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George Jay: A Skagit County peacenik
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- George Jay: A Skagit County peacenik
- Runtime
- 0:42
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- George Jay suffers from a deep sense of guilt for his role in recruiting young men into the military in the 1960s — it's an act he says makes him an "unindicted war criminal." Since then, he's been part of a peace movement and can now be found outside the Mount Vernon courthouse on Fridays.
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- Pamela Sorenson: Founder of Bear Hugs
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- In March, Pamela Sorenson started sewing teddy bears to give away to neglected and abused children in the community. Other residents of her housing complex joined her, and now the group, called Bear Hugs, makes 100 bears a month.
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📰: Julia Tellman/Cascadia Daily News
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- Why did the multi-million dollar pea industry leave Skagit County?
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Peas were once king in Skagit County, so much so that farmers would say they’d send their kids to college on the income. Those days are long gone. The reasons why tell a bigger story about how farmers are forced to adapt when crop processing facilities move away.
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📰: Sophia Gates/Cascadia Daily News
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- Western students return to Bellingham
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Excited, and perhaps anxious, freshmen at Western Washington University wandered around downtown last night, clutching maps that showed them discounts they could get as new students at businesses around town. The event, WWU First Night Out, aims to connect students new to Bellingham to the downtown community.
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- WA Right to Repair law leads nation
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Mitch Kramer, owner of FiXCO in Bellingham, says Right to Repair is one of the most popular, bipartisan political concepts in the country.
“We live in a pretty divided society, and that’s by design,” he added. “But everybody’s tired of not being able to fix things and everybody’s tired of the monopolistic practices that have consolidated almost every industry in this country.”
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📰: Julia Tellman/Cascadia Daily News
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- Cori Lovejoy: Creator of Dress Up Bellingham
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Cori Lovejoy created Dress Up Bellingham! (@dressupbellingham) an Instagram account devoted to local street style.
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📰: Cocoa Laney/Cascadia Daily News
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- Christian Schraegle: Personal trainer
- Runtime
- 0:43
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Christian Schraegle's philosophy as a personal trainer emphasizes meeting people where they're at.
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📰: Sophia Gates/Cascadia Daily News
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- Kacie Cleveland: Personal trainer and professional athlete
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Kacie Cleveland, the owner of Driven Fitness in Bellingham, says she's "really good at the sports no one else does." It's hard to argue with her on that point. She holds world records for inline skating across the U.S. and for stair climbing.
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- Lynden mom’s tortilla recipe went from family dinners to statewide school lunches
- Runtime
- 2:53
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- How does one turn a (slightly subjective) tortilla recipe into a business? For Lupita Nava, going commercial required trial, error and lots of family support.
Read more: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/sep/03/lynden-moms-tortilla-recipe-went-from-family-dinners-to-statewide-school-lunches/
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- Faith Whaley: Food share and farm director at Christ the King
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Christ the King's food share and farm program, run by Faith Whaley and volunteers, grows thousands of pounds of fresh produce on the church's Whatcom County farm each week and distributes it to food banks around the county.
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- Evie Hernandez: Cook and content creator
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- For Ferndale resident Evie Hernandez, cooking is an outlet for her creativity. But she didn't imagine that when she first started posting videos on TikTok four years ago, she would amass a following of 200,000 and a chance to compete on a Food Network TV show.
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- Our New Fire Landscape & How to Prepare - Cascadia Daily News - A Community Event
- Runtime
- 1:46:30
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Smoky summers are the new normal in Northwest Washington, and they're shaping our lives in a new way. That, along with seeing the devastating effects of the fires in the Spokane area starting in early August, makes it not hard to imagine that communities closer to us may be impacted by a destructive wildfire in the future.
What does this mean for us in Whatcom & Skagit Counties? And how can we prepare?
Join Cascadia Daily News for an engaging, community-focused conversation led by keynote speaker Dr. Susan Prichard, Forest Ecologist at the University of Washington, who will explain how history and a changing climate have transformed our forests and fueled the rise in wildfire across Northwest Washington. In Act II, you'll hear from a panel of local experts and officials, who will cover wildfire preparedness, smoke impacts on health, and what residents can do to be ready.
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- Breanna Anderson: Luthier, radio station manager, patent aspirant
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- In a county full of woodworkers, one workshop tucked into a tree line in Van Zandt may be the site of where a future patent is made. Breanna
Anderson created the "evergreen-style guitar," a design that takes the tension of the strings from the face of the body and distributes it elsewhere, increasing the lifespan of the instrument.
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- Behind the scenes of Skagit Valley’s community-wide mariachi summer camp
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Skagit Valley College's mariachi summer camp is free to participants and open to the community. The experience is funded through donations, and instruments are provided for campers who don’t have their own.
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- Go vote on 2026 Citizens Agenda questions
- Runtime
- 0:44
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Votes for CDN's 2026 Citizens Agenda are due by the end of the day Friday, Aug. 21.
You can participate in the Citizens Agenda process by choosing the questions you want us to ask Legislative, prosecutor, port and commissioner candidates.
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🎥: Alana Marcum/Cascadia Daily News
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- Micah Jones: Owner of Cafe Blue
- Runtime
- 0:53
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Buying an established coffee shop at 23-years-old was overwhelming for Micah Jones. The owner of Cafe Blue has maintained the shop's cozy, eclectic feel while adding elements of his own identity. "I really just wanted to create a space that if I walked into, I'd be like, ‘Oh, I see myself here. I feel seen. I feel heard. I feel at home,’” he said.
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📰: Alana Marcum/Cascadia Daily News
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- Addictive, opioid-like gas station products are alarming clinicians, lawmakers
- Runtime
- 1:52
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- You can walk into most gas stations or smoke shops in Washington and, for about $20, buy a product that could be federally regulated in the same category of controlled substances as heroin.
Because of the looming potential federal regulations of that product, 7-OH — a potent derivative of kratom — people with money to support an addiction to this currently legal product are stocking up. In the process of boosting sales for retail stores, clinicians are alarmed.
Cascadia Daily News spoke to providers treating patients experiencing addictions to these products, as well as consumers, and the mother of a child who endured an addiction battle.
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- Elli Anderson: Owner of Art and Happiness
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- In addition to owning Art and Happiness on James Street, Elli Anderson doubles as a "real-life fairy" named Rainbow.
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📰: Cocoa Laney/Cascadia Daily News
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- Title
- Citizens Agenda '26: Help CDN pin down candidates on issues that matter to you
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- CDN's Citizens Agenda encourages voters to "set the table" for election coverage by answering this question:
What do you want candidates to be talking about as they seek your vote?
The goal is for voters to establish the framework for election issues, rather than candidates relying on their own "talking points" or personal agendas.
You can submit your questions by leaving a comment below or emailing us at newstips@cascadiadaily.com.
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- Bellingham bladesmith is passionate about ‘ancient skills’ | Made in Cascadia
- Runtime
- 2:26
- Date posted
- 3 months 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.
Read more: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jul/02/from-herbal-medicine-to-metalwork-bellingham-bladesmith-is-passionate-about-ancient-skills/
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- Mike Pizzuto: Volunteer headstone cleaner
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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
- 4 months 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
- 4 months 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
- 4 months 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.
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- Ep 10: Keeping young athletes in the paper
- Runtime
- 26:05
- Date posted
- 4 months 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
- 4 months 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
- 4 months 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
- 4 months 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
- 4 months 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
- 5 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
- 5 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
- 5 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
- 5 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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- Ep 7: Addressing barriers of trust in rural communities
- Runtime
- 27:03
- Date posted
- 5 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
- 5 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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- Title
- Sea Change: What could Bellingham’s waterfront look like? We went to three other ports to find out
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 5 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
- 5 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
- 5 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
- 5 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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- Title
- Journeyman Welds Custom Steel Bikes in His Backyard | Made in Cascadia
- Runtime
- 1:59
- Date posted
- 5 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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- Title
- Ep 4: For the people that care about health care
- Runtime
- 32:53
- Date posted
- 6 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.
- Title
- Delilah Correa: Owner of Hedgies in the Pines
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 6 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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- Title
- Ep 3: The glamour of local government
- Runtime
- 28:35
- Date posted
- 6 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.
- Title
- Famed mountaineer Jim Whittaker, first American atop Mount Everest, dies at 97
- Runtime
- 3:10
- Date posted
- 6 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
- 6 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?
- Title
- Mandy McCoy: Founder of Studio Galactica
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 6 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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