Pend Oreille County Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on the Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Tuesday, January 8th, 6:00 pm at the Cusick Community Center. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposals (WAC 197-11-355). Written comments from the public

The 2019 Washington State legislative session starts January 14. Our representatives will take up several important climate bills, chief among them is one that commits our whole state to 100% clean, renewable electricity by 2045. Although the bill is not perfect (what bill is?!), it has very important and enforceable interim targets, including no coal