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Save our Streets Vancouver has collected more than 6,500 signatures to place an initiative on the November 2025 ballot that would send all decisions about removing traffic lanes to a vote of the people.

Save Vancouver Streets gathers 6,517 signatures, delivers petition for 2025 ballot initiative

Save our Streets Vancouver has collected more than 6,500 signatures to place an initiative on the November 2025 ballot that would send all decisions about removing traffic lanes to a vote of the people.

November 4, 2024, 5:41pm Clark County News

Members of the grassroots group Save Vancouver Streets said they delivered a petition with 6,517 signatures to Vancouver City Hall on Monday seeking a ballot initiative that would require voter approval to remove traffic lanes. Read story

A screenshot from surveillance video shows the east Vancouver ballot box exploding into flames Oct.

C-Tran video shows explosion of east Vancouver ballot box

A screenshot from surveillance video shows the east Vancouver ballot box exploding into flames Oct.

November 4, 2024, 5:08pm Clark County News

Video from surveillance cameras at C-Tran’s Fisher’s Landing Transit Center captured the Oct. 28 fiery explosion of the east Vancouver ballot box that damaged hundreds of ballots. 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

Dave Reichert, a former congressman, is a Republican candidate for Washington governor in 2024.

Reichert touts moderate record, but abortion takes spotlight in WA race

Dave Reichert, a former congressman, is a Republican candidate for Washington governor in 2024.

November 4, 2024, 9:12am Election

Twenty years ago this month, Dave Reichert spun his popularity as King County sheriff into a seat in Congress, winning a swing district that included Bellevue and other Seattle suburbs. Read story

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian
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

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian
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

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 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

Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn’t have left White House after 2020 loss

November 3, 2024, 2:59pm Election

Donald Trump gave a profane and conspiracy-laden speech two days before the presidential election, talking about reporters being shot and suggesting he “shouldn't have left” the White House after his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Read story

This combination of file photos shows Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaking at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 12, 2024, 2024, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaking a town hall campaign event in Warren, Mich., on Sept. 27, 2024.

Harris, Trump focus on Sun Belt in late push

This combination of file photos shows Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaking at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 12, 2024, 2024, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaking a town hall campaign event in Warren, Mich., on Sept. 27, 2024.

November 3, 2024, 1:43pm Election

Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump zeroed in on the Sun Belt on Saturday as they embarked on one last weekend quest to sway undecided voters in the battleground states. They pitched rival agendas on the economy — and more — that each insisted is what Americans want. Read story

FILE - U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., speaks following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

Congress remains toss-up to the end

FILE - U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., speaks following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

November 3, 2024, 1:42pm Election

The final doors are being knocked, ads are blaring and candidates are making a last pitch to voters. Even with the high-energy final push, the races for control of Congress are at a stalemate, essentially a toss-up for the House and fight to the finish for the Senate. Read story