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Home My WebLink About091225 - WAcounties Weekly _ September 12_ 2025ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. September 12, 2025 COUNTY NEWS Clallam Commissioners Urge State to Approve Paused September 12, 2025 <https://members.wsac.org/emailimages/1717107438240-WACountiesWeekly_Logo.png> COUNTY NEWS Clallam Commissioners Urge State to Approve Paused Timber Sales, Cite Millions at Stake for Local Services Clallam County commissioners want Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove to give the green light to all paused timber sales in the county, saying the money is badly needed for local services. In a letter approved Tuesday, the board thanked Upthegrove for recently moving most of the sales forward but pointed out what’s still on the line: about $300,000 for Olympic Medical Center, nearly $1 million for fire districts, $300,000 for the North Olympic Library System, $750,000 for county roads, and $650,000 for the county’s general fund, which is already staring at a $3 million deficit next year. 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Read MORE <https://members.wsac.org/admin-portal/email-engine/link/MjQ3ODE2LWQ3MzkyNGJmTDBPYQ==/1/D5Nt2Hoqqa2T7ic3yS1bUrkvTHcOgEsOVQEUuYXxVmRO4hqE---slash---ora6IdDcOAt4y3wdT3t7YRCWwXv---plus---Ag88c 5utEJmuHFd---plus---0yNDbxN---plus---lYvIpxfXHmWvL0g---slash---necMWJbFMFAVG0Ci75oU6ocdZQaUT---plus---N6wyu---plus---4aSdPWQ---slash---oTAqyFzpc0---equals---> <https://members.wsac.org/admin-portal/email-engine/link/MjQ3ODE2LWQ3MzkyNGJmTDBPYQ==/2/gzjwEtnVJO7aCdD80oyG8oB6UZbeI---plus---w6U838Q---plus---tdh73AI43sG8SqwwPTn4Hg0ItTNlZO4jwpk0mfCoO87yVm---plus- --sAI0ggy6i---slash---CenvPbeJEl6Qw57g6UU4HalGM3HBeu7we> COUNTY NEWS Lower Sugarloaf Fire: Officials Outline Strategy, Priorities at Community Meeting Fire officials discussed challenges, logistics and strategies regarding the Lower Sugarloaf Fire and nearby Labor Mountain Fire during a community meeting Tuesday evening. “All the fires this summer, as was Lower Sugarloaf and the Labor Mountain Fire were deemed full suppression. We haven’t had any other response besides full suppression given the conditions that we find ourselves in around drought and fire danger. So that has been our stance about how we choose to respond to fires this year,” said Tara Umphries, Forest Supervisor of Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest (NF). READ MORE <https://members.wsac.org/admin-portal/email-engine/link/MjQ3ODE2LWQ3MzkyNGJmTDBPYQ==/3/libHyyBejyk8UBR2ZK9OCqxXFBkeFG46lTzVQVIs2---plus---f50OEc0OLoW3rFuY9UzEqQSPYLBwnr---plus---WUJ4lSHBjv upqddIxp1i37OYvfvW4oj9L7L7vUr7IpNLLDP222dBOOaXWA4sU3kMl59ID8U58znidtwFNV3lnOvl4OThcqusrG2ccr93rhyrINOp---slash---ITZ2---plus---d8cIsKobWkLoC9ePmY63lxJqMfIUCC2---slash---XliQ8EGt4GMlk36lgXZEuQIKICkunj GfS> COUNTY NEWS County and Agency Partners Work to Develop Tools to Manage Human/Wildlife Interactions Many island residents have expressed concern about unlawful interactions between humans and wildlife over the years. Recently, locals have asked for Council guidance on the matter, prompting a series of meetings with local landowners and public land managers that culminated in a public presentation to Council on Aug. 5. READ MORE <https://members.wsac.org/admin-portal/email-engine/link/MjQ3ODE2LWQ3MzkyNGJmTDBPYQ==/4/0R8KUHURBPKqWAAxEkp901J2UdZ7llbwrcKdDUuhl4QPSCNpkKfyv---slash---JmAGz9PyzXafIG6s9IycTAO---slash---PrZ nv---plus---vW7QYGnXCjSzedT4SGE9---plus---2lyoD3gBXRqnW4QuS3zMDH7yY0ibag5TLi85AVswuSjuy3c---plus---2OS5WEiH8wmzXY0KpoCoDp2pMXlNyXMfW8HNpxWOpy9JD3BcFi0EJb7mKvdgA---equals------equals---> COUNTY NEWS Rural Washington Hospitals Brace for Fallout From Medicaid Cuts Rural hospitals in Washington have spent the years since the COVID-19 pandemic on the brink as they care for patients who increasingly trend older and poorer. Under new federal law, Medicaid will be cut by $1 trillion over the next 10 years, and 10 million Americans will lose access to the program, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Read MORE <https://members.wsac.org/admin-portal/email-engine/link/MjQ3ODE2LWQ3MzkyNGJmTDBPYQ==/5/5ktl4Z6a4fXn8nZAzdTf---plus---faXATwRgFvue---slash---P8VuuKLd0XfDADxDKeVtNZWhLYlTPadtqUzzvk7v---plus- --31VVREyrN1fGurjT5a6KpkvXWn1SB7Z4nqJ4TVlJO06fRiUXgOOzl---slash---lgjm---slash---2X---slash---OWHJNiqbYA4c7by5IQEtD7G9JH6cL79Iug6XZGdU0B6IJ8GijLRSZUoG---slash---KzGfUhzV4yawAvSa2aLg---equals------equ als---> <https://members.wsac.org/admin-portal/email-engine/link/MjQ3ODE2LWQ3MzkyNGJmTDBPYQ==/6/E38GzLY5XSAlmUUmEP6fhUY2w4WfwPzt2bs3ef0wlqUvyNXeFbHFDj4IqcYW2gBy8bpQMOHfs24tDb2nl3Dicg---equals------equals--- > STATE NEWS How Polluted is Cosmopolis’ Defunct Pulp Mill? We Don’t Know, Washington State Says Washington’s Department of Ecology is escalating its cleanup strategy for a once-prosperous pulp mill outside of Aberdeen, while its latest owner continues to push back against regulators. The first order of business is finding out just how bad pollution spread from the Cosmo Specialty Fiber mill, about 100 miles southwest of Seattle, is. State environmental regulators know the place is leaking acid and other toxics, sometimes in residential neighborhoods or into the Chehalis River, but they say the true scope of the contamination remains unknown. 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