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Bellingham bladesmith is passionate about ‘ancient skills’ | Made in Cascadia
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- Bellingham bladesmith is passionate about ‘ancient skills’ | Made in Cascadia
- Runtime
- 2:26
- Date posted
- 23 hours ago
- Description
- Grace Douglas is no stranger to being the only woman in the room — or, in her case, on the boat. The Whatcom County resident hails from a family of commercial fishers, and spends most summers at sea in Alaska. This year, however, she’s giving her full attention to a different (albeit still male-dominated) trade: blacksmithing.
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- Mike Pizzuto: Volunteer headstone cleaner
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- Mike Pizzuto estimates he's cleaned 6,090 graves at the Sedro-Woolley Cemetery in the last four years. But he's not stopping any time soon.
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- Cesar Luna: Founder of Clean Cut Futures
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- Cesar Luna has experienced life behind bars. Now, by providing free haircuts through his nonprofit Clean Cut Futures, he wants to offer inmates a human connection, restore their confidence and give them hope.
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📰: Julia Tellman/Cascadia Daily News
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- PART 4 | Respect the Rez: Inside the Lummi Blackhawks' Title-or-Bust Season
- Runtime
- 11:07
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- The road to the state championship ends in Spokane and the Blackhawks get matched up with rival Tulalip Heritage, another reservation school located about 70 miles south of the Lummi Reservation. With the state championship on the line, the familiar foes leave it all on the court.
“Respect the Rez: Inside the Lummi Blackhawks’ Title-or-Bust Season” is a four-part, 40-minute documentary produced by Cascadia Daily News.
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- Johnathan Taylor: WTA operator, National Bus Roadeo champion
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- A lifelong Whatcom County resident recently returned from Omaha, Nebraska, where he was crowned the national champion in a bus driving Roadeo.
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- PART 3 | Respect the Rez: Inside the Lummi Blackhawks' Title-or-Bust Season
- Runtime
- 10:20
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- The Blackhawks get into the swing of the regular season, gaining momentum and attention with each win. The team proves iron sharpens iron as they face off against some of the biggest and best schools the small program has ever faced.
“Respect the Rez: Inside the Lummi Blackhawks’ Title-or-Bust Season” is a four-part, 40-minute documentary produced by Cascadia Daily News.
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- PART 2 | Respect the Rez: Inside the Lummi Blackhawks' Title-or-Bust Season
- Runtime
- 8:58
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- A new player joins the Blackhawks, shifting the course of the whole season. The team tips off the season against Lakewood, the reigning 2A District 1 champions.
“Respect the Rez: Inside the Lummi Blackhawks’ Title-or-Bust Season” is a four-part, 40-minute documentary produced by Cascadia Daily News.
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- Ep 11: Showing the local color of Whatcom and Skagit counties
- Runtime
- 28:02
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- Stories in CDN’s living section focus on the people who live in Whatcom and Skagit counties and make Northwest Washington unique. Lifestyle editor Cocoa Laney often highlights old traditions of towns and local makers or artisans, but her section also tells you where to find the best karaoke and how to find community. In the final episode of season one of “On Background,” listeners will learn how Cocoa brings the local color into Cascadia Daily News.
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- PART 1 | Respect the Rez: Inside the Lummi Blackhawks' Title-or-Bust Season
- Runtime
- 9:04
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- Coming hot off earning their first state title in a decade, the Lummi Nation Blackhawks dive into the 2025-26 season. With veteran head coach Jerome Toby at the helm, the team begins the preseason while Lummi Nation leaders reflect on how the community has helped Lummi Nation School evolve to what it is today.
“Respect the Rez: Inside the Lummi Blackhawks’ Title-or-Bust Season” is a four-part, 40-minute documentary produced by Cascadia Daily News.
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- Ep 10: Keeping young athletes in the paper
- Runtime
- 26:05
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Most local and regional news organizations don’t cover high school sports like they used to — but Cascadia Daily News strives to keep young athletes in Whatcom and Skagit counties in the paper. In this episode of “On Background,” listeners will learn how sports editor Nick Zeller-Singh and staff photographer Andy Bronson cover prep sports in Northwest Washington. Andy also ranks the best high school gyms for photography.
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- Sea Change: Bellingham’s waterfront needs to be ‘beating heart’ of the city. Can it happen?
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- After visiting three ports, CDN's Annie Todd asks what comes next for the Bellingham waterfront. Is it even possible to blend working marine trades with a community gathering spot? According to these Bellingham waterfront watchers, it is.
As part of the ongoing Sea Change series, Cascadia Daily News visited three ports to witness waterfront development in other areas of the state as the Port of Bellingham revisits what to do with the downtown Bellingham waterfront.
Read more: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/may/21/bellinghams-waterfront-needs-to-be-beating-heart-of-the-city-can-it-happen/
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- Hayley Thompson: Skagit County coroner
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Around the country, many coroner's offices are under-resourced. In Skagit County, coroner Hayley Thompson has worked for 10 years to expand the office and provide families with answers about their loved ones' deaths.
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- Working waterfronts on Olympic Coast keep jobs, history alive: Port Townsend
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The boatyard at Port Townsend was once described as “funky.” Now, instead of cobbled-together shacks and random shipping containers, the boatyard is clean to the Department of Ecology’s standards, and shipwrights have good-paying jobs with benefits.
Port Townsend is also working to secure the next generation of shipwrights and marine trades businesses with the Northwest Maritime Center, Wooden Boat Building School and the famed Wooden Boat Festival.
As part of the ongoing Sea Change series, Cascadia Daily News visited three ports to witness waterfront development in other areas of the state as the Port of Bellingham revisits what to do with the downtown Bellingham waterfront.
Read more: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/may/14/working-waterfronts-on-olympic-coast-keep-jobs-history-alive/
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- Ep 9: A different flavor of storytelling — the impact of CDN's visual journalists
- Runtime
- 24:41
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- How do visuals help tell a story? In this episode of “On Background,” CDN visual journalists Finn Wendt and Santiago Ochoa talk about how photography and video elevate news, sports and living stories in Cascadia Daily News. Listeners will learn how visual journalists collaborate with reporters and why it's important to put community faces in the paper.
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- Blind Bellingham skateboarder provides inspiration to others
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Miguel Bishop was born medically blind due to Norrie disease, but he continues to be an inspiration through his positive outlook, confidence and ability to skateboard over some of the toughest obstacles.
Read more: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/may/11/blind-bellingham-skateboarder-provides-inspiration-to-others/
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- Ep 8: Checking the agenda — how CDN covers 14 school districts
- Runtime
- 27:07
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Whatcom and Skagit counties are home to 14 public school districts, and CDN’s Charlotte Alden keeps up with all of them in addition to covering universities, technical colleges and community colleges. In this episode of “On Background,” Charlotte walks listeners through how her collegiate experiences prepped her to cover education in NW Washington.
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- Working waterfronts on Olympic Coast keep jobs, history alive: Westport
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Westport Marina supports more than 2,300 jobs, nearly equal to the town's population. Fishermen bring in an average of 130 million pounds of seafood a year, ranking in the top 10 of seafood landings in the nation. Westport and the Port of Grays Harbor are a safe harbor for fishers, but there are challenges to preserving an industry that historically has defined Washington’s Olympic coast.
As part of the ongoing Sea Change series, Cascadia Daily News visited three ports to witness waterfront development in other areas of the state as the Port of Bellingham revisits what to do with the downtown Bellingham waterfront.
Read more: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/may/14/working-waterfronts-on-olympic-coast-keep-jobs-history-alive/
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- Caroline McDowell: owner of Toybox Treasures
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "I used to have that" is a phrase Caroline McDowell hears every day. She's the owner of Toybox Treasures, a vintage toy store on State Street in Bellingham, and says there's something inside "almost every person that is touched by a memory that comes through a toy."
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📰: Charlotte Alden/Cascadia Daily News
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- Ep 7: Addressing barriers of trust in rural communities
- Runtime
- 27:03
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- What’s it like for a journalist to cover a community that they aren’t familiar with? CDN’s Sophia Gates talks about it in this episode of “On Background.” Sophia highlights the importance of covering rural communities in Whatcom and Skagit counties and why access to local news is beneficial. Sophia's position is supported by the Murrow News Fellowship, a state-funded program that places reporters in Washington newsrooms. All of her stories are available for free, outside CDN’s paywall.
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- Sea Change: After a bankrupt developer, Port of Everett is realizing its waterfront vision
- Runtime
- 1:53
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- At the Port of Everett, Waterfront Place is a growing gem on the city's waterfront. But it took 15 years and $350 million for the port to reimagine what the area could become after a lengthy battle in federal bankruptcy court.
As part of the ongoing Sea Change series, Cascadia Daily News visited three ports to witness waterfront development in other areas of the state as the Port of Bellingham revisits what to do with the downtown Bellingham waterfront.
Read more: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/may/07/after-a-bankrupt-developer-and-broken-promises-port-of-everett-is-realizing-its-waterfront-vision/
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- Sea Change: What could Bellingham’s waterfront look like? We went to three other ports to find out
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Over the course of a long weekend, CDN's Annie Todd and Santiago Ochoa visited three Western Washington ports to find inspiration for what Bellingham could do with its downtown waterfront while preserving marine trades. Come along as they explain development, marine trades preservation and why if you've only seen one port... you've only seen one port.
Read more: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/apr/30/what-could-bellinghams-waterfront-look-like-we-went-to-three-other-ports-to-find-out/
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- Ep 6: The use of language in crime reporting
- Runtime
- 27:46
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Crime can be a divisive topic for local news reporters to cover. There’s a lot to consider when reporting respectfully on those accused or guilty of a crime, potential victims and how crime affects the broader community. Annie Todd treads these waters every day as CDN’s criminal justice reporter. In this episode of “On Background”, Annie explains CDN’s crime-reporting policy and her personal approach. She also talks about Whatcom County’s planned Justice Center and what it’s like to report on the County’s years-long effort, and reporting on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in CDN’s coverage area.
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- Ep 5: A reporter vs. a local journalist
- Runtime
- 28:21
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- We’re talking investigations—all about building trust with your sources, tips from community members and public records requests with Isaac Stone Simonelli, CDN’s investigative reporter. Isaac is one of the most seasoned reporters in the newsroom and has a wealth of knowledge and stories to share. We also touch on the catastrophic flooding of 2025 in Whatcom and Skagit counties, as well as the differences between a reporter and a local journalist.
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- Dr. Rama Ramakrishnan: Large animal veterinarian
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- When Dr. Rama Ramakrishan graduated from veterinary school at UC Davis and started looking for a mixed-animal job, he didn’t want to give up mountain biking or skiing, and he also wanted to work in a strong agricultural community. He says Northwest Washington really ticked all his boxes.
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📰: Julia Tellman/Cascadia Daily News
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- Journeyman Welds Custom Steel Bikes in His Backyard | Made in Cascadia
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- In a city where mountain biking is mainstream, Greg Heath’s approach to bicycles is refreshingly punk. As the owner of Donkelope Bikes, Heath crafts simple-yet-flawless, steel-frame cycles from his Bellingham home.
Read more: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/apr/22/bellingham-pipe-welder-moonlights-by-making-bicycles-just-like-pieces-of-art/
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- Ep 4: For the people that care about health care
- Runtime
- 32:53
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- There are many people who care about health care in Whatcom and Skagit counties. In this episode of “On Background,” CDN’s Owen Racer talks about the challenges and surprises of covering public health and health care in NW Washington. Owen’s reporting is supported by Report for America. Listeners who want to support Owen’s coverage can make a tax-deductible donation at cascadiadaily.com/donate.
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- Delilah Correa: Owner of Hedgies in the Pines
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Delilah Correa is an expert at raising pedigreed hedgehogs — and naming them, too. She runs Hedgies in the Pines, a Latina-owned pedigreed hedgehog business in Sedro Woolley. She also uses her social media to educate others on how to care for the animals.
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📰: Cocoa Laney/Cascadia Daily News
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- Ep 3: The glamour of local government
- Runtime
- 28:35
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Do residents get anything out of local government meetings? The short answer – yes. Meetings that are typically deemed mundane or boring are among the best ways to stay up to date on what local officials are doing. In this episode of “On Background,” CDN reporters Julia Tellman and Annie Todd discuss the role of a local journalist when it comes to covering city council, county council and port meetings.
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- Famed mountaineer Jim Whittaker, first American atop Mount Everest, dies at 97
- Runtime
- 3:10
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- An American hero passes: Jim Whittaker, a Northwest icon and climbing legend who in 1963 became the first American to stand atop Mount Everest, has died in Port Townsend at the age of 97. Whittaker passed peacefully at home with family late on April 7 in a bed with the view of the region he loved: the Olympic Mountains and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, said his son, Leif.
Read about and see images of Whittaker's remarkable life in an obituary and series of remembrances compiled by Cascadia Daily News in conjunction with the Whittaker family at cascadiadaily.com.
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- Title
- Ep 2: Creating a “sense of place”
- Runtime
- 34:51
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- In this episode of “On Background,” CDN's managing editors, Audra Anderson and Jaya Flanary, explain how the phrase "a sense of place" guides the newsroom's hyperlocal coverage of Whatcom and Skagit counties. Listeners will get a feel for how they manage CDN reporters and visual journalists. Anderson and Flanary are the brains behind the daily news operation, and the two answer an important question: Why is local journalism important?
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- Mandy McCoy: Founder of Studio Galactica
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Mandy McCoy was fresh out of beauty school when she opened her salon, Studio Galactica, on Cornwall Avenue in Bellingham in 2001. She wanted to create a space where people felt comfortable, and one that she felt matched the thriving arts and music scene of the city at the time.
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- Tobey Layne: Owner of Lamination Station
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Tobey Layne always wanted to open a bakery. In 2024, he got that chance. After establishing himself at different coffee shops in Bellingham, he's now looking to sell his unique baked goods at the Bellingham Farmers Market this summer.
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- Title
- On Background Episode 1 Sneak Peek
- Runtime
- 9:54
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Get to know Cascadia Daily News in a new way!
On Background: Demystify Local News launches on March 31st.
- Title
- Ep 1: What’s the Deal with CDN?
- Runtime
- 34:58
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- What’s the appeal of starting a hyperlocal news enterprise? In episode one of “On Background,” Ron Judd, executive editor of CDN, breaks down the newspaper's origin story and gives listeners a look into the newsroom’s dynamics. Hosts Alana Marcum and Bree Zender also discuss the intent behind CDN's first podcast.
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- Still no repair timeline for northbound I-5, here's what the detour looks like
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Northbound Interstate 5 remains closed because of a landslide on Friday, March 20. This is the third time the Washington State Department of Transportation has failed to give an estimated time of reopening.
The agency initially said a timeline would be released Wednesday, March 25. When that didn’t happen, the agency said it would have an estimate on the following Friday. On Friday, the transportation department said it will have another update by Tuesday, March 31. It did not say whether the next update would include an estimate for when the lanes may reopen.
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📰: Annie Todd/Cascadia Daily News
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- Title
- Cascadia Daily News launching a new podcast
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- On Background: Demystify Local News is a weekly CDN podcast where listeners can hear from newsroom staff on a more personal level, learn more about the stories they write and how they come to be, and gain a better understanding of why it’s so important to invest in local news.
Episodes range from 25 to 35 minutes and will be available Tuesday mornings on various platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and at cascadiadaily.com/onbackground.
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🎥: Alana Marcum/Cascadia Daily News
- Title
- Landslide closes northbound I-5 near Bellingham
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- A portion of northbound Interstate 5 just south of Bellingham remains closed on Friday after a late-night landslide. Crews inspected the slide area this morning and reported roughly 2,000-3,000 cubic yards of debris are blocking the road. That’s about 300 agency dump trucks at the high end, with the average dump truck carrying 10 yards.
The Washington State Department of Transportation has not provided an estimated reopening time or date.
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- Heidi Sulak: Birthing educator, nurse
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Heidi Sulak is a birthing and parenting educator at Bellingham Technical College and a labor and delivery nurse at the hospital — she also runs a wedding/events venue at a former dairy farm in Custer.
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- Chelsea Jepson: Reflective apparel designer
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Chelsea Jepson started making reflective apparel and accessories in 2019. Her VUE Reflectives pieces blend fashion and art influences with modern fabric and functionality for cycling commuters and pedestrians.
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- Title
- Watch the trailer: A new documentary from CDN
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- For the Lummi Nation Blackhawks, basketball is about pride, community and proving themselves. This season, the reigning state champions face the pressure of defending their title while representing something bigger than the game itself.
Follow their journey from preseason to the state tournament in a new documentary series from sports editor Nick Zeller-Singh and visual journalist Finn Wendt, premiering May 2026.
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- Amy Salinas Westmoreland: Pop-up bookstore owner
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- In addition to her role with Western's Multicultural Student Services, Amy Salinas Westmoreland is the owner of a new pop-up bookstore.
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- Title
- How a Ceramicist Uses Pottery (and Plants) to Work Toward a Better World | Made in Cascadia
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Ayla Mullen traces her artistic voice — and by extension, career — back to plants.
The 34-year-old spent her early life believing she’d become an environmental scientist or writer, not a potter. Even after studying ceramics in college, she was hesitant to label herself an artist. But in 2015, Mullen learned about Mishima, an ancient Japanese and Korean surface design technique wherein potters carve intricate images onto clay.
Read more: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/feb/23/how-bellingham-ceramicist-uses-pottery-and-plants-to-work-toward-a-better-world/
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- Title
- Rocio Lopez: Disability rights activist
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Rocio Lopez hasn't been able to find a disability rights organization based in Skagit County. So she's taken on advocating for people like herself whose needs are often overlooked. "It's exhausting," she says. "But somebody has to do it."
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📰: Sophia Gates/Cascadia Daily News
🎥: Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News
- Title
- Deming residents expected flood evacuation alert from county — it never came
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Deming residents signed up for a new county alert system in 2023 after the life-threatening flood in 2021 devastated the unincorporated community in Whatcom County.
When flooding was predicted on Dec. 9 2025, they assumed an evacuation alert would go out. It never did.
The new county alert system they registered for was never operational, according to a CDN investigation.
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📰: Isaac Stone Simonelli/Cascadia Daily News
🎥: Alana Marcum & Isaac Stone Simonelli/Cascadia Daily News
- Title
- How to support CDN's health care coverage
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- In early 2025, Cascadia Daily News was one of 107 news organizations selected to become a Report for America newsroom partner. Report for America is a national service program that places talented, early-career journalists in newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.
Through our partnership, we have the only full-time reporter dedicated to public health and health care systems in Northwest Washington, Owen Racer.
Report for America funds a portion of Owen’s salary and CDN is required to raise from the community the balance of the salary, benefits and other costs related to the position.
You can give a tax deductible donation to support Owen's reporting and position by clicking the link in the comments.
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🎥: Alana Marcum and Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News
- Title
- Justin Thibault: Mount Baker science teacher honored for lifesaving effort
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Longtime Mount Baker High School teacher Justin Thibault received a Distinguished Citizenship Award from the Sheriff's Office for his work in saving the life of a man who collapsed on the school's track.
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📰: Charlotte Alden/Cascadia Daily News
🎥: Santiago Ochoa and Alana Marcum/Cascadia Daily News
- Title
- Emily and Lynn Zimmerman: Bellingham ART Founder and Owners
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Mom and daughter duo Lynn and Emily Zimmerman own Bellingham ART. Lynn founded the art school in 2000 and Emily took over 20 years later. Kids and adults alike are welcomed at the space to learn how to paint, draw and craft.
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📰: Annie Todd/Cascadia Daily News
🎥: Santiago Ochoa/Cascadia Daily News
- Title
- CDN launches community-led, secure immigration detainment database
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Instances of high profile immigration arrests have skyrocketed in the past year across the nation. But in Whatcom and Skagit counties, Cascadia Daily News has struggled to keep up with the influx of detainments. That's why we're launching a community effort to tell us when you see an immigration detainment.
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📰: Annie Todd/Cascadia Daily News
🎬: Alana Marcum/Cascadia Daily News
- Title
- Natalie Andrews: Perinatal nurse focused on substance use
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The overlapping of substance use disorders and pregnancy can be a convoluted space. For one Bellingham nurse, her job is to bring hope to this space every day.
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📰: Owen Racer/Cascadia Daily News
🎥: Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News
- Title
- Skagit County Chef Makes Cured Meat the ‘Old World’ Way | Made in Cascadia
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- “It’s not like I’m adding salt to my sauce and tasting it right away,” he said. “I’m adjusting the salt, putting it in there for two months, two months later going back to my notes and going, ‘What am I even looking for?’”
That’s one reason starting up an “Old World”-style cured meat company, as Platt did in 2021, is a long game. Going in, the veteran chef knew it would be difficult. But now — almost five years after founding Norcino Salumi and two years into production — he’s seeing his efforts pay off.
Read more: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jan/19/skagit-county-chef-makes-cured-meat-the-old-world-way/
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