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After months of financial strain and two failed levy attempts earlier this year, Battle Ground Public Schools leaders signaled support for a levy option and a February 2026 ballot measure.
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Norman Helgason / norman@thereflector.com
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11/17/25
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Two young women hailing from Battle Ground now carry a briefcase everywhere they go. In that briefcase are a crown, a sash and other essentials that all speak to the achievement of a big title for …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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11/17/25
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Washington is ranked the 45th worst overall state for tax competitiveness, according to the Tax Foundation’s 2026 Tax Competitiveness Index. The low ranking places the Evergreen State among the …
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Brett Davis / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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The Reflector
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11/17/25
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Across the river in Portland, robust food cart pods with carts featuring menu items from around the globe have been a staple for quite a few years.
Since 2020, the cuisine on wheels scene …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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11/17/25
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A Skamania County Sheriff’s Office investigation has concluded that the Clark County Council’s March decision to remove Councilor Michelle Belkot from the C-Tran Board was invalid under …
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Norman Helgason / norman@thereflector.com
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11/17/25
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During a time of year where proteins are crucial for the Clark County Food Bank, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated an entire semi-truck full of freshly frozen pork roast, beef …
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11/17/25
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MGP calls out fellow Democrat Congress member for move that cemented chief of staff as his successor
Washington’s Third Congressional District U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, has once again made headlines for breaking with her party.
Gluesenkamp Perez appeared in an …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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11/17/25
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Two people with ties to Longview are facing multiple counts of animal neglect charges in Rainier after police say a malnourished dog was found in an abandoned van near Deli Store and More.
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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11/17/25
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A Centralia man pleaded guilty last week to damaging an energy facility around Portland, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
Nathaniel Cheney, 31, and …
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By The Daily News
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11/17/25
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Olympia’s Proposition 1 to raise the city’s minimum wage to $20 an hour and provide some new worker protections was rejected by voters in last week’s general election.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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The Washington State Sentencing Guidelines Commission has voted 7–2–3 (seven in favor, two against, and three abstentions) to recommend a policy to the Legislature that would provide …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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The state Forest Practices Board has narrowly approved a controversial water buffer rule that has drawn criticism from forestry and farming advocates, as well as local counties that say their …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson’s victory marks something of a rebuke of big-money politics, a feat echoing fellow socialist Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the New York City mayoral …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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A federal judge on Monday permanently ended the Satanic Temple’s challenge to Idaho’s abortion laws.
Chief U.S. District of Idaho Judge David Nye dismissed the lawsuit with …
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By Laura Guido / Idaho Capital Sun
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11/17/25
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Just months after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a Washington law to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports, the Trump administration is looking to block such policies.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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11/17/25
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Clark County is seeking a volunteer with experience related to government ethical conduct to fill an opening on the county’s Ethics Review Commission. Applications are due by 5 p.m., Friday, …
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The Reflector
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11/17/25
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The federal government last week said it will not release a National Wolf Recovery Plan, despite announcing a plan was in the works last year, saying the species doesn’t need federal …
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Micah Drew / Washington State Standard
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11/15/25
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Federal lawyers are asking an appeals court to overturn a recent ruling in Oregon that blocked President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland.
On Friday, lawyers from …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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11/15/25
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Democratic state Sen. Noel Frame traces her interest in tax policy to her time as a teenager in the 1990s, concerned about scarce funding for her school district in Battle Ground, Washington.
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Bill Lucia / Washington State Standard
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11/15/25
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