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Watchdog to investigate Justice, FBI actions before election

January 12, 2017, 1:40pm Election

The Justice Department inspector general says he will investigate the actions of the Justice Department and FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether department policies were followed by FBI Director James Comey. Read story

Seventh-grader Colton Sahota, 12, left, talks with teacher Beth Doughty, right, as she answers questions from students while they work on their Dell Chromebooks at Chief Umtuch Middle School in Battle Ground on Thursday morning. The district is putting a levy before voters on Feb. 14. Part of the funding supports technology in classrooms.

Battle Ground adjusts levy claims

Seventh-grader Colton Sahota, 12, left, talks with teacher Beth Doughty, right, as she answers questions from students while they work on their Dell Chromebooks at Chief Umtuch Middle School in Battle Ground on Thursday morning. The district is putting a levy before voters on Feb. 14. Part of the funding supports technology in classrooms.

January 9, 2017, 9:49pm Clark County News

Battle Ground Public Schools is backing away from claims that approving a maintenance and operations levy will not raise property taxes after the Clark County Assessor’s Office questioned the district’s messaging. Read story

Vancouver City Council member Jack Burkman speaks with Boy Scouts at a 2012 town hall meeting.

Burkman won’t seek re-election to Vancouver City Council

Vancouver City Council member Jack Burkman speaks with Boy Scouts at a 2012 town hall meeting.

January 5, 2017, 12:56pm Clark County News

Vancouver City Councilor Jack Burkman says he won’t be seeking re-election to a fourth term. Read story

Stanley Ramos participates in Robert Franklin&#039;s class on faith and politics at Emory University in Atlanta. The course required students to volunteer with a political campaign, keep of journal of their experiences and turn in a final paper proposing strategies for healing the divided nation.

A post-election healing plan? College class comes up short

Stanley Ramos participates in Robert Franklin&#039;s class on faith and politics at Emory University in Atlanta. The course required students to volunteer with a political campaign, keep of journal of their experiences and turn in a final paper proposing strategies for healing the divided nation.

December 27, 2016, 1:29pm Election

The classroom held all the moroseness of a funeral parlor. Just 16 hours had passed since Donald Trump had won the presidency, and in this “Faith and Politics” class at Emory University, graduate students talked of being shocked and wounded, fearful and horrified. From shaky voices, there was conviction that… Read story

Protestors encourage electors to vote against Donald Trump and call for general electoral college reform outside the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on Monday.

Oregon electoral college members all vote for Clinton

Protestors encourage electors to vote against Donald Trump and call for general electoral college reform outside the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on Monday.

December 19, 2016, 12:39pm Election

Oregon’s seven Democratic members of the U.S. Electoral College have voted for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate who won in the state in the presidential election. The electors also objected for the record during the ceremony in the Oregon Senate chambers to alleged interference in the elections by Russia. Read story

Study: Election news overwhelmingly negative

December 7, 2016, 9:28pm Election

A Harvard University study released Wednesday concludes that media coverage of the 2016 presidential election was topped only by the 2000 Bush-Gore campaign for its overwhelming negativity. Read story

Final Election Results 2016

November 30, 2016, 12:26pm Election

Final Election Results 2016 Last updated: Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, 11:31 am Clark County Council District 3 John Blom (R) – 51.0% Tanisha Harris (D) – 48.7% District 4 Roman Battan (D) – 37.5% Ellen Quiring (R) – 62.3% Other Key Races and Issues Vancouver Proposition 1 (Affordable… Read story

Battle Ground resident Craig Dearnaley, right, joins a long line of residents outside the Clark County Department of Elections as he prepares to vote Nov. 8.

Clark County certifies its 2016 election results

Battle Ground resident Craig Dearnaley, right, joins a long line of residents outside the Clark County Department of Elections as he prepares to vote Nov. 8.

November 29, 2016, 8:06pm Clark County News

The Clark County Canvassing Board, which oversees elections, has certified the final count of the 210,760 valid ballots the county received in the Nov. 8 general election. Read story

President-elect Donald Trump, left, talks to media as he and Vice President-elect Mike Pence arrive at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse Sunday in Bedminster, N.J..

Conway: Trump not interested in further Clinton probe

President-elect Donald Trump, left, talks to media as he and Vice President-elect Mike Pence arrive at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse Sunday in Bedminster, N.J..

November 22, 2016, 10:15am Election

President-elect Donald Trump “doesn’t wish to pursue” more investigations into Hillary Clinton’s email practices, a top adviser said Tuesday, strongly signaling to fellow Republicans they should abandon years of probes into the Clintons after a bitter campaign in which he repeatedly branded his Democratic rival as crooked. Read story

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2016 file photo, students from Garfield High School march to rally with other students who walked out to protest the election of Donald Trump as president in Seattle. Though too young to vote, thousands of high school students from Seattle to Silver Spring, Md., have taken to the streets since Trump's election to protest his proposed crackdown on illegal immigration and his rude comments about women.

Trump drives teens to demonstrate though they can’t vote

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2016 file photo, students from Garfield High School march to rally with other students who walked out to protest the election of Donald Trump as president in Seattle. Though too young to vote, thousands of high school students from Seattle to Silver Spring, Md., have taken to the streets since Trump's election to protest his proposed crackdown on illegal immigration and his rude comments about women.

November 21, 2016, 1:10pm Election

A high school senior, Yaocihuatl Reyes didn’t pay much attention to the presidential race until she found her teacher sobbing and her east Los Angeles classmates terrified that the election of Donald Trump would lead to the deportation of their families. Read story