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Former Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, left, and Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson are running for Washington governor in 2024.

Washington attorney general and ex-sheriff who helped nab Green River Killer race for governorship

August 5, 2024, 7:50am Clark County Politics

Washington state’s longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down the Green River Killer are vying to become the next governor of a Democratic stronghold that hasn’t had an open race for the state’s top job in more than a decade. Read story

Candidates for Washington governor (from left); Semi Bird, Bob Ferguson, Mark Mullet, Dave Reichert (File photos)

WA governor candidates want to hire more police, but their plans differ

August 5, 2024, 7:38am Clark County Politics

Washington’s leading candidates for governor agree on one major public safety priority, saying the state must work to hire more cops. Read story

Former mayor Jennifer Lindsay to resign from Ridgefield council

August 1, 2024, 5:48pm Clark County News

Ridgefield City Council member and former mayor Jennifer Lindsay is resigning from her Position 6 seat effective Aug. 23. Read story

Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., questions witnesses during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington.

One of the last Republican congressmen to vote for Trump impeachment defends his seat in Washington race

August 1, 2024, 7:54am Clark County Politics

Congressional primary races in Washington state are attracting outsized attention, including one that pits one of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump against two conservative candidates whose platforms are in lock-step with the GOP presidential nominee. Read story

Ballots are processed by the Clark County Elections Office in March. The Elections Office says that while there may be some instances of noncitizerns registering to vote, which is illegal, the number is very small.

Are noncitizens using Washington driver’s licenses to illegally register to vote in Clark County?

July 31, 2024, 3:10pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Washington is one of 19 states, along with the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, that allows some or all undocumented residents to obtain a driver’s license or state-issued identification. Some worry this practice lets noncitizens register and vote in federal, state or local elections. Read story

Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey, left, helps a voter drop off their ballot at the ballot box in downtown Vancouver on March 12.

Voting underway in primary election; Crowded local, state races will be thinned in Aug. 6 vote

July 31, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

Registered voters in Clark County have begun casting their ballots for next week’s primary election. Read story

Family caregiver advocate Christina Keys remembers her mom, Patricia Keys, while looking at her portrait in the front hallway of her Vancouver home Monday afternoon. Christina Keys quit her job 12 years ago to take care of her mother, who died in December 2022. More than 120 organizations and advocates for workers have launched a statewide campaign to defeat ballot Initiative 2124, which would make opting into the long-term care coverage tax voluntary. Also pictured is her mom’s service dog, Puddy, 13. “You weren’t a burden,” she said to her late mother.

Family caregivers, nurses launch campaign to protect Washington’s long-term care benefit, defeat I-2124

July 25, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Health

Last week, hundreds of family caregivers, advocates and nurses across the state launched a campaign to defeat a Washington ballot initiative that would cut funding to long-term health care benefits. Read story

A new public safety tax helped pay for body cams for the Clark County Sheriff's Office.

Clark County Council decides against a levy to support sheriff’s office for November ballot

July 22, 2024, 2:44pm Clark County News

Voters will not see a Clark County-sponsored law enforcement levy on the ballot this fall to accompany one from the city of Vancouver. Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez hosts a child care roundtable with Clark County first responders at Vancouver City Hall on June 20.

Here’s how some Democratic leaders in Washington responded to Biden’s announcement

July 22, 2024, 7:48am Clark County Politics

Prominent Democrats in Washington took to social media Sunday to praise President Joe Biden and his decision to withdraw from the presidential race, and some of them backed his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party's presidential nominee. Read story