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Understanding the February Special Election

Understanding the February Special Election

Did you know there’s an election coming up on Tuesday, February 13th? Springtime special elections sometimes get overlooked, especially when it feels like the recent November election is so fresh in mind. But in the February 2018 special election, 65 percent of Washington’s registered voters are eligible to participate — that’s 2,753,553 people. Voters from all but two counties have issues and/or races on the February ballot. San Juan and Skamania are the exceptions, but not all other counties have…

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Grant County Goes From Abraham, Lincoln to George, Washington

Grant County Goes From Abraham, Lincoln to George, Washington

 From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Wilson Creek, a small settlement in east central Grant County had a newspaper called Wilson Creek World. It ran from 1907-1943, and WSL has issues from 1913-1938 available on microfilm (which you can request on interlibrary loan). The Wilson Creek World contained mostly agricultural and local social news. At the head of the title you can find the motto: “The Land of Diversified Farming :…

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