Cathy Abel News Today

Walla Walla Valley voters favor a rematch of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in November, according to early presidential primary results after 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 12.

A Burbank-area fire district will have to work with the funding it has to maintain current services because voters rejected the proposed property tax levy increase, according to final election

The bulk of the ballots returned in Columbia County have been counted, and the results send election night leaders to office and cement a new pool district in the county.

Columbia County led the state in early ballot returns, reaching a turnout rate of 49.5% as of Tuesday, Nov. 7, according to early totals.

It’s Election Day in Walla Walla and Columbia counties, where nonpartisan races for city council, school boards and special districts fill the ballot.

Columbia County election supervisor Cathy Abel said in an interview Thursday, Nov. 2, that voters must remember to sign their ballot envelope.

A measure to dissolve the Columbia County Rural Library District will not appear on the November ballot.

Since 2020, political organizing in Yakima, Walla Walla and Columbia counties has reenergized, and elections officials see the impact in engagement.

Since 2020, political organizing in Yakima, Walla Walla and Columbia counties has reenergized, and elections officials see the impact in engagement.

A measure to dissolve the Columbia County Rural Library District will not appear on the November ballot.