Isaac Stone Simonelli
@simonelli.bsky.social
Journalist focused on domestic extremism, threats to democracy | @ASU Investigative Journalism Master’s | Former Reporter @ArizCIR; Editor Kodiak Daily Mirror, M.E. Phuket Gazette. Likes rocks. Likes mushrooms. Likes being outside.
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/...
A journalistic unicorn in Bellingham | Cascadia Daily News
What Cascadia Daily News' new editor-in-chief sees for its future
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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 🔗
@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/...
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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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
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 👇
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/...
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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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
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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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.
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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In a very tax-permissive, pro-education community, what happens when promises from the district go unfulfilled? @charlottealden.bsky.social did such a good job with this.
Bellingham sought bond in 2022 to plan rebuilds of schools that now face closure. What changed? | Cascadia Daily News
Parents at impacted schools feel ‘whiplash'; district says data at time projected growth
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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...
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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Privacy stalwarts in Congress just bought us 10 more days to put together a bill that actually reforms Section 702. Keep pushing.
Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702
In a dramatic middle-of-the-night stand off, a bipartisan set of lawmakers pushing for true reform and privacy protections for Americans bought us some more time to fight! They are holding out for, at...
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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
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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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-...
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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@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.)
Showing how local officials are pushing back on federal immigration enforcement efforts from @annietodd.bsky.social www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/apr/15/...
Whatcom County courts expand virtual access after immigration arrests | Cascadia Daily News
Series of immigration-related arrests outside courthouse prompted judges to take action
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The state Court of Appeals has upheld Whatcom County's voter-approved Healthy Children's Fund.
State court sides with Healthy Children's Fund supporters against tax repeal initiative | Cascadia Daily News
Whatcom County judge's 2024 decision affirmed by court of appeals
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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.
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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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.
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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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...
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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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/...
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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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/...
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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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
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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🧵 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/...
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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For Dennis Vander Yacht, the old farm and logging equipment spread across his property near Deming tells the story of his family history.
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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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
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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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.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
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