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There are just a few days left to cast your ballot in the Nov. 2 general election. With 35 city council and school, fire, cemetery, port and wastewater districts with open seats, along with 10 ballot measures, this year’s ballot was especially long for an off-year election.

Despite being a nonpartisan race, Battle Ground’s candidates for city council have seen the same kind of political divide and polarization found across the country.

Cheers: To the Battle Ground City Council. By a 4-2 vote, the council rejected a proposal that would have barred the city from issuing COVID-related mask or proof-of-vaccine mandates. Gov. Jay Inslee’s mandates have been upheld by the courts, and ignoring them would have opened Battle Ground up to costly legal action.

Following a heated exchange, the Battle Ground City Council on Monday voted down a proposed “medical freedom” ordinance in a 4-2 vote.

The city of Battle Ground has become the latest battleground in the fight against COVID-related mandates. City officials on Monday considered a new ordinance defying Gov. Jay Inslee’s virus mandates.

Battle Ground officials debate about park fence after vandalism By Jack Heffernan, Columbian county government and small cities reporter Published: May 29, 2021, 8:42pm Share: 6 Photos The fence surrounding the Battle Ground skate park sits ripped open at its northwest corner on Friday. (Joshua Hart/The Columbian) Photo Gallery A fence has caused some offense in Battle Ground. City officials placed a permanent chain-link fen...

New candidate declarations continued to trickle in at the Clark County Elections Department on Wednesday, bringing the total number of local people seeking public office up to 97 as of 5 p.m.

The Campus Area Neighborhood Association held a question and answer session with Hub II developers to address the community’s environmental concerns about the project. Project leader and Vandewalle & Associates Urban Designer Brian Munson, Senior Vice President of Development of Core Spaces Rodney King and Antunovich Associates Design Architect Jeffrey Zelisko represented the Hub II development team at the meeting. “There are sustainability rating systems and the one that we’re using is c...