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Election

David Regan Running for Vancouver city council seat has announced a run for Vancouver City Council. He will challenge incumbent Ty Stober.

Regan challenging Stober for Vancouver City Council seat

March 24, 2019, 4:38pm Clark County News

David Regan, owner of a local bail bonds business, is challenging Ty Stober for Vancouver City Council Position 5. Read story

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks at an event at The Hub Robison Center on the Penn State campus in State College, Pa., Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J.

O’Rourke’s early fundraising had fewer donors than Sanders

March 20, 2019, 9:30am Election

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says his first-day $6.1 million in campaign donations came from 128,000-plus contributions in all 50 states. Read story

Mike Pond is running for Vancouver City Council.

Pond joins race for Turlay’s Vancouver City Council seat

March 18, 2019, 8:57pm Clark County News

Mike Pond has joined what’s becoming an increasingly crowded race for Vancouver City Council Position 6. Read story

Neil Kimsey Clark Regional Wastewater District commissioner

Kimsey seeks to keep wastewater district commissioner seat

March 18, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News

Neil Kimsey will run for re-election to keep his seat as a commissioner for the Clark Regional Wastewater District. Read story

A steady stream of cars visits the ballot drop box at West 14th and Esther streets every major election. With ballots now including prepaid postage, voters do not need to stop by a ballot drop box if they want to return their ballot for free.

Washington lawmakers look to move up presidential primary

February 19, 2019, 8:59am Election

Washington state spent about $9 million in 2016 to conduct a meaningless presidential primary. State lawmakers are looking to change that. Read story

Youth political engagement in bloom

February 17, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

Molly Elyse Urban’s first foray into politics was working at her student newspaper at Firm Foundation Christian School in Battle Ground. Read story

Fourth-graders at Silver Star Elementary School react as they test out their Sphero robots during science class. These Sphero robots are funded by local levy dollars, and it appears voters have approved Evergreen Public Schools levy requests to continue this and other programs.

Results solidifying in Clark County school levies, bond

February 13, 2019, 4:11pm Clark County News

Evergreen, La Center, Vancouver levies were passing in results released Wednesday; Hockinson levies, Ridgefield bond were failing. Read story

Teacher Mark Sterling, blue vest, and a fourth-grader at Silver Star Elementary School watch as they maneuver a “sphero”, left, in an attempt to knock down stuffed bowling pins while controlling them from across the room. A program levy and technology levy were both passing Tuesday night.

Evergreen school levies off to narrow, early lead

February 12, 2019, 10:30pm Clark County News

Evergreen Public Schools voters were narrowly supporting two proposed levies as of Tuesday night. More results will be released in the coming days; but for now, district officials are hopeful about the results. Read story

Tamara Shoup, interim executive director for school supports, center left, and Christina Iremonger, chief digital officer, hug in celebration after hearing election results at the Vancouver Public Schools district offices on Tuesday night. Both the educational fund and technology levies were passing with wide margins after initial results were released.

Vancouver school levies sail to passage

February 12, 2019, 10:29pm Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools officials breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday, as voters in the west Vancouver district overwhelmingly voted in favor of two school levies that will fund programs and technology in the district. Read story

La Center School District’s 2018 bond will pay for a new middle school and to convert the K-8 building into an elementary school. Tuesday night, the district’s replacement levy was narrowly ahead, which will help the district maintain current programs after a change in the state funding model for education limited how much districts can collect from local levies.

Hockinson levies fail; La Center’s leads in early count

February 12, 2019, 9:51pm Clark County News

Hockinson School District residents voted down two school levies, while voters in La Center came out narrowly in support of a school levy. Read story