.

November 4, 2024, 7:43am Election

Gov. Jay Inslee has activated some Washington National Guard members to be on stand-by in the event they are asked to support local law enforcement and the Washington State Patrol during election week, the Governor’s Office announced late Friday afternoon. Read story

Inslee called the air quality monitoring site at Mountain View High School "lifesaving." (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Gov. Inslee approves huge Horse Heaven wind farm stretching 24 miles south of Tri-Cities

Inslee called the air quality monitoring site at Mountain View High School "lifesaving." (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

November 4, 2024, 7:42am Business

Gov. Jay Inslee has approved Washington state’s largest wind farm to be built along 24 miles of the Horse Heaven Hills just south of the Tri-Cities, the Washington state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council announced Friday afternoon. Read story

Culverts, large pipes under roadways, allow water to flow but may not allow fish to swim through. Culverts may block fish migration because the water flow is too swift, too shallow, or has a waterfall into or out of the culvert.

Massive WA salmon recovery plan scrutinized with latest $100M project

Culverts, large pipes under roadways, allow water to flow but may not allow fish to swim through. Culverts may block fish migration because the water flow is too swift, too shallow, or has a waterfall into or out of the culvert.

November 4, 2024, 6:02am Latest News

The Washington State Department of Transportation is planning a giant salmon restoration project here that could require buying out a motel owner, tearing down the building and excavating the highway culvert beneath it, at a price tag of some $100 million. Read story