Oregon legislature opens special session According to OPB, the Oregon legislature convenes today in a special session to address a $300 transportation budget shortfall that it failed to address earlier this year. The package proposed by governor Tina Kotek includes a 6 cent increase in the current 40 cent per
ICE raids active wildfire operation in WA In an incident that leaves me wondering if the Trump administration actually wants west coast states to leave the union, the Seattle Times reports that two wildland firefighters working on the Bear Gulch fire in Washington's Olympic mountains were arrested by
Good morning! I'm back from vacation and feeling fresh, rested, and ready to fight fascism! Hope you kept cool during the Cascadia heat wave. I can report that the wild blueberries at Anderson & Watson Lakes in the North Cascades are at their peak, so seize the day
Just a sign from a protest at Seattle's Cal Anderson Park earlier this year. PubliCola reported this week that organizers of the “Revive in ’25” right-wing, anti-queer Christian Nationalist rally agreed to move their event, planned for August 30 from Cal Anderson to Gasworks Park in Fremont. We&
I'm enjoying my staycation at home in Seattle and Cascadia Journal will continue next week. In the meantime, here's a photo from my desk when I was working earlier this year. I saw in my inbox yesterday that Washington governor Bob Ferguson sent a fiercely worded
Good morning! I'm taking a break from Cascadia Journal this week, but here's a photo from one of my favorite places in Cascadia: Kalaloch beach in Olympic National Park. What are some of your favorite places to rest and find peace in the Pacific Northwest? If
Good morning! I'm taking a break from writing Cascadia Journal this week and using the week off to play tourist in my home town. Here's a photo of Tahoma from a recent camping trip near Greenwater. Otherwise known at Mount Rainier, the peak is highest of
After a massive earthquake in Kamchatka Russia in late July sent a tsunami across the Pacific, we were lucky that it had mostly minor effects on the coast of Cascadia. But the quake serves as a wake-up call about the risks of a similar mega-quake in the Pacific Northwest. The
Alaskans to protest arrival of dictators According to the Alaska Beacon, sixteen protests in support of Ukraine are scheduled to take place across Alaska as authoritarian leaders Donald J. Trump and Vladimir Putin meet today at an Air Force base in Anchorage to discuss the fate of the war Russia
Good morning! Here's your opinionated round-up of news, environmental reporting, and arts coverage from across the Cascadia bioregion. Did you know you can now comment on posts? You just need to be a paid supporter, and for just $5 a month, it's a bargain (and helps
Imports to Seattle & Tacoma plummet KING5 News reports that imports to Seattle and Tacoma dropped 25 percent over the same period last year, thanks to Trump's irrational tariff policies. Port of Seattle commissioner Ryan Calkins noted increased duties on imports will be passed on to consumers in
Seattle city attorney failed on promises An investigative project I've been working on for months involved gathering data from the Seattle Municipal Court to see just what Republican Seattle city attorney Ann Davison's "tough on crime" image she's projected looks like in