NCW — Today’s the last day to cast your vote in the primary election.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — A Link Transit proposal to raise taxes to fund more services is passing with a combined 56% of the vote in Chelan and Douglas counties.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
NCW — Being a candidate for public office comes with some paperwork, but figuring out all details can be a challenge.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A conservative group is increasing pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to put election security legislation up for a vote in the Senate by airing ads that target the Kentucky Republican and four other Republican senators in their home states.
SEATTLE — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren will host a town hall event in Seattle, bringing her surging presidential campaign to the Pacific Northwest.
NCW — More primary ballots were counted Friday, but most outcomes remained the same as reported Tuesday, including voter approval of tax measures for Link Transit and RiverCom 911.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
Washington transportation policy makers are faced with a “dangerous curve ahead” signpost due to the state’s overreliance on a gas tax. Unless an alternate route is mapped out, we’re headed toward a fiscal cliff in the next few decades.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa, a decade ago, humbled Joe Biden. Now it has a chance to redeem him.
SEATTLE — Seattle City Councilmember M. Lorena González is launching a campaign for Washington state attorney general, joining a growing field of Democrats eyeing Bob Ferguson's job in 2020.
WATERVILLE — Computer problems delayed release of Douglas County election results by about 90 minutes Tuesday night.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
EASTMONT — Meaghan Vibbert and Lyle McClune are currently leading the race for Eastmont School Board Position 5 in the primary election.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — A RiverCom Dispatch proposal to extend its current sales tax is passing by a large margin in early Chelan and Douglas county vote counts.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
See results from the 2019 primary election as they come in.
NCW — Four mayoral races in Chelan and Douglas counties were being narrowed down Tuesday night.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — City Councilwoman Linda Herald and family counselor Jorge Chacón looked like they would face each other in the Nov. 5 general election as of Tuesday night.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
OLYMPIA — As Washington’s Republicans cast about for someone to break their three-decade-plus losing streak for the governor’s office, Phil Fortunato, a brash GOP state senator from Auburn, has announced his bid for the job.
NCW — If Tuesday night's results are any indicator, it looks like state Rep. Alex Ybarra, R-Quincy, will keep his seat.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — One of the three Wenatchee School Board races on the ballot in November will be uncontested after all.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
OLYMPIA — In the five months since Gov. Jay Inslee declared his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, he has spent more than half his days traveling out of state on the campaign trail.
DETROIT — In what could be his final appearance on a presidential debate stage, Gov. Jay Inslee clashed with former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday over the urgency of confronting a looming climate crisis, warning “our house is on fire.”
SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly 30 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided 5 to 4 that states could not impose qualifications on candidates for Congress that were stricter than those specified in the Constitution, a ruling that could apply to presidential candidates.
DETROIT — Democratic presidential candidates debating in Detroit on Tuesday night decried President Donald Trump’s racist statements and outlined how they would combat emboldened white supremacists as well as address the ongoing effects of historic racist policies.
Looking for your next great beach read? I have a recommendation.
With a new work schedule, since January I haven’t been working weekends with fellow photographer Mike Bonnicksen picking up those duties. But when Mike took a vacation day last Saturday, I headed to Lake Chelan to photograph the annual ChelanMan triathlon for both the news and sports sections.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
This August, voters from Chelan and Douglas counties will vote whether to renew a sales tax that benefits RiverCom, the region’s emergency call dispatch service.
The cycle of failures at the state Department of Corrections remains unacceptably alive.
WENATCHEE — The public can meet candidates for local mayoral, council and sewer district races at a free event the North Central Washington Association of Realtors is hosting next week.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
Voting for the 2019 primary election begins today, July 19, and will end Aug. 6. The general election is Nov. 5. Here are all of our stories about local races.
The 18-day voting period for the Aug. 6 Primary Election starts on Friday. In addition, Washington state is rolling out — and essentially testing — a new $9.5 million statewide elections system known as VoteWa.
ENTIAT — Mayor John Alt II faces competition from Sarah Tulla-Marie Stenberg and Michael A. Buckingham this year.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Two members of the Wenatchee City Council and a political newcomer are seeking the at-large District A seat on the council.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
NCW — After former state Rep. Matt Manweller, who was facing sexual misconduct allegations, announced his intention of resigning if re-elected in November, voters chose the Ellensburg Republican anyway.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
EAST WENATCHEE — A physical therapist, a land surveyor and a public information officer are facing off in the Aug. 6 primary election for Eastmont School Board Position 5.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
BRIDGEPORT — Which comes first: businesses or customers?
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
DALLAS — H. Ross Perot, the feisty Texas technology billionaire who rattled U.S. politics with two independent presidential campaigns in the 1990s that struck a chord with disgruntled voters, died on Tuesday at the age of 89, his family said.
WATERVILLE — Sewer system upgrades.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — For the first time in recent memory, the Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce is endorsing a political campaign.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. — California billionaire and liberal activist Tom Steyer will announce this week that he plans to enter the already crowded field of candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a person close to him.
CHELAN — Lake Chelan School District Superintendent Barry DePaoli was fined $150 by the state Public Disclosure Commission for violating state law by using school facilities to support a bond measure.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
OLYMPIA — County officials across Washington are racing to enter a backlog of voter-registration data into a new statewide elections system in time to get ballots printed and mailed by mid-July, for the Aug. 6 primary.
CHELAN — Three candidates with city government experience are running for Chelan mayor this year.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WATERLOO, Iowa — Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail with a new drive to contrast his views with those of other Democratic presidential hopefuls after a rough debate performance last week highlighted his tenuous grasp on front-runner status.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren gained substantial ground after last week’s Democratic presidential debates; former Vice President Joe Biden and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke declined.
The candidates argued, interrupted and bulldozed through their allotted time during the second of two Democratic primary debates, and the moderators struggled to keep the conversation on track.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether President Donald Trump may end Obama-era protections for the young immigrants known as Dreamers.
WATERVILLE — Candidates for Waterville mayor will answer questions at a forum starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Pioneer Park.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
With virtually the entire adult U.S. population seeking the Democratic presidential nomination — or so it seems — the party faces some knotty questions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two of the leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, will be inching toward their 80th birthdays come Election Day.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed Republican legislators in Virginia a defeat, leaving in place a ruling that invalidated state electoral districts they drew because they weakened the clout of black voters in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
NCW — Of 35 available positions, six were filled during special filing periods held by the Chelan and Douglas county auditors.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
