The Hanford Advisory Board has picked Susan Leckband to serve as vice chairwoman after she served six years as chairwoman. The position has a six-year term limit.
She agreed to continue serving with new chairman Steve Hudson, but said she plans to work with board members interested in leadership positions to prepare them to eventually serve as chairman or vice chairman.
Leckband represents the Washington League of Women Voters on the board.
Richland School Board Vice Chairwoman Heather Cleary will face two challengers in August's primary election.
Ron Higgins said he was running to keep local control of education. Another challenger, Jimmie Chastain, could not be reached Friday about his reasons for seeking the post.
A third candidate, Lloyd Becker, who initially filed against Cleary, switched races Friday to run against board Chairman Rick Jansons instead to avoid a crowded field.
Senate Democrats chose nominees Tuesday for two powerful committee chairmanships, calling for longtime Sen. Jim Hargrove to lead the writing of the state’s operating budget and Tracey Eide, who represents South King County and a sliver of Pierce County, to lead on the transportation budget.
Pierce Transit's board voted Monday night to cut service by 34 percent starting in September as a result of the defeat of a proposed sales-tax increase.
Tuesday brought a new year, three new Pierce County Council members and the same people to lead the group.
George Weyerhaeuser Jr., scion of the family that founded the Federal Way-based timber products company that bears his name and a Tacoma civic and business leader in his own right, has died.
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