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Native people in Washington state can now text crisis counselors

Native and Indigenous people across the state of Washington can now text crisis counselors whenever they need support.

The Native & Strong Lifeline has operated since 2022 and recently began offering new text and chat services to help prevent suicide.

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Mitch Borden is a general assignment reporter at KNKX. He’s worked at radio stations across the U.S. in places like rural Alaska and West Texas. Borden loves to cover all types of interesting stories. News tips can be sent to mborden@knkx.org.