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YAKIMA – The Northeast 2B girls volleyball teams competing at state all advanced to the state quarterfinals with wins this morning, Thursday, Nov. 10, in the Yakima Valley SunDome. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington swept the previously undefeated Goldendale Timberwolves. Colfax swept Granger. And Liberty (Spangle) won, 3-1, over Brewster. The Broncos hit the court at 8 a.m. Initially, they fell behind the Timberwolves. But down 14-7, Coach Cari Galbreath called h...
COLFAX — A rematch for a county commissioner seat is looking much like the first go-round. Preliminary results in the Nov. 8 general election show incumbent Michael Largent, a Republican, taking the lead over challenger John-Mark Mahnkey, a Democrat. When contacted after the first count, Largent was positive about how the results are looking, so far. “It appears to be a mirror image of the primary,” he said, “At this stage of the game, it’s too early to call it one way or another. It looks positive, so far.” Opponent Ma...
SUNNYSIDE – Despite being censured by most Republican committees in the 4th Congressional District, incumbent Rep. Dan Newhouse appears headed toward re-election. Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, had a commanding lead over Democratic challenger Doug White after the first round of counting in the Nov. 8 general elections. Newhouse is one 10 Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol protest. As a result of his failure to support the president,...
CHENEY – Democratic incumbent Vicky Dalton is ahead with 51.9%, or 73,031 votes after the first round of counting in the Nov. 8 general election. Republican challenger Bob McCaslin is trailing with 47.9%, or 67,307 votes. Dalton, a certified public accountant and government finance manager, has been Spokane County auditor since 1999. McCaslin, a public school teacher and volunteer, and has served in the state Legislature, where he was also a co-sponsor for the 51st state m...
CHENEY — Both Undersheriff John Nowels and former sheriff's office employee Wade Nelson hope to follow Ozzie Knezovich as Spokane County Sheriff starting in January. Both Nowels and Nelson are running as Republicans. Early results following the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, showed Nowels winning with 58% of the vote. Nelson was trailing with 39%. "Pretty happy with the results. I think it's a good number. Obviously, a lot more ballots are going to be counted b...
CHENEY – Spokane County Commissioner Al French is leading Maggie Yates with 50.83%, or 15,225 votes in the Nov. 8 general election. Yates is currently behind with 49.02%, or 14,683 votes after the first round of ballot-counting. French, a Republican incumbent, was elected as county commissioner for District No. 3 in 2011. Previously, he had served as Spokane city councilman and council president, pro-tempore, from 2001-09. French received a bachelor's degree in architecture with business finance minor from University of I...
SPOKANE COUNTY - Washington's general election was concluded on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. According to early results, Republican incumbent Josh Kerns had a significant lead over challenger Wild Bill Schreiner in the race for Spokane County Commissioner in District 3. Kerns had 77% of the vote compared to Schreiner's 21%. "I'm very humbled at the large number. It's like a report card from the voters," Kerns said to the Valley News Herald on Election Night. "We ask whether it's eve...
PASCO – Local farm girl turned political newcomer Tiffany Smiley securely has all 20 of Eastern Washington's counties in her corner. In fact, she had the lead in 27 of the state's 39 counties in the Tuesday, Nov. 8, general election. Yet, she was still losing to career politician Patty Murray, D-Shoreline. Smiley, a Pasco Republican, trailed Murray after the first night of counting in the general election. Murray had 980,199 votes (56.92%); Smiley had 738,618 votes (...
CHENEY – Non-partisan challenger Deb Conklin trails incumbent Larry Haskell with 43.91%, or 59,667 votes. Haskell is in the lead with 55.67%, or 75,658 votes. Conklin, a former senior criminal deputy prosecutor, hoped to "stop the revolving door" in the criminal justice system, saying on election night that "The results tonight were disappointing. We had hoped to do better. I really thought that Spokane county was ready to really embrace justice and fairness." Conklin went on to say that "We thought the city was ready to a...
SPOKANE – Incumbent Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers was easily out-distancing her challenger Tuesday night, Nov. 8, in her 5th Congressional District re-election bid. At the end of the first night of counting in the general election, McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, had amassed 107,971 votes (58.94%). She led every county in the district. Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Natasha Hill of Spokane was a distant second with 74,839 votes (40.85%). The two are vying to be the r...
