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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 02/10/2026

Sophia Gates, who joined Cascadia Daily News in 2024 as part of the Murrow News Fellowship, will take on a new role as lifestyle editor, focusing on human stories and “the quirks that make us connect.”

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Cascadia Daily News has promoted its former rural-issues reporter and Murrow fellow to lifestyle editor and reporter. Sophia Gates will transition to ...

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 02/10/2026

If Cocoa Laney could summarize what she gleaned working at Cascadia Daily News, it would be this: Never go into local journalism with assumptions.

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A loving goodbye to the community I came to know through 500-plus stories | Cascadia Daily News

A journalism job doesn’t often boost faith in humanity. This one did

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 12/09/2026

A peak example of why I love my job. Border agent: Why are you coming to Canada? Me: I’m a journalist and I am curious what will happen with the new tariffs and effect if I bring this gallon of milk and ice cream across the border. …

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 04/09/2026

My latest enragement from the AI-ification of Adobe products: When you launch Photoshop it opens to a page of most recently AI-generated images instead of most recently opened projects. Anybody know if there's a way to change it??

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 26/07/2026

First-generation farmers do not inherit a legacy including land, resources and a customer base. Instead, they build a business from the ground up — doing the laborious work of farmworkers while juggling operations and struggling to turn a profit.

From top to bottom: Elizabeth Link, Eden Paramo and Amelia Pichardo work on land that they don’t own. Their time on it is as temporary as the rows of vegetables and herds of livestock they tend to. (Santiago Ochoa/Cascadia Daily News)

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 19/07/2026

One month, seven World Cup matches, 30,918 photos and 21 stories: CDN visual journalist Finn Wendt reflects on chasing the tournament up and down I-5.

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CDN photographer reflects on monthlong World Cup coverage | Cascadia Daily News

Seven games, 30K photos and the experience of a lifetime

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Charlotte Alden @charlottealden.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New from me: A Blaine mother has spent more than a decade trying to find support for her son who has serious behavioral health challenges. She hit a breaking point in 2024, when she went to the courthouse and declared herself an unfit parent, after exhausting available behavioral health supports.

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When WA's behavioral health system failed her son, Blaine mom declared herself an unfit parent | Cascadia Daily News

A mother's experience with 'cycle of insufficient care' for troubled children in Washington

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 20/06/2026

It’s been the assignment of a lifetime photographing the World Cup from the sidelines this week, if you’ve not seen the stellar reporting from veteran WC reporter Elliott Almond, here it is served up just for you: www.cascadiadaily.com/category/spo...

The United States’ Alex Freeman celebrates his goal June 19, putting the Americans up 2-0 against Australia.

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 08/06/2026

Nearly nine months since I first hit record at the Blackhawks’ first practice, the first episode of Respect the Rez is now live on YouTube. We’ve held four screenings and its reception has blown away my expectations and then some, now I’m excited for it to be available to anyone, anywhere for free.

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PART 1 | Respect the Rez: Inside the Lummi Blackhawks' Title-or-Bust Season

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 05/06/2026

Our community tells us daily they need our journalism. The newsroom needs your continued support. We remain ardent in our ethics and approach to hyper-local news, Managing Editor Audra Anderson writes.

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In tumultuous time, the newsroom reaffirms its mission | Cascadia Daily News

CDN staff remain ardent in their ethics and approach to hyper-local news

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 01/06/2026

CDN's 40-minute documentary series about the Lummi Nation boys basketball team will be publicly available on YouTube starting June 8, and tickets for a third local screening at the Pickford are available now.

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CDN documentary series ‘Respect the Rez’ to debut online | Cascadia Daily News

Tickets on sale for additional public screening at Pickford Film Center on June 20

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 15/05/2026

Caught fully prone on the links yesterday, courtesy of sports editor Nick Zeller-Singh

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 07/04/2026

I just jumped from my desk and sprinted down to Roeder Avenue in Bellingham to find out more about what we heard was a train derailment. While there was a derailed train, it was not quite what I had imagined. Thankfully, the engine was only a few inches from the rail.

A BNSF train sits a few inches from the track on Roeder Avenue in downtown Bellingham.

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Julia Tellman @j-tell.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Oh yeah don’t mind us, just tag-teaming to bring you total I-5 landslide coverage domination. Props to @annietodd.bsky.social @finnwendt.com and @sophia-gates.bsky.social

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 18/03/2026

A 5-year-old Bellingham resident wants to throw away nuclear weapons. Find his letter and other fiery opinions on a wide array of issues from engaged NW WA readers in CDN's weekly letters section.

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Letters, Week of March 18, 2026: Nuclear weapons, ACP, clock alignment | Cascadia Daily News

Send letters, maximum 250 words, to letters@cascadiadaily.com

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 07/03/2026

Lummi Nation girls basketball equaled its best finish ever at state in a 54-45 victory over Pateros to place fourth at the 1B tournament Saturday in Spokane.

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Lummi girls basketball ties for highest finish in program history | Cascadia Daily News

Blackhawks beat Pateros to place fourth for the second time school history

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 24/02/2026

Photobook (and a half) wins from this evening

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 07/02/2026

Love Mike Tirico but why is he delivering an opening monologue for the opening ceremony from the Super Bowl 😭

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Washington State Dept of Natural Resources @wadnr.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

What if the Seahawks are really a million geoducks in a trench coat?

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 28/12/2025

Solano Rivera won nearly 60% of a school board vote in November, unseating incumbent member Wendy Ragusa, who had held the role for eight years. At 19 years old, Rivera is the youngest member on the Mount Vernon school board.

Sammy Solano Rivera is sworn in Dec. 3 during a Mount Vernon School District board meeting. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 12/12/2025

🚨 Skagit County drone pilots: FAA issued a TFR between Sedro-Woolley and Rockport along Hwy 20 and the Skagit River. Do not fly there as the airspace is reserved for first responders.

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 09/12/2025

A murky Skagit River from above today near Hamilton. See live flood coverage here for these next few days: www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/dec/09/...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 14/11/2025

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

“Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska”

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 13/11/2025

Earlier today reports circulated of ICE agents at Skagit Valley College. I walked the campus myself and an SVC security guard told me around 2:00 they got a call about possible ICE activity but could not find any evidence. It is unclear what prompted the reports but it appears to be a false alarm.

An email from the Mount Vernon School District to families reads: “Important Update
Dear families and staff, there have been recent reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) being in the area. The Mount Vernon School District will follow our policies and procedures set in place to keep our students and staff safe.”

Image Source: StopICEAlerts.ddns.net

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 04/11/2025

With the NFL trade deadline and election night both falling on my birthday, today will be my journalism Super Bowl

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 16/10/2025

Mount Baker towers over Bellingham yesterday as seen from Lummi Shore Road.

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Frank Catalano @frankcatalano.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

All things end. Including, now, deadlines. After more than three years, I'm ending my regular business contributions to Cascadia Daily News. It's been a good run. And worthy of a brief essay for a Frank assessment of business in #Whatcom and #Skagit counties. Thank you, CDN. Because #journalism.

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After 13 quarters, a business columnist closes the books | Cascadia Daily News

CDN contributor Frank Catalano’s departing observations

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

🧵I was introduced to Dr. Nicholas Muff because he is a world-class railroad modeler. He is elite. No detail is too small. One day when I was visiting, he was planting sugarcane stalks smaller than a toothpick -- one at a time -- along a stretch of his HO-scale Kansas City Southern Railroad tracks.

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 05/09/2025

Community members, including Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu, right, gather for a photo at the Arch of Healing and Reconciliation sculpture to commemorate the 118th anniversary of the Bellingham Riot of 1907.

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Annie Todd @annietodd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Back in mid-July, @cascadiadaily.com got emails and voicemails about low flying helicopters over neighborhoods. Even my editor's house got buzzed.

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 02/09/2025

From now until Sept. 19, the public can submit comments on the Trump administration's proposal to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule, which prohibits road building and logging in 58 million acres of national forest around the country.

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Public comment period open on Trump administration’s proposed repeal of Roadless Rule | Cascadia Daily News

Indigenous leaders launch two-week protest, including rally in Bellingham

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Annie Todd @annietodd.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The Whatcom County Executive makes more than the Washington state governor folks. Read more in @simonelli.bsky.social story

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 12/08/2025

Life is suffering (having to put off listening to today’s podcasts so I have enough content to make it through my flight tomorrow)

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 06/08/2025

Preliminary primary election results for Skagit County are in. Results will be certified on August 19.

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Skagit County preliminary primary election results 2025 | Cascadia Daily News

Results will be certified Aug. 19

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 06/08/2025

Here are the 2025 preliminary primary election results for Whatcom County. Results of the primary election will be certified on August 19.

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Whatcom County preliminary primary election results 2025 | Cascadia Daily News

Results will be certified Aug. 19

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 05/08/2025

The Planet, an environmental student publication at Western, was named the best ongoing student magazine in the country by the Society of Professional Journalists.

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WWU student publication named best in the country | Cascadia Daily News

Environmental magazine The Planet honored by the Society of Professional Journalists

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 05/08/2025

Your friendly reminder that ballots are due today at 8 p.m. in Washington. This morning at the Skagit County election center, an official told me they’d only received 14% of ballots that were mailed out — not totally surprising for an off-year election where many precincts didn’t have a primary.

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🧵 After @cascadiadaily.com reported neighbors concerns of finding hundreds of bullets and lead fragments on their property, Whatcom County did a test to see if the ammunition was still ricochetting out of the shooting range next door. @thetrace.org www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/jul/29/...

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County tests indicate ricochet bullets, fragments escaping Custer shooting range | Cascadia Daily News

Club officials dispute findings, have requested more tests

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 29/07/2025

Early this morning a now-arrested suspect opened fire on a Lummi Nation Police officer as the officer responded to a car in a ditch. The officer is now in stable condition. More info in Isaac’s thread.

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Suspect in Lummi police officer shooting apprehended

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

What impresses me almost as much as the Lummi Nation's full-court press against fentanyl is the price tag of this project. For $1.7 million dollars, the Lummi Nation leveraged opioid settlements to create 40 private units with wraparound services. www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/jul/10/...

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'We really want them home': Lummi Nation project to provide low-barrier housing | Cascadia Daily News

Pallet village to include medical care, social workers to help combat fentanyl crisis

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 27/06/2025

Around two years in the making, I'm stoked to put this project out into the world! This is what @cascadiadaily.com is all about. Support local journalism!

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Reviving Local News: How Startup Cascadia Daily News Serves its Community

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Frank Catalano @frankcatalano.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Latest Pew Research report could be read as a sad commentary on how much our society values fact-based #journalism. Only 17% paid for it in the past year. Subscription OR donation. Misinformation, of course, is usually free. Fortunately, libraries offer access without paywalls. Support them, too.

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Few Americans pay for news when they encounter paywalls

Among adults who have not paid for news in the past year, the most common reason they cite is that they can find plenty of other news articles for free.

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 26/06/2025

Today's rabbit hole: While researching the Temporary Flight Restriction over Skagit County this upcoming weekend, I noticed that three "permanent" TFRs in the U.S. have been active for over a decade, so I looked into it. TFRs typically span just days to coincide with big events or military activity.

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 22/06/2025

Learn more about Copper Canoe Woman in the latest Made in Cascadia video by @finnwendt.com:

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Copper Canoe Woman | Made in Cascadia

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 18/06/2025

Next summer, six World Cup games are scheduled for Seattle and seven for Vancouver's BC Place. Local organizers say millions of soccer enthusiasts will visit the region during the 48-team tournament. But U.S. travel and immigration policies are tempering optimism.

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Countdown to 2026 World Cup has festive start in Seattle | Cascadia Daily News

Fans, officials and politicians are preparing for the biggest sporting event in Cascadian history

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Finn Wendt @finnwendt.com · 14/06/2025

It’s so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of the news cycle, but every year these ceremonies offer a front-row view of joy, pride and possibility.

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Mount Vernon celebrates graduating seniors at Everett arena | Cascadia Daily News

Superintendent noted that fear amid federal raids kept some students from attending

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