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Clark County filing week wraps up as familiar Republicans join races

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May 21, 2021, 6:02pm Clark County News

The final day of filing for elections later this year yielded at least 27 new candidates, including some familiar names in local Republican politics. Read story

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Clark County Elections Department sees 20 more candidates running for office

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May 20, 2021, 7:54pm Clark County News

Thursday saw 20 more candidates declare their intent to run for local office with the Clark County Elections Department, bringing the total number of people seeking spots on city councils, boards and commissions this year up to 120 as of 5 p.m. Read story

Attorney Evan Bariault. Facing from left, congratulates Don Benton as fellow attorney Mark Conrad supports Christopher Clifford after the jury ruled in their favor at the conclusion the lawsuit trial at the Clark County Courthouse on Thursday morning, May 20, 2021.

Benton, Clifford, Rice prevail in lawsuit against Clark County over firing

Attorney Evan Bariault. Facing from left, congratulates Don Benton as fellow attorney Mark Conrad supports Christopher Clifford after the jury ruled in their favor at the conclusion the lawsuit trial at the Clark County Courthouse on Thursday morning, May 20, 2021.

May 20, 2021, 11:38am Clark County News

Don Benton, the former director of the now-defunct Clark County Department of Environmental Services, was awarded $67,798 Thursday in his lawsuit against Clark County. In total, Benton and two of his former employees were awarded $693,998 by the jury. Read story

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97 candidates file in Clark County for city councils, school boards, more

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May 19, 2021, 5:59pm Clark County News

New candidate declarations continued to trickle in at the Clark County Elections Department on Wednesday, bringing the total number of local people seeking public office up to 97 as of 5 p.m. Read story

Plaintiffs Chris Clifford, clockwise from left, Don Benton and Susan Rice pause to talk during a break from the lawsuit trial Wednesday at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds.

Still no verdict in Benton lawsuit trial

Plaintiffs Chris Clifford, clockwise from left, Don Benton and Susan Rice pause to talk during a break from the lawsuit trial Wednesday at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds.

May 19, 2021, 5:52pm Clark County News

Don Benton’s lawsuit trial against Clark County will continue after jurors completed their second full day of deliberations Wednesday with no verdict. Read story

Vancouver Mayor McEnerny-Ogle gets a challenger

May 19, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

Candidates continued to declare their campaigns for Clark County’s elected offices on Tuesday, concluding day two of the 2021 election’s filing week with 82 candidates seeking 62 positions. Read story

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Southwest Washington lawmakers decry Inslee’s partial veto of bills

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May 18, 2021, 7:00pm Clark County News

State lawmakers from Southwest Washington balked at Gov. Jay Inslee’s partial veto on a pair of carbon-curbing bills Monday, a move that legislators on both sides of the aisle are calling an overreach of the governor’s powers. Read story

Sandra Zavala-Ortega to seek election to Vancouver Public Schools Board

May 18, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

Recently appointed Vancouver Public Schools Board Director Sandra Zavala-Ortega has announced her candidacy for Position 2. Read story

An empty lot at the northwest corner of the intersection of Southeast First Street and 192nd Avenue. The site sits at the southeast corner of the massive Section 30 area, a former mine which is now home to multiple major planned developments, including a new corporate campus from HP.

Vancouver City Council approves master plan for new HP campus

An empty lot at the northwest corner of the intersection of Southeast First Street and 192nd Avenue. The site sits at the southeast corner of the massive Section 30 area, a former mine which is now home to multiple major planned developments, including a new corporate campus from HP.

May 17, 2021, 9:36pm Clark County News

The Vancouver City Council approved HP Inc.’s master plan to relocate its Clark County campus to a former mining site, giving the company the official green light to construct a multibuilding, 1.5 million-square-foot complex. Read story

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Election filing week kicks off with a few surprises

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May 17, 2021, 6:12pm Clark County News

Clark County’s first day of election filing week wrapped up with a few surprises, as 66 candidates declared campaigns for 53 offices as of 5 p.m. Read story