Idaho & Alaska vote on health care and salmon, will WA pass first carbon fee in US?, OR governor releases school data, dangers from Cascadia volcanoes, the MeToo movement in BC First Nations, the legacy of Vancouver poet & photographer Jim Wong-Chu, and an essay by Michelle Bailat-Jones.
Cascadia Daily exclusive: reaction on Site C ruling, what do metro Vancouver elections mean for housing?, charter schools are legal in WA, OR bans offshore drilling, opioids cause drop in BC life expectancy, an essay on Idaho history by Jack Nisbet, and poetry by Seattle's Lena Khalaf Tuffaha.
How to vote on Oregon ballot measures, a scary right-wing legislator in Eastern WA, looking for new options for Seattle's homeless population, independent candidates dump Trump and Dems, new pest threatens subalpine firs, a fraught migration caught in dance, and poetry by Idaho's Jim Richards.
Oregon's Twin Lakes/Palmateer Point trail offers fantastic views of Mount Hood, placid lakes, and a hike through forests of mountain hemlocks, noble firs, and silver firs. Though it's busy in summer, hikers in autumn are more likely to find solitude at this spot in the Mount Hood Wilderness.
Washington initiative voters guide by Seattle 500 Women Scientists, federal judge orders EPA to protect Columbia River salmon, OR governor candidates on death penalty, using surplus land for affordable housing, inside Portland's new Chinatown museum, & poetry by Aileen Keown Vaux.
Kennedy Stewart is Vancouver's new mayor + more BC muni election news, Oregon looks to boost train service, a Bitcoin venture goes bust, inside Vancouver's safe injection sites, what to do about hungry sea lions?, a conversation with Portland novelist Leni Zumas and poetry by Kim Kent.
A poem for Justin Trudeau, preparing for the Big One in Cascadia, will WA finally pass a carbon fee?, are Portland's efforts to stop protest clashes illegal?, incidents of abuse in WA foster care system, new music from Portland band Boreen, and poetry by Seattle's King Khazm.
"No one noticed,/ not even him, the black speck/ at the corner of his smile./ It began to spread, creeping across his lips/ like an oil-bled kiss."
A poem from Rob Lewis about the pipeline-addicted prime minister.
Election preview news from across Cascadia, ICE facility in Tacoma providing substandard medical care to detainees, abuse is on the rise in Oregon's dementia care system, connections between First Nations culture & bears in northern BC, WA Book Awards announced, and poetry by Rena Priest.
A poem about the Fraser River by BC poet John Pass, literary events across Cascadia this week & next, WA considers more gun control, is BC government ignoring First Nations on Site C dam?, moving forward on Cascadia high-speed rail, an essay by David Chariandy and prayers to Cathy McMorris Rodgers from Kate Lebo.
