Lummi Nation

The documentary tells the story of the last southern resident killer whale held in captivity, and the efforts of two Lummi women to bring the orca home to a net pen sanctuary.

Local brothers Free and Raven Borsey will use some of the Bullitt Prize grant to restart a youth canoe program that gave them valuable lessons as teenagers.

A proposed bill would provide funding annually to combat addiction among Native Americans, but tribes such as the Lummi Nation say the funding will barely scratch the surface.

Tribal leaders are urging Washington state lawmakers to pass a bill that would send millions of dollars in funds to help combat a dramatic rise in opioid overdose deaths.

The last southern resident orca in captivity could soon retire to a sea pen in the Salish Sea. KNKX environment reporter Bellamy Pailthorp has more about the fate of Toki, as her trainers in Florida call her.

Agencies, tribes and groups across Washington state are working to limit the growth of European green crab populations. Scientists say the invasive species can consume shellfish and other native marine life, and destroy critical habitat.

The Seattle Public Library digitized approximately 800 new images this year, more than doubling the size of its historical Northwest Photograph Collection. From McNeil Island Penitentiary to the Coulee Dam to Neah Bay, photos from 1920-1949 demonstrate the long history of regional issues that KNKX Public Radio and its contributors report on to this day.

On Wednesday, a Washington state jury ordered Cooke Aquaculture to pay the Lummi Nation $595,000 in damages for a 2017 net pen collapse. Canada also announced plans to phase out open water net pens in the province.

A group of native carvers from the Lummi Nation has hit the road again from Bellingham. The House of Tears Carvers will make stops in Oregon, Idaho and Washington over the next two weeks, as they call for dam removal on the Lower Snake River, through storytelling, conversation and prayer.

The Nooksack River registered some of its highest flood levels ever in the recent flooding that authorities now say caused as much as $50 million in damages. But that doesn’t fully account for the impact on salmon runs and habitat restoration work managed by area tribes.