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STATELINE, Nev. March 11, 2022 — After a dozen years on the Kingsbury General Improvement District, trustee Natalie Yanish is challenging Douglas County Commissioner Wes Rice.  Both Rice and 

Yanish filed on Monday morning in Stateline.  Yanish was named “2021 Public Official of the Year” award by the Nevada League of Cities and Municipalities. She was the first League president from a general improvement district.

“I see a gap in what Douglas County residents want, and how the current commission policies restrict the ability for residents to thrive. Regulations, restrictions, and bureaucracy has been growing in policy making, and our community is suffering because of burdensome ordinances,” she said.

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March 21, 2022 -  The Stage is set for the 2022 election with six countywide races after a Minden resident filed for Douglas County Commission District 2.  

Air Force veteran, Douglas High graduate and recent Minden returnee Dan Casentini filed on Friday against candidate Sharla Hales for the seat being vacated by one-term county commissioner John Engels.  

Also on Friday, Lake Tahoe resident Janet Murphy filed for the District 4 seat held by Commissioner Wes Rice. Rice, Murphy and Natalie Yanish are in competition for that seat.  Both races will be resolved in the June 14 Republican primary.

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Genoa, Nev. — The first day of filing for election on Monday resulted in races for Douglas County School Board District 6 and County Commission District 4 seats. 

Five of the six county officers filed on Monday. I’m sure we’ll hear from Public Administrator Steve Walsh over the next two weeks.    

It’s been a dozen years since Natalie Yanish drew an ace to win a seat on the Kingsbury General Improvement District Board. She’s challenging Commissioner Wes Rice, himself a veteran of one of Douglas County’s many improvement district boards.

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GARDNERVILLE, Nev. – The ace of clubs beat the eight of diamonds to win Kingsbury resident Natalie Yanish a seat on the general improvement district board.  

Yanish and board member Robert McDowell cut cards in Minden on Friday to determine who would get the seat after they tied for third place in the Nov. 2 general election.  

“My friends were teasing me that I needed to practice, so we tried it and eight out of 10 times I lost,” the 30-year-old Colorado native said. “Maybe I got all my bad luck out of my system. I’m usually not very lucky.”

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