Recompete Was Sold as Jobs. The Fine Print Is About Who Gets the Money.

Clallam County Watchdog · Sep 3, 2026 · 52m

The pitch was simple: Put Peninsula people back to work. The federal slides, the local plan, and the woman hired to run the program say something else. Race and tribe are on the page. Preferred partners are named in bold. A hydroseeder is bought for a tribal enterprise while local businesses already do that work. A lot of the cash moves through NGOs. Read the documents. The conclusion is sitting there.

Recompete arrived as a rare win. The North Olympic Peninsula received about $35.6 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, 2024 through 2029, to close the gap in prime-age…