Election

Democrat Tim Probst and Republican Lynda Wilson talk Friday with The Columbian Editorial Board. The two are running for the state Senate seat in the 17th District, where Wilson is currently a state representative.

Updated with video: Probst, Wilson tangle in 17th District Senate race

September 9, 2016, 8:17pm Clark County News

Longtime Republican Sen. Don Benton of Vancouver is not seeking re-election, but his presence continues to loom over the race for the 17th Legislative District Senate seat. Read story

Marilyn Balcerak, whose son fatally shot himself and his stepsister, speaks to media Thursday about Initiative 1491 in the Five Corners area. Initiative 1491 would create extreme-risk protection orders, allowing families and law enforcement to petition a court to temporarily suspend a person's access to firearms if there is documented evidence that an individual is threatening harm to themselves or others.

Gun-control backers push I-1491 at rally

September 8, 2016, 5:51pm Clark County News

Gun-control advocates gathered on Thursday near the home of a Clark County man who allegedly fatally shot his wife earlier this summer. Read story

Clinton blasts Trump’s comments on military generals, Putin

September 8, 2016, 11:12am Election

Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump Thursday for his condemnation of American military generals and his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying her Republican opponent had "failed" at proving he can be commander in chief. Read story

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waits with his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, left, waits to be introduced during the Commander in Chief Forum hosted by NBC on Wednesday in New York.

Election officials push back on Trump’s “rigged” allegations

September 8, 2016, 9:59am Election

Election officials across the country are pushing back against Donald Trump’s assertions that the presidential election may be rigged, arguing that too many safeguards exist against engineered results nationally or in individual states. Read story

People rise and begin singing during the Guilford County Board of Elections meeting at the Old Guilford County Courthouse in Greensboro, N.C. The swing state of North Carolina could be pushed in a Republican or Democratic direction when the GOP-led State Board of Elections meets Thursday to finalize early voting plans for a third of the state's counties.

Eyes on North Carolina as GOP-led board settles voting rules

September 8, 2016, 9:50am Election

North Carolina’s Board of Elections worked county by county Thursday to approve early-voting plans that were redrawn after a federal court voided much of the state’s election law as discriminatory toward African-Americans. Read story

Clinton, Trump square off over national security

Veterans listen as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the Commander in Chief Forum hosted by NBC, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in New York.

September 7, 2016, 8:58pm Election

Leveling unusually harsh criticism against the military, Republican Donald Trump said Wednesday night that America’s generals have been “reduced to rubble” under President Barack Obama and suggested he would fire some of them if he wins the presidency in November. Read story

Clinton, Schumer eye new political partnership in 2017

Then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., center, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, bow their heads during a moment of silence as they join mourners gathering to remember those lost during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center at ground zero in New York on Sept. 11, 2003.

September 7, 2016, 11:06am Election

During their eight overlapping years in the U.S. Senate, Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer were political partners. They were friendly — and sometimes less than friendly — rivals, and influential powerbrokers for New York, his home state and her adopted one. Read story

Trump promises huge boost in military spending

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks to supporters in an overflow room during a campaign rally, Tuesday in Greenville, N.C.

September 7, 2016, 9:38am Election

Republican Donald Trump has unveiled a plan to boost military spending by tens of billions of dollars on Wednesday, outlining a plan for major increases in the number of active troops, Navy ships and submarines, and fighter planes as he works to convince skeptics in both parties that he’s ready… Read story