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Soap Lake Council limits mayor’s authority
SOAP LAKE — Soap Lake City Council approved a slate of resolutions Wednesday night aimed at safeguarding city reco…
Adams Co. turnout down from 2020 general election
RITZVILLE — About 62.5% of eligible Adams County voters cast ballots in the 2024 general election. That’s a lower percentage of voters that cast ballots in eit…
Mattawa council holds budget workshop
MATTAWA — The city of Mattawa tentatively is projected to spend about $12.1 million in 2025, an increase of about $1.5 million over projected expenditures in 2…
Weise leads Rivard in Adams commission race
RITZVILLE — Incumbent Jay Weise is leading challenger Hank Rivard in the race for Adams County Commissioner, District 2. In unofficial results updated Fri…
Pellicciotti leading in State Treasurer polls
OLYMPIA – Democrat incumbent Mike Pellicciotti is leading the polls for State Treasurer with 57.73% of voters. His opponent, Republican Sharon Hanek has 72.17%…
Updated Adams Co. election info
RITZVILLE — Incumbent Adams County commissioners Dan Blankenship and Jay Weise maintained their leads over challengers in updated vote totals released Friday.
Mungia holds narrow lead WA Supreme Court race
OLYMPIA — State Supreme Court Pos. 2 candidate Sal Mungia led his opponent by a narrow margin of 0.8% of votes as of Friday night, according to the Washington …
Brown leads Washington AG polls
OLYMPIA – Democrat Nick Brown is leading the polls for attorney general with 55.8% of the votes. His opponent, Republican Pete Serrano has 44.1% of the votes.
Potential passage of I-2066 in WA fuels other groups looking to protect natural gas
(The Center Square) – Three days after the general election, county auditors are still tabulating ballots all across Washington state, with more than half a mi…
STUDIO BASIN: Boeing strike, election results and football playoffs
MOSES LAKE – On this spisode of the STUDIO BASIN podcast, senior reporter Cheryl Schweizer and Staff Writer Nance Beston discuss the Moses Lake School District…
WA Governor-elect names executive team
SEATTLE – Washington Governor-Elect Bob Ferguson filled his executive leadership team Nov. 7.
Lt. Governor Heck wins bid for reelection
OLYMPIA – Incumbent Lt. Governor Denny Heck, a Democrat, campaigned to keep his seat from Republican challenger Dan Matthews.
Jones returns to his GC Commission seat
EPHRATA — Rob Jones won the Grant County Commissioner District 2 race with 8,707 votes Tuesday. His opponent David Henderson received 5,762 votes. Both candida…
Pellicciotti leading in State Treasurer polls
OLYMPIA – Democrat incumbent Mike Pellicciotti is leading the polls for State Treasurer with 58.09% of voters. His opponent, Republican Sharon Hanek has 41.81%…
Voters reject initiative to repeal Climate Commitment Act
(The Center Square) – Washington voters have chosen to keep the state's controversial cap-and-trade program that critics say substantially raised fuel prices w…
Upthegrove leads in DNR commissioner race
OLYMPIA – The race for lands commissioner has seen some ups and downs over the last several months with Hillary Franz stepping aside to run for Congress and op…