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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Jonathan Martin, formerly the investigations editor for The Seattle Times, takes the helm for @cascadiadaily.com. Obviously, super stoked to be part of the next chapter of this incredible newsroom. www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/sep/17/...

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A journalistic unicorn in Bellingham | Cascadia Daily News

What Cascadia Daily News' new editor-in-chief sees for its future

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Washington State Department of Ecology @ecology.wa.gov · 02/07/2026

Almost every wildfire is started by a person. This 4th of July, don't let it be you. Know your area's firework restrictions, fully extinguish all campfires, and follow local burn bans. Read more about air quality conditions going into the holiday weekend: wasmoke.blogspot.com 🔗

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

@cascadiadaily.com walked away with 12 awards from the 2025 SPJ’ Northwest Excellence in Journalism competition! @spj-posts.bsky.social So honored to be working with such an incredibly talented, dedicated team! www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jun/01/...

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CDN wins 12 awards from regional Society of Professional Journalists | Cascadia Daily News

Staff sweep government and politics reporting category; earn accolades for breaking news, video, photo and more

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Can't log into Washington Governor's Office public records portal to retrieve records. Been like this for a couple of days... Maybe it's only me? @governorferguson.bsky.social

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/05/2026

1/ ICYMI: We won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting! For our “On the Hook” series with @ctmirror.org, we reported on how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents. Here's a bit more about the series 👇

A group of smiling and clapping journalists, gathered in a room. Seated towards the front are ProPublica’s deputy data editor Hannah Fresques, assistant managing editor Sarah Blustain, senior editor Michael Grabell and managing editor, local, Charles Ornstein. Photo credit: Zaydee Sanchez/ProPublica

A joyous room of journalists, all applauding and celebrating Connecticut Mirror reporter Ginny Monk, a woman with blonde hair near the center of the image. She wears a black cardigan and a flowered black and white skirt. Credit: Cloe Poisson/CT Mirror.

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Lummi Nation is suing Whidbey Telecom, Whatcom County and two federal agencies for their roles in allegedly disturbing and degrading human remains in ancestral burial grounds amid broadband projects on Point Roberts for years. @cascadiadaily.com www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/apr/28/...

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Lummi Nation lawsuit alleges broadband projects disturbed ancestral burial grounds | Cascadia Daily News

Lawsuit names multiple parties in 'series of preventable and unlawful failures' on Point Roberts

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/04/2026

Google said on Tuesday that it had signed a deal to provide the Pentagon with its AI models for classified work. The agreement allows the Pentagon to use Google’s A.I. for “any lawful governmental purpose,” people with knowledge of the deal said. nyti.ms/4dboTob

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Google Signs A.I. Deal With the Pentagon

The Pentagon has also signed deals for using A.I. on classified networks with OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI, amid a dispute with Anthropic.

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Politico @politico.com · 21/04/2026

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its tracking of hate groups, said that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit regarding their use of informants.

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Southern Poverty Law Center says it is under Justice Department investigation

The nonprofit on Tuesday said it is “the latest organization targeted by this administration.”

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/04/2026

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them. New piece ↓ open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

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This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement.

Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/04/2026

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment. By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

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Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women

The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

If you've not signed up for @thewesternedge.bsky.social yet, do it. It's top-notch investigative reporting in the PNW. Take for example this chilling dive into Axon, as law enforcement agencies weigh the pros and cons of using AI in their work. www.thewesternedge.media/p/robo-cops-...

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Robo-Cops: AI Is Coming For Your Local Police

As Northwest police departments adopt artificial intelligence, some see a dystopian nightmare. Others see an inevitable future

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

@aurora.nws-bot.us @noaacomms.noaa.gov What happened to the data? Like, were is the data? Also, where did this missing data graphic come from -- it's kind of wild! (Guess I'll just have to look at the sky tonight and see what I see.)

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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 10/04/2026

A planned 1.3-mile wall across Mount Cristo Rey has drawn opposition from environmentalists and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces, shares Puente News Collaborative.

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Border wall blasting hits a treasured New Mexico mountain - High Country News

A planned 1.3-mile wall across Mount Cristo Rey has drawn opposition from environmentalists and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces.

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 08/04/2026

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.

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Famed mountaineer Jim Whittaker, first American atop Mount Everest, dies at 97 | Cascadia Daily News

Longtime Port Townsend resident inspired generations of alpinists, defined an active NW outdoor lifestyle

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Wildlife conservation police are searching thousands of Flock cameras for ICE. Shows that ICE surveillance may come through even the most unlikely agencies. Searches explicitly mention immigration and ICE www.404media.co/floridas-wil...

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Wildlife Conservation Police Are Searching Thousands of Flock Cameras for ICE

Ron DeSantis has empowered hundreds of Florida conservation police to work directly with ICE.

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The Hearing examiner kicked the projects’ review back to the county permitting department on Tuesday, March 31, requiring it to conduct a fresh assessment of the terminal’s capacity and redo its environmental analysis based on those findings... www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/apr/01/...

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Hearing Examiner scolds Whatcom County for AltaGas permitting process, orders redo | Cascadia Daily News

Environmentalists hail decision as victory for Salish Sea

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

It is so important to never forget that the government works for us. We pay for the computers government employees use and the time they spend writing emails and creating all sorts of records -- records that belong to us. #PublicRecords @cascadiadaily.com www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jan/28/...

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Archiver glitch leads to unfulfilled public records requests at Whatcom County | Cascadia Daily News

CDN request triggers internal review after receiving ‘zero’ responsive records

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

A beautifully written news obituary by @j-tell.bsky.social. I never met Wesselink, but this piece has inspired me to plant a tree in his honor. (It's hard to imagine how many beautiful stories of people's lives in communities across the U.S. are lost because of news deserts.) shorturl.at/JecAL

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John Wesselink, Bellingham's local tree expert, dies at 80 | Cascadia Daily News

Retired mail deliverer mapped city's exceptional trees

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🧵 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. So when flooding was predicted on Dec. 9, they assumed an evacuation alert would go out... www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jan/26/...

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Deming residents expected flood evacuation alert from county — it never came | Cascadia Daily News

Warning system they signed up for was never operational, according to CDN investigation

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 26/01/2026

For Dennis Vander Yacht, the old farm and logging equipment spread across his property near Deming tells the story of his family history.

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What's the Deal With: The collection of old farm equipment near Deming? | Cascadia Daily News

Dennis Vander Yacht has collected pieces of his family history

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Here are three steps you can take to start organizing your hospital to defend patients and staff against ICE. This is based on the experience of workers and rights groups in Minneapolis. Share it with the healthcare workers in your life and read more at the piece linked down thread.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE grabbed a 2 year old child and her father as they were coming home from a grocery store. There was a court order that the child was to be released… ICE put her on a plane to Texas instead. Chloe Renata Tipan Villacis is only 2 and has already had her rights violated

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Agents detain and send 2-year-old girl and her father to Texas despite court order to release toddler

Attorneys for the family say they were asylum-seekers who were pulled over without a warrant and did not have a final order for removal.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

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F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The man accused of shooting two National Guard members in November 2025 in Washington, D.C., was pepper-sprayed and robbed in downtown Bellingham months before purchasing the firearm used in the fatal attack, according to Bellingham Police Department records. www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jan/22/...

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Police records: Alleged D.C. shooter was assaulted, robbed in Bellingham last year | Cascadia Daily News

Person who provided gun to Lakanwal believed it was for personal protection, says FBI

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

As reporters, we’re prepared to cover disasters. As local journalists, we know those tragedies will be within our community. But what I failed to consider was how to navigate a natural disaster that threatens both communities in our coverage area and my family. www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jan/11/...

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Weighing responsibilities: When reporter navigates floodwaters at home, work | Cascadia Daily News

Facing failure to prioritize family during initial warnings

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

A stellar piece by @annietodd.bsky.social detailing how FEMA grant holdups allowed for houses flooded in 2021 to be inundated with water again this December. The glacial pace of government has real-world impacts on individuals and communities. www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jan/17/...

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They were approved for FEMA money to flood-proof their homes. They flooded anyway | Cascadia Daily News

Sixteen Whatcom County homes are waiting for home-elevation funds to be released

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Last year when I wrote about prison staff jumping ship for ICE, I reported that BOP had lost a net of at least 1400 employees by late fall. I just got new data showing they lost a net of ~1700 by mid-December -- though w/EOY retirements the final 2025 figures will likely be higher.

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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 09/01/2026

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Rahmanullah Lakanwal's mental well-being had been spiraling downward for more than two years before the Bellingham father of five opened fire on two National Guard members on Nov. 26 in Washington, D.C., killing one of them. @cascadiadaily.com #Lakanwal www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jan/08/...

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National Guard shooting suspect ‘fell through the cracks’ in Bellingham | Cascadia Daily News

Patchwork of mental health resources available for Afghan refugees who fought for U.S.

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 10/12/2025

Large debris, root balls and logs moving quickly down under the last bridges before the North Fork joins the Nooksack. Video from @simonelli.bsky.social. Live updates are outside our paywall. Click the link above to read more.

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Follow the FREE COVERAGE, as we work to keep our community informed and safe.

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

With historic Salish Sea corals, researchers at the University of Washington unlocked important insights into ocean acidification, which has economic, biological and cultural impacts in the region. @uwnews.uw.edu www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/13/...

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Cold water corals in Salish Sea unlock new insights into ocean health | Cascadia Daily News

Study: Acidification in the Pacific foreshadows world's other waters

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

🧵 Recent story for @cascadiadaily.com: A female detective with the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is alleging a decade of workplace discrimination, retaliation and hostility, including the circulation among co-workers of a sexual AI-generated video of her. www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/10/...

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Detective alleges co-worker made ‘disgusting’ AI video of her, shared around Sheriff’s Office | Cascadia Daily News

$30M tort claim details decade of hostility in Whatcom County agency

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

Inspiring profile about my talented colleague Eric Trent overcoming addiction and finding his way to journalism. Many paths lead to this field, and it's all the richer and more compassionate because of it. salish-current.org/2025/11/10/l... Great work by @matt-benoit.bsky.social on the piece!

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Life in sobriety 'works out well' for news producer

Eric Trent spent 12 years as a drug addict. He’s turned his sobriety into a successful career in journalism.

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Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A REAL Department of Homeland Security press release headline: "This Halloween These Monsters Are Off American Streets Thanks to the Brave Men and Women of ICE Law Enforcement" ...

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Decoherence Media @decoherence.media · 27/10/2025

Welcome to Decoherence Media, an independent nonprofit founded by @jennefer.bsky.social and @tristanl.ee that investigates authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.

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Welcome to Decoherence Media!

We're an independent, journalist-founded nonprofit investigating authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.

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Cascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

A peaceful protestor was arrested yesterday in Portland and taken across state lines to a jail in Vancouver, WA. Her husband had no clue where she was at and didn’t find out until 2AM this morning that she was taken to Washington state. #portland #washington www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Protestor arrested in Portland and taken across state lines to Vancouver WA.

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