Clallam County

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Politics

Washington’s Clallam County likely to lose status as presidential bellwether

Lauren Gallup

In Western Washington, Clallam County has likely lost its 40 year streak as a bellwether for the presidential election.

A DNR mature forest remains alongside the Olympic Adventure Trail near the Elwha River in Port Angeles. The agency spared 69 acres of a timber sale called "Power Plant," after protests from a coalition of groups advocating for preservation of so-called legacy forests. The state will use funds from the natural climate solutions account provided by the state Climate Commitment Act to purchase replacement lands.

Environment

Commissioner of Public Lands race centers on different forest management styles

Bellamy Pailthorp

The public lands commissioner race is shaping up to be a clash over forest management styles – and how to best use that resource in the face of climate change.

In this photo taken June 3, 2014, the Elwha River flows into the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Port Angeles, Wash., on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Chinook salmon and steelhead have been streaming into stretches of the Elwha River and its tributaries previously blocked by the Elwha Dam, and Glines Canyon Dam, which stood for nearly a century before dam removal was complete in August, 2014. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Environment

Controversial timber sale near Elwha River moving forward

Bellamy Pailthorp

A coalition of community and conservation groups wants to stop a state logging claim near the banks of the Elwha river. They say the so-called “Power Plant” sale would compromise the high-profile effort to restore endangered salmon habitat on the river, just a decade after two dams were removed.

A southbound Sounder train waits at King Street Station in Seattle.

Transportation

More Washington counties trying 'microtransit' for flexible routes

Scott Greenstone

Clallam and Pierce counties in Western Washington are experimenting with what some call “microtransit”: on-demand trips for that last mile, from the transit hub to people’s neighborhoods.