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Sustaining our people: Upper Skagit tribal members fish for steelhead

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- Sustaining our people: Upper Skagit tribal members fish for steelhead
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Steelhead have been listed as a threatened species on the Skagit since 2007. However, a closely monitored and regulated sport fishery and tribal subsistence fishery continue. The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe allows fishing by its people only for ceremonial and subsistence use, not commercial sale.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Explore the full project exploring the plight of steelhead in Washington: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/in-pacific-northwest-steelhead-risk-extinction-nearly-everywhere/

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- Chum salmon return to Seattle's Carkeek Park in record numbers
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- A record-breaking number of chum salmon have returned to Pipers Creek in Carkeek Park in Seattle, Washington. Volunteers counted over 1,500 chum in a single day. (Amanda Zhou & Nick Wagner / The Seattle Times)
This video originally published Nov 18, 2024.
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/carkeek-parks-record-breaking-salmon-run-and-how-to-see-it/

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- 'We're in a war zone': Longtime youth recovery emissary reflects on the toll of the fentanyl crisis
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Johnny Ohta's job as a youth substance use disorder professional has always been about life and death. But now, years into the fentanyl crisis and as the number of young people killed by overdoses accelerates, the stakes are even higher.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/against-fentanyls-deadly-odds-a-tiny-seattle-team-gets-creative-to-help-youth/

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- Arabic language program brings students’ culture to their classroom
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Ardmore Elementary School in Bellevue is piloting the first Arabic program at a public elementary school in Washington.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/families-asked-for-an-arabic-program-this-bellevue-school-listened/
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- How actors at Georgetown Morgue terrify thrill-seekers
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Actors put on their scariest makeup and costumes in preparation to scare thrill-seekers at Seattle's Georgetown Morgue haunted house.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/georgetown-morgue-actors-spill-what-it-takes-to-work-the-seattle-haunt/

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- Meet the older activists hoping to save Washington's legacy forests
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- As the debate over Washington's legacy forests continues, a group of retirees, mostly in their 60s, 70s and 80s, take matters into their own hands, bushwhacking through an old forest to remove survey markers and boundary signs in hopes of delaying, or even stopping, a Department of Natural Resources timber sale.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more about Washington’s fight over the old growth of tomorrow: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/was-fight-over-the-old-growth-forests-of-tomorrow/

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- Seattle double Dutch jump rope group turns outdoor fitness into a party
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- When Angie Mosley started double Dutch jump roping with her friends during the pandemic, she never expected it to become her life's work. Now as the founder and CEO of Double Dutch Divas, she and her fellow coaches are bringing the joy of jump roping to Seattle communities as a way to get moving.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/culture/watch-seattle-jump-rope-group-turns-outdoor-fitness-into-a-party/

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- Watch Live: Washington gubernatorial debate with Bob Ferguson and Dave Reichert
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Watch Washington gubernatorial candidates Bob Ferguson and Dave Reichert in a live debate hosted by The Seattle Times and other media partners about the top issues facing Washington voters. The debate will start on September 10 at 8 p.m., after the presidential debate.

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- Pioneer fire spreads to Stehekin in Washington
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Crews use helicopters and airplanes to drop water on the Pioneer fire, which spread to Stehekin on Monday, August 5.
(Produced by Nick Wagner / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/the-wildfire-finally-arrived-at-this-remote-wa-town-the-only-way-out-is-by-boat/

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- What is it like to ride in a hydroplane?
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Seattle Times features producer Sarah-Mae McCullough finds out what it's like to sit in the driver's seat of a hydroplane racing across Lake Washington at 120 mph during Seafair.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/ever-wanted-to-ride-in-a-hydroplane-heres-what-its-like/
Originally published Aug. 5, 2023

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- What is it like to fly with the Blue Angels?
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Seattle Times writer Vonnai Phair joined the Blue Angels for a demo flight in advance of Seafair in Seattle, Washington.
(Produced by Vonnai Phair & Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Originally published Aug 4, 2022
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/whats-it-like-to-fly-with-the-blue-angels-at-seafair-we-hopped-on-an-f-a-18-to-find-out/

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- Trump whisked off stage after shooting at rally
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd. (Associated Press)

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- "Stop drinking the water": Spokane residents face uncertainty with PFAS in their wells
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- In 2017, PFAS were detected in underground water at Fairchild Air Force Base and Spokane International Airport. With few answers about the scope of contamination, residents are unsure their water is safe to drink.
(Produced by Daniel Kim & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/pfas-is-in-the-groundwater-west-of-spokane-whats-known-about-the-contamination-is-only-growing/
Originally published Oct. 29, 2023
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- The stylists making Seattle an oasis for Black hair care
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Black women sometimes drive hours to see Jackie Page Christian at Six17 Salon in Seattle. Lashawn Jenkins, who styles hair in Bellevue, says the same thing. The Seattle-area hairstylists are helping clients find pride, identity and community in their natural hair."
(Produced by Daniel Kim, Ramon Dompor and Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/washington-can-seem-like-a-black-hair-desert-these-stylists-make-the-seattle-area-an-oasis/
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- Climbing mountains through recovery
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Gladys Barillas-Reyes learns new skills to cope with her history as a participant in the Recovery Beyond program which provides support and community for those in long-term sobriety.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Originally published August 15, 2019
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/recovery-beyond-program-helps-people-work-through-homelessness-and-addiction-by-getting-them-to-scale-mountains-and-explore-the-outdoors/

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- Mark Mullet gubernatorial candidate interview
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Mark Mullet, a state senator, is running for governor of Washington in 2024. The Seattle Times editorial board interviewed him about a range of topics. See below for bookmarks.
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Education
10:30 - Climate Commitment Act
16:00 - Washington state ferry system
18:42 - Transportation revenues
22:42 - Behavioral health
27:53 - Civil commitment threshold
29:03 - Homelessness
35:40 - Drug use prevention
38:58 - Policing
43:27 - Qualified immunity
46:20 - Long-term care program alternatives
50:29 - Capital gains tax
56:22 - Journalism fellowships and grants
01:01:13 - Presidential election
01:03:04 - Final comments

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- Semi Bird gubernatorial candidate interview
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Semi Bird, a former Richland School Board member, is running for governor of Washington in 2024. The Seattle Times editorial board interviewed him about a range of topics. See below for bookmarks.
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Education
13:37 - Climate Commitment Act
21:35 - Washington state ferry system
25:50 - Behavioral health
30:43 - Civicl commitment threshold
32:10 - Homelessness and housing
36:52 - Drug use prevention
40:25 - Policing
41:14 - Qualified immunity
44:00 - Capital gains tax
46:31 - Long-term care program alternatives
49:15 - Semi Bird’s qualifications
54:08 - Mask mandate and Open public meetings acts
01:01:18 - Misdemeanor conviction
01:05:15 - Presidential election
01:06:05 - Final comments

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- Bob Ferguson gubernatorial candidate interview
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Bob Ferguson, Washington's attorney general, is running for governor in 2024. The Seattle Times editorial board interviewed him about a range of topics. See below for bookmarks.
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Education
10:38 - Climate Commitment Act
17:35 - Washington state ferry system
22:36 - Culverts and fish passages
27:18 - Behavioral health
34:09 - Housing and Homelessness
38:45 - UW protests
42:34 - Drug criminalization
47:55 - Foster care
51:17 - Campaign funding
54:24 - Boeing
55:46 - WA Cares
57:40 - Executive privilege
01:01:45 - Final comments

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- Dave Reichert gubernatorial candidate interview
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Dave Reichert, the former congressman and King County sheriff, is running for governor of Washington in 2024. The Seattle Times editorial board interviewed him about a range of topics. See below for bookmarks.
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Education
16:25 - Climate Commitment Act
22:00 - Transportation
26:28 - Washington state ferry system
28:32 - Behavioral health
38:48 - Civil commitment threshold
39:42 - Homelessness
45:40 - Drug criminalization and prevention
53:44 - Policing
01:02:25 - WA Cares
01:04:55 - Abortion
01:07:15 - Presidential election
01:11:40 - Final comments

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- To heal a forest: The fight for salmon parks
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- First Nations managed forests on Vancouver and Nootka islands for thousands of years. As logging encroached on the last untouched salmon stream in their traditional territory, leaders of the Nuchatlaht Tribe launched a movement to heal and protect this land.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://projects.seattletimes.com/2023/local/salmon-parks-movement-to-conserve-Pacific-Northwest-old-growth/
Originally published February 19, 2023
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- Geomagnetic storm brings aurora borealis to Seattle skies
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Seattle-area stargazers on Alki Beach watched the aurora borealis dance across the sky above Puget Sound on Friday evening and early Saturday morning, as a strong solar storm hit Earth.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-area-gets-a-stunning-view-of-the-aurora-borealis/
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- Seattle artist Baso Fibonacci paints on fentanyl-stained foils to make a point
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- In his series "Seattle's Got the Blues," Seattle artist Baso Fibonacci has painted 203 skulls on used fentanyl foils stained with brown residue. Each one represents a person who died from a fentanyl-involved overdose in downtown Seattle last year.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/seattles-baso-fibonacci-paints-on-fentanyl-foil-to-make-a-point/

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- Ride the Eastside's new light rail line with Mike Lindblom
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Seattle Times Traffic Lab reporter Mike Lindblom previews Sound Transit's 2 Line service between South Bellevue Station and Redmond Technology Station, two days before the grand opening.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/eastside-light-rail-line-opens-as-huge-crowds-try-out-the-ride/
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- Finding Lillian: The lost patients of Washington’s abandoned mental hospital
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- He uncovered 200 headstones. She was searching for remnants about her great-grandmother’s life. This documentary follows two people's consuming quest to unearth the truth about Northern State Hospital and revive the stories of its forgotten patients.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://projects.seattletimes.com/2023/local/lost-patients-WA-abandoned-psychiatric-hospital/
This video was originally published July 16, 2023.
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- The first greens of spring: Harvesting nettles in the Pacific Northwest
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- "Our foods are our teachers" — As spring breaks through the cold, gray skies of the Pacific Northwest winter, Native foods educator and Muckleshoot Indian Tribe member Valerie Segrest harvests nettles with her two young daughters, teaching them how to sustainably cultivate these greens that deliver essential nutrition and medicine.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read our full story "First Foods: How Native people are revitalizing the natural nourishment of the Pacific Northwest"
https://projects.seattletimes.com/2022/first-foods-native-people-pacific-northwest-preserving/
Originally published July 10, 2022
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- Connecting with the land through camas
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Native people have cultivated prairies and harvested the roots of camas flowers for thousands of years. Native plants educator and Spokane tribal member Elizabeth Campbell joined an intertribal group of diggers to tend to the prairie at Glacial Heritage Preserve, aerating the soil around the camas and gathering bulbs to feast on together.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://projects.seattletimes.com/2022/first-foods-native-people-pacific-northwest-preserving/
Originally published July 10, 2022
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- A forest rises from the Oso landslide debris field
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Ten years after the Oso landslide devastated a community along the Stillaguamish River, scientists see signs of a "reset for the landscape" that allows wildlife to thrive in a newly diverse habitat.
(Produced by Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/10-years-after-the-oso-landslide-a-new-forest-is-rising/
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- Watch elk, martens, moose and more use wildlife crossings over and under I-90
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- For wildlife that once freely roamed the Cascade crest from Canada to Oregon, Interstate 90 was an impassable barrier. Now, with wildlife crossings over and under the highway, thousands of animals can safely traverse the interstate. Watch elk, martens, coyotes, moose and more run, play and graze through these crossings.
(Video courtesy of WSDOT and Conservation NW, edited by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/cascade-critter-crossings-how-i-90-became-safer-for-wildlife-drivers/
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- Afghan woman in Seattle area fights to become Olympic boxer
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Forced out of Kabul by Taliban rule, Seema Rezai, a young female boxer, continues her training in Washington. Rezai hopes to compete in the Olympics as a refugee, and to inspire other Afghan women by becoming the first female Afghan medalist in the Games.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor & Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/afghan-woman-in-seattle-area-fights-to-become-olympic-boxer/
The story originally published Nov. 5, 2022
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- The old-growth expert and the forests he vowed to protect
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- When Jerry Franklin was just a boy, he vowed to protect the forests and trees he saw as his friends. During his career as a forest ecologist, his research into the unique attributes of old growth Douglas fir forests led to the protection of millions of acres of ancient forests in the Pacific Northwest.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/reign-of-elders-washingtons-old-growth-forests-and-the-eminent-scientist-now-84-who-vowed-as-a-boy-to-protect-them/
This story was originally published July 18, 2021
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- A Washington town’s proactive approach to mental health care starts on the street
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- As the sole embedded clinical social worker with the Mount Vernon Police Department, Erin von Fempe provides long-term care and resources to people dealing with addiction, homelessness and mental health issues that go beyond immediate crisis response.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
This story was originally published Sep. 4, 2022.
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/a-wa-towns-proactive-approach-to-mental-health-care-starts-on-the-street/
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- Oso landslide video: Devastated site memorializes victims, teaches about risks
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Ten years after a catastrophic landslide killed 43 people in the Steelhead Haven neighborhood, a new memorial offers a place for reflection. Meanwhile, scientists work to better understand what caused the Oso landslide to try to avoid deadly disasters elsewhere.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne & Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/for-oso-landslide-survivors-hope-walks-with-the-hurting/
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/after-2014-oso-landslide-what-did-we-learn-about-preventing-disaster/
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/remembering-the-victims-of-the-oso-landslide/
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- Family finds freedom, joy in WA after fleeing anti-trans legislation in Texas
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- This family left their Texas home and moved to the Seattle area to protect their transgender daughter from anti-trans legislation. A year after the move, they share their story. (Erika Schultz & Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/family-of-trans-child-flees-texas-for-seattle-due-to-anti-trans-legislation/
This story originally published Sep. 16, 2023.
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- TRAILER: Lost Patients: A podcast from The Seattle Times and KUOW #shorts
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- In a new podcast called “Lost Patients,” launching March 12, journalists from The Seattle Times and @KUOW investigate why mental health care in Washington is the way it is, and what we might do to improve it.
The 6-part series, hosted and reported by Will James at KUOW with Seattle Times investigative reporter Sydney Brownstone and former Seattle Times Mental Health Project reporter Esmy Jimenez, examines the difficulties of treating serious mental illness through the lens of Seattle’s past, present and future.
Listen to the first episode: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/lost-patients-podcast-episode-1-what-psychosis-feels-like/
(Image by Alicia Villa)

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- Why cedar is sacred to Pacific Northwest tribes
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- For millennia, cedar trees have been a source of identity to Indigenous people, providing shelter, medicine, clothing and transportation. Gail White Eagle, a master cultural traditions specialist and master weaver with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, shares how she weaves bark harvested from the culturally modified trees.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/the-pacific-northwest-trees-shaped-by-generations-of-people/
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- A voice for the salmon: Boldt decision goes deeper than the right to fish
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- Fifty years ago, federal Judge George Boldt affirmed tribal treaty fishing rights in Washington state in a landmark decision. Today, tribal members working toward salmon recovery remember the violent struggle of their elders and share why the Boldt decision goes much deeper than the right to fish.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: How the Boldt decision 50 years ago remade Pacific Northwest fishing
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/how-the-boldt-decision-50-years-ago-remade-pacific-northwest-fishing/
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- Freeing the Klamath River
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- Following the largest fish die-off in U.S. history, a decades-long fight for dam removal on the Klamath River aims to return healthy water to the tribes and wildlife who depend on it.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/the-massive-dam-removal-on-the-klamath-may-save-salmon-but-cant-solve-the-wests-water-crisis/
The story was originally published June 11, 2023.
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0:00 The Creator’s Country
1:14 A river cut in half
2:14 Removing the dams
2:50 Subsisting off the river
4:22 Protecting tribal rights
5:25 The 2002 fish-kill
7:47 Restoring riverine habitat

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- Not Sick Enough: A teen's story of finding treatment for an eating disorder
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- Seven months after 15-year-old Medin was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, she was finally accepted into treatment. Then, almost immediately, a denial notice from her insurer arrived. Her Medicaid plan determined she wasn’t thin enough to get the treatment recommended by her doctor. Now 17, she tells her own story in this animated video.
(Produced by Jennifer Luxton, Lauren Frohne & Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/how-insurance-denials-can-delay-lifesaving-eating-disorder-treatment/
This story originally published on September 10, 2023.
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- Are seals and sea lions affecting salmon recovery in the Salish Sea?
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- Record numbers of seals and sea lions have increased their predation on salmon, likely hindering the recovery of struggling salmon populations in the Salish Sea. A report from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife suggests lethal removal of the animals to study their true effect on the fish.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/sea-lions-seals-might-be-hampering-wa-salmon-recovery-what-can-be-done/
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- Tacoma’s Catluminati talks TikTok fame, holdable cats and nose boops
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- Christopher Watson, now better known as "Catluminati," has built a social media following of over two million with wholesome videos of his meet-and-greets with neighborhood cats. Follow along on one of his signature "cat walks" and as he charms Seattle cats as a featured guest at the Sea-Meow cat convention.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/pets/tacomas-cat-luminati-talks-tiktok-fame-holdable-cats-and-nose-boops/
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- Behind the scenes with Cat Cosplay
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- Freyu, the artist behind Cat Cosplay, uses his crafting and technical skills to create elaborate costumes for his cat Fawkes, who performs as a paid model. Together they post daily pictures for their thousands of followers and fans on social media and Freyu was a featured speaker at this year's Sea-Meow cat convention in Seattle.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/pets/seattle-artist-behind-cat-cosplay-turns-weird-hobby-into-job-crafting-tiny-outfits/
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- 'Note smiling faces': The legacy of a photograph made during Japanese incarceration
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- During the transportation of Japanese Americans to the Minidoka incarceration camp, a news photographer told Mitsuye Yamada and her family to smile for a photograph. The photograph ran on The Seattle Times' front page on August 14, 1942, and compelled Yamada to write her poem 'Evacuation' while in camp.
(Produced by Corinne Chin & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
This story originally published March 27, 2022
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/a1-revisited-the-seattle-times-coverage-of-the-1942-removal-of-227-bainbridge-residents-left-a-harmful-legacy/
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- A plan to lure double-crested cormorants back to East Sand Island
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A plan to lure double-crested cormorants away from the Astoria-Megler bridge and back to East Sand Island on the Columbia River has been proposed by a cross-disciplinary group convened by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
(Produced by Kevin Clark, Steve Ringman & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/fixing-the-cormorant-disaster-on-the-columbia-how-could-this-have-come-out-any-worse/
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- Army's 'forever chemicals' ruined their wells, now they await solutions
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In 2021, families near Selah, Washington learned their drinking-water wells were tainted with PFAS — a class of “forever chemicals” with negative health effects — due to pollution from a nearby Army training center. Some residents now rely on bottled water and avoid bathing in their own homes as they wait for a long-term solution from the Army.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor & Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
This story was originally published Oct. 23, 2022
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/heartache-anger-in-central-washington-over-drinking-water-wells-tainted-by-forever-chemicals/
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- From a butcher shop to the NBA
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Mario Banchero has only ever worked for one company: the butcher and meat distributor his family has run for 90 years. And he's still doing it even as his son Paolo Banchero is becoming an NBA all-star
(Produced by Ken Lambert, David Gutman and Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
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- Seattle open-water swimmer Melissa Kegler promotes body positivity in the swimming world
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- 1 year ago
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- Melissa Kegler, an elite open-water swimmer who specializes in long distance swims, recently broke the U.S. national distance record for IISA’s Ice Mile event with a 1.4-mile swim in 39.2 degree water in 51 minutes and 26 seconds.
Her goal is not only to excel in this extreme sport, but also to foster community and body positivity in the swimming world.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne, Erika Schultz, Corinne Chin & Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/seattle-open-water-swimmer-melissa-kegler-notches-second-ice-mile-swim-breaks-record/
This story was originally published on March 4, 2022.
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- Seattle's Acrobatic Conundrum sews connections in new acrobatic show "Threads"
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- 1 year ago
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- What is acrobatics? In Seattle, it's far more than a spectacle. Acrobatic Conundrum's new show "Threads" highlights the stitching that binds performers and audiences together. "The performance is this kind of little window into this personal universe that they've created, and that feels very intimate and wonderful," said Terry Crane, co-founder and artistic director of Acrobatic Conundrum. The show runs Feb. 9-24 at 12th Avenue Arts in Seattle.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
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- Megan Rapinoe: Her big moments on and off the field and what comes after retirement
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- 1 year ago
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- As she prepares for retirement, Megan Rapinoe talks with reporter Jayda Evans about her career highlights and life after pro soccer.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign/in-retirement-megan-rapinoe-leaves-a-lasting-legacy-shes-also-just-getting-started/
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- George Clooney's film "The Boys in the Boat" premiere at SIFF Cinema
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- 1 year ago
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- Director George Clooney joins author Daniel James Brown and Judy Rantz Willman, daughter of gold-medal-winning rower Joe Rantz, to celebrate the Seattle premiere of the film "The Boys in the Boat."
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/watch-george-clooney-talks-boys-in-the-boat-on-seattle-red-carpet/
This story was originally published on December 7, 2023
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- Families build working Star Wars droids
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- 1 year ago
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- Pacific Northwest R2 Builders Club members Dino Ignacio and Todd Maxfield-Matsumoto build working Star Wars droids with their families and share their love of Star Wars with the community.
Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times
Originally published January 19, 2021
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