Author: Jake Thomas

It’s become fairly routine for progressive activists to gather outside of the district offices of Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler, R- Battle Ground. This week they again got together to protest […]

Clark County voters mostly sat out last week’s primary election with only about 20 percent of registered voters bothering to turn in their ballots. And when it came to making sure […]

With the Washington Legislature having finally finished its work, lawmakers have returned home to resume day jobs they’ve somehow managed to keep while being in Olympia for such long stretches […]

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $788 billion defense spending bill. In addition to giving the Pentagon a boost in funding, the bill has money for veterans […]

As of yesterday, Bob Stevens has one less hat to wear. Stevens is the county’s director of General Services and in 2015 was appointed as the first ever deputy county manager […]

The Trump administration has some voters spooked. In May, President Donald Trump convened a commission tasked with looking at how the country’s electoral system is running, specifically the possibility of voter […]

If you’ve ever made it a habit to attend public meetings in Clark County there’s a good chance you’ve been in the same room with Jim Karlock. He’s a Portland-based conservative […]

When I showed up yesterday to interview Jim Rumpeltes, Clark County’s new interim manager, for his first day of work, a Columbian photographer, noticed his flat expression and asked him […]

As a member of Vancouver City Council, Jack Burkman has a lot to think about. But he’s not working on resolving any lingering questions on what happened to Seth Rich, […]

Nonpartisan elections can be hard to figure out. Instead of having a ballot full of names with D’s and R’s behind their names that voters can use as a barometer […]