Incumbent Clark County Assessor Peter Van Nortwick is seeking his sixth term in office. He faces Tyler Thoune on the Nov. 3 ...

These are places like east King County suburbs where Republican Dino Rossi’s tenure as a state senator nearly carried him to ...

Clark County Public Health is urging the county council to advocate for state investments in youth development programs using funds from a $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms Inc.

How Washington should balance affordability, public spending and economic growth is at the center of the 17th Legislative District’s Position 2 race. Incumbent Rep. David Stuebe, R-Washougal, calls ...

2A District play-in: Hockinson at Black Hills, 6 p.m. 2A District play-in: W.F. West at Woodland, 6 p.m. 4A Bi-District loser-out: Skyview vs. Puyallup, 5 p.m. at Art Crate Field, Spanaway 4A ...

Cheers: To a bit of budget caution. City councilors have pressed pause on annexation efforts for the city of Vancouver. They have asked City Manager Lon Pluckhahn to remove a $1.4 million budget reque ...

It is time for universal primary care in Washington. It is time to treat hospitals as utilities to be paid for as we pay for the police, water, electric and fire departments. The business of saving pe ...

John Braun, the Republican state Senate minority leader challenging Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez for her 3rd Congressional District seat, said Monday he had no role in millions of controver ...

Derrick Deloney of Evergreen is The Columbian 2026 Week 8 high school football player of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger. Deloney received 647 of the 1,343 votes cast to win the honor.

A judge Monday sentenced a Vancouver man to about 13 years in prison for trying to solicit sex from two teenage girls and later trying to kidnap a 5-year-old girl.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Rural legislators say a budget-slashing plan to cut detectives from the Oregon State Police will disproportionately affect rural areas. SEATTLE (AP) -- King County Executive Dow ...

Beacock Music is getting ready to celebrate 50 years of musical business with a nostalgic revue of the Broadway musical scene that was filling Broadway seats during America’s bicentennial year.