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Students play near one of the many portables at La Center School District’s K-8 campus in January. Initial results from Tuesday night’s election show the district’s $48 million bond measure is passing. Most of that money will be used to build a new middle school and transform the K-8 campus into only an elementary school.

La Center school bond jumps to strong lead

Students play near one of the many portables at La Center School District’s K-8 campus in January. Initial results from Tuesday night’s election show the district’s $48 million bond measure is passing. Most of that money will be used to build a new middle school and transform the K-8 campus into only an elementary school.

February 13, 2018, 10:06pm Clark County News

The La Center School District could be on its way to building a new school for the first time since 1993. Read story

Supporters of the Evergreen Public Schools bond measure gather Tuesday night and await election results. Early returns show Evergreen's bond so far passing, but many votes remain uncounted.

Evergreen, La Center bond measures passing, Battle Ground uncertain

Supporters of the Evergreen Public Schools bond measure gather Tuesday night and await election results. Early returns show Evergreen's bond so far passing, but many votes remain uncounted.

February 13, 2018, 8:23pm Clark County News

Bond measures in the Evergreen and La Center school districts appeared to be passing in Tuesday night's special election, but the first wave of results shows the Battle Ground bond measure passing but a few percentage points short of the supermajority needed for approval. Read story

The Vancouver City Council holds its first meeting of the year Jan. 8 at City Hall.

56 apply for seat on Vancouver City Council

The Vancouver City Council holds its first meeting of the year Jan. 8 at City Hall.

February 4, 2018, 6:02am Clark County News

The application packets for 56 Vancouver City Council hopefuls total 494 pages. Those pages include résumés, short-answer responses and dozens of recommendations. Read story

Jaime Herrera Beutler

4 seek to unseat Herrera Beutler

Jaime Herrera Beutler

February 4, 2018, 6:00am Clark County News

If Federal Election Commission reports are like pulse checks for political campaigns, the latest quarterly filings indicate WSU Vancouver professor Carolyn Long is off to a healthy start in her bid to unseat Southwest Washington Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler. Read story

Anne McEnerny-Ogle, left, takes the oath of office Monday at the Vancouver Firefighters Union Hall. State Supreme Court Justice Susan Owens, second from right, performed the ceremony. The new mayor was surrounded by her son John Ogle (partially obscured), his girlfriend Kylie Silvester and the mayor’s husband, Terry Ogle, right.

McEnerny-Ogle takes oath as mayor of Vancouver

Anne McEnerny-Ogle, left, takes the oath of office Monday at the Vancouver Firefighters Union Hall. State Supreme Court Justice Susan Owens, second from right, performed the ceremony. The new mayor was surrounded by her son John Ogle (partially obscured), his girlfriend Kylie Silvester and the mayor’s husband, Terry Ogle, right.

January 2, 2018, 8:07pm Clark County News

Anne McEnerny-Ogle started off the new year Monday by taking the oath of office as mayor of Vancouver. Read story

Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey opens a box containing archives of voter registration forms at the Clark County Elections Office. Kimsey’s office handles paperwork for voter registration, which is now becoming increasingly political.

Nonprofit spots discrepancy; county elections officials call it human error

Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey opens a box containing archives of voter registration forms at the Clark County Elections Office. Kimsey’s office handles paperwork for voter registration, which is now becoming increasingly political.

November 29, 2017, 7:07pm Clark County News

Clark County is the only county in Washington targeted by a conservative legal group that’s threatened local jurisdictions across the country with legal action unless they can prove they’re properly scrubbing their voter rolls of people who’ve died, moved away or have become ineligible. Read story

A motorist passes campaign signs for Port of Vancouver District 1 candidates Kris Green, foreground, and Don Orange at the intersection of Northwest 78th Street and Northwest Lakeshore Avenue on Wednesday morning.

Surplus campaign cash has options

A motorist passes campaign signs for Port of Vancouver District 1 candidates Kris Green, foreground, and Don Orange at the intersection of Northwest 78th Street and Northwest Lakeshore Avenue on Wednesday morning.

November 14, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News Free

So much money poured into the hotly contested Port of Vancouver Commission District 1 election that neither Commissioner-elect Don Orange nor his opponent Kris Greene could spend it before Election Day was over. Read story

Don Orange supporters cheer after hearing an announcement that Orange was leading the race for a seat on the Vancouver Port District Commission, Tuesday November 7, 2017, at Vancouver Firefighters Local 452 in Fruit Valley.

Election results reflect county mood

Don Orange supporters cheer after hearing an announcement that Orange was leading the race for a seat on the Vancouver Port District Commission, Tuesday November 7, 2017, at Vancouver Firefighters Local 452 in Fruit Valley.

November 12, 2017, 6:04am Clark County News

Now that the 2017 election is behind us, what happened to the stories behind the election? On Oct. 29, The Columbian highlighted five questions on the local ballot with deeper meaning. Here’s how they turned out: Read story

Port of Vancouver candidate Kris Greene conceded to his opponent Don Orange Thursday night.

Greene concedes in Port of Vancouver election

Port of Vancouver candidate Kris Greene conceded to his opponent Don Orange Thursday night.

November 10, 2017, 7:50am Clark County News

In a statement posted to Facebook Thursday night, Kris Greene said he "would like to congratulate Mr. Orange and wish him a successful tenure as Commissioner." Read story

Coursey concedes mayoral race to Coston

November 9, 2017, 6:01pm Clark County News

 Molly Coston will be the next mayor of Washougal. Her competitor, Dan Coursey, conceded the race on his Facebook page and thanked everyone who supported him during the campaign. Read story