WENATCHEE — Ballots for the Chelan and Douglas counties primary election are on their way.
Sydnee Gonzalez
World Staff Writer
Katherine Thomas is a candidate for Wenatchee School Board Position No. 4. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Joel Martin, Jennifer Brandt and incumbent Michele Sandberg.
Sydnee Gonzalez
World Staff Writer
Ballots for the Aug. 3 primary are landing in mailboxes across the Wenatchee Valley and voters have decisions to make with many school board seats up for grabs.
Matt Van Bogart is a candidate for Wenatchee School Board Position No. 2. His opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Tina Irvine and incumbent Maria Iniguez.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Miranda Skalisky is a candidate for Wenatchee School Board Position No. 6. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Arlette Lopez Rodriguez and incumbent Julie Norton.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Joy Dawe is a candidate for Eastmont School Board Director No. 4 at large. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are John "Stew" Steward, Dave Piepel and Charyl Baziak, although Piepel and Baziak have verbally resigned from the race.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
John "Stew" Steward is a candidate for Eastmont School Board Director No. 4 at large. His opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Joy Dawe, Dave Piepel and Charyl Baziak, although Piepel and Baziak have verbally resigned from the race.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Cindy Puckett is a candidate for Cascade School Board Director District No. 1. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Misha Whitfield and Mike Worden.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Mike Worden is a candidate for Cascade School Board Director District No. 1. His opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Misha Whitfield and incumbent Cindy Puckett.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Trey Ising is candidate for Cascade School Board Director District No. 5. His opponents in the Aug. 3 primary election are Marty Young and Alicia Warman, although Warman has verbally withdrawn from the race.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Stephanie Fuller is a candidate for Lake Chelan School Board Director District No. 1. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Cole Soreano and Brooke Isaak, although Isaak has verbally withdrawn from the race.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Misha Whitfield is a candidate for Cascade School Board Director District No. 1. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Mike Worden and incumbent Cindy Puckett.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Marty Young is a candidate for Cascade School Board Director District No. 5. His opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are incumbent Trey Ising and Alicia Warman, although Warman has verbally withdrawn from the race.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Maria Iniguez is a candidate for Wenatchee School Board Position No. 2. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Tina Irvine and Matt Van Bogart.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Michele Sandberg is a candidate for Wenatchee School Board Position No. 4. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Joel Martin and Jennifer Brandt.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Annette Eggers is a candidate for Eastmont School Board Director No. 3. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Jason Heinz and Rama Mohr, although Mohr has verbally resigned from the race.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Arlette Lopez-Rodriguez is a candidate for Wenatchee School Board Position No. 5. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are incumbent Julie Norton and Miranda Skalisky.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Julie Norton is a candidate for Wenatchee School Board Position No. 5. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Arlette Lopez Rodriguez and Miranda Skalisky.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Three Eastmont School Board candidates, including one incumbent, have verbally withdrawn from competing for two director positions up for election this year.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Jason Heinz is a candidate for Eastmont School Board Director No. 3. His opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are incumbent Annette Eggers and Rama Mohr, although Mohr has verbally resigned from the race.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Cole Soreano is a candidate for Lake Chelan School Board Director District No. 1. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Stephanie Fuller and Brooke Isaak, although Isaak has verbally withdrawn from the race.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Joel Martin is a candidate for Wenatchee School Board Position No. 4. His opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Jennifer Brandt and incumbent Michele Sandberg.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Tina Irvine is a candidate for Wenatchee School Board Position No. 2. Her opponents in the Aug. 3 primary are Matt Van Bogart and incumbent Maria Iniguez.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — Residents of the 8th Washington Congressional District disagree on whether the combination of east and west areas in the district is the right mix.
Sydnee Gonzalez
World Staff Writer
WENATCHEE — Five of 23 open Chelan County elected offices received applications after a special three-day filing period that ended Thursday.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
The Washington Redistricting Commission’s once-per-decade task of redrawing the state’s congressional and legislative boundaries is guaranteed to not please everybody.
WENATCHEE — Two dozen Chelan County offices up for election do not have any candidates filed, including a four-year term for the Entiat City Council.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — The window to file for candidacy in the 2021 election came to a close Friday. Among open seats in Chelan and Douglas counties, the most contested position is Manson School Board, District 4 with with five candidates.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
RICHLAND — Two armed security officers have been hired by the Benton County Auditor's Office as elections employees work to verify more than 16,500 signatures in the recall effort against Sheriff Jerry Hatcher.
MANSON — Manson Parks and Recreation’s three-year renewal levy appears to be passing with 76.32% of the vote, according to special election results posted Tuesday night by the Chelan County Elections Office.
KENNEWICK — Loren Culp officially announced his plan to run against Rep. Dan Newhouse at the end of a three-hour rally in Kennewick on April 23.
WENATCHEE — Candidates will soon begin to file for local elected offices.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
In ongoing partisan debates about voting accessibility, lawmakers at both the state and federal levels should heed the words of Kim Wyman.
Marissa Reyes still doesn’t understand why her signature would cause her August 2020 Benton County primary ballot to be tossed out.
Experts, elections officials and voters provided a range of possible explanations for the higher rates of Latino ballot signature rejection rates across age groups, including lower education and literacy levels.
The pandemic is really putting the financial hurt on nonprofit organizations as well as ordinary businesses. I was reminded of this in a recent conversation with Ron Bermingham, the managing director of the Wenatchee Valley Symphony.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
The level of disdain and hatred that has evolved between liberals and conservatives in this country is terrifying and threatens to destroy the country that we all love. In my darker moments, I confess to having profound concerns about whether American democracy will survive.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
A $2.6 million legal judgment last week against Tim Eyman should leave no doubt about the anti-tax maven’s true motivation.
WENATCHEE — Tuesday was a good night for school levies across North Central Washington. The levies need a simple majority to pass.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — Today is special election day. On the ballots regionally are mostly renewal of expiring educational programs and operations levies, formerly known as maintenance and operations levies.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WATERVILLE — The Feb. 9 special election includes an Orondo School District request for a capital levy for health, life safety and security.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
NCW — The Feb. 9 special election ballot measures in North Central Washington are mostly renewal of expiring educational programs and operations levies, formerly known as maintenance and operations levies.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
OLYMPIA — Washington certified its 2020 election Tuesday with some 750,000 more ballots cast and counted than ever before, and a turnout just a shade under the record set in 2008.
YAKIMA — Amanda McKinney was sworn in as Yakima County commissioner on Wednesday during a small ceremony at the Yakima County courthouse.
Washington, D.C. — If your financial adviser repeatedly gave you stock picks that were off by 200 or 300 percent, and always in the wrong direction, would you keep trusting them with your money?
What happened in this election?
LEAVENWORTH — Armed with paintbrushes and dancing to music, a group of Leavenworth residents and visitors set to work Saturday evening, decorating recycled cardboard with pleas for peace.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday, several major television networks and The Associated Press said.
WENATCHEE — Tiffany Gering solidified her lead over Dale England for a seat on the Chelan County Commission when more ballots were counted Friday.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
