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The Salish Current is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, online local news organization serving Whatcom, San Juan and Skagit counties. Based in Bellingham, we serve 400,000 residents and tens of thousands of annual visitors to the three-county area. Our region is the ancestral home of Native treaty tribes including the Lummi, Nooksack, Samish, Sauk ...
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See Salish Current archived newsletters here. More to read from our nonprofit news partners. Crosscut / Cascade PBS: Independent, reader-supported, nonprofit news for the Pacific Northwest ICT News: Independent, nonprofit, multimedia news covering Indigenous peoples InvestigateWest: Dedicated to change-making investigative journalism for the Pacific Northwest
Flooding on the border: Three years and waiting - Salish Current
3 days ago · It has been nearly three years since floodwaters from the Nooksack and Fraser rivers devastated communities and farmland on both sides of the international border around Sumas and Abbotsford, British Columbia. It was the latest and most destructive in a history of cross-border flooding. Since then, local, regional and tribal representatives ...
Native candidates hope to broaden reach in Washington state
1 day ago · It’s a tough campaign for Iyall. He’s a Democrat running against a Democrat. In Washington state, the top two candidates in the primary, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election. The top finisher, state Rep. Jessica Bateman, received 68.3% of the vote; Iyall advanced with 20.5% of the vote.
‘Historic’ Samish Nation housing is part of a return to ancestral land
Jun 17, 2024 · For Marilyn Howard, the bright two-bedroom cottage appointed with Coast Salish décor is much more than a new, low-cost place to live. It’s a return home to ancestral land. Howard, a Samish woman who’s spent most of her life in Bellingham, is the first resident of Xwch’ángteng (whuh-CH-ang-tun), a neighborhood of 14 homes and a community ...
2021: A look back at some stories from the first full year of Salish ...
Dec 31, 2021 · 2021 was a year like no other, with themes such as public health vis-à-vis COVID-19 and opioid addiction; social justice in the courts, the arts, housing and policing; and climate change and natural resources including water rights management. Salish Current offers a look back via articles published during the nonprofit newsroom's first full year.
Introducing Salish Current’s new managing editor
Jun 28, 2024 · New managing editor is first staffer at four-year old community nonprofit. Dear Readers: I am honored to introduce myself as the new managing editor of the Salish Current. With a background in nonprofit journalism and business management, I hope to help grow this organization over the coming years. To me, it’s apparent that community-driven ...
'Most special place' for salmon, native culture gains protection …
Feb 25, 2022 · A pristine site along the southeastern shore of Lopez Island with deep history for Coast Salish peoples has gained protection from development with approval of its purchase by the San Juan County Land Bank.
Have enough water? San Juan prepares to find out, with USGS study
Jul 21, 2021 · That survey was completed in 2002, when the county’s year-round population stood at 14,077, and was based on field work done in 1997 and 1998. “The total cost of the [new] study for San Juan County is $150,000, with USGS providing a share of $58,000,” said environmental health specialist Ethan Schmidt. The county has had some extra time ...