Emily Joe Bill has been dead for 54 years, but Sauk-Suiattle tribal leaders are still arguing over whether she, and at least 31 of her descendants, belong in the tribe today, Kayla J. Dunn reports. heraldnet.com/news/sauk-suia…

Thank you so much, Sophia! Excited the story is finally out (& now onto the next)

“It was hard to get that call. At first you don’t know what it is,” Somers said, pausing. “I didn’t think he had relapsed at all. It didn’t seem to me that he had. But addiction is a terrible thing.” Story by Kayla J. Dunn with Olivia Vanni heraldnet.com/news/on-front-…

(2/7) Since we voted in September to join the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, more than a dozen members have left the paper. So, being nosy journalists, we asked what drove their decision to lead. Spoiler alert for publisher Rudi Alcott: It wasn’t because we unionized.

Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney is facing criticism for inviting a controversial far-right sheriff and U.S. Senate candidate from Arizona to speak at a private campaign fundraiser Saturday, Kayla J. Dunn reports. heraldnet.com/news/fortney-t…

It’s looking like a battle of the Mikes in Edmonds. The two other challengers, Diane Buckshnis and Brad Shipley, will be cut from the race, according to early primary results. heraldnet.com/news/challeneg…

Ok State fans can be so weak and fair weather. We’re sitting at an 8-win season, have had 18 winning seasons in a row, and they’re still shit talking their own. It’s shameful. Loyal & true only applies to 12-0 I guess.

journalism is a newsroom winning 7 SPJ awards one week and then being gutted by 55% the next seattletimes.com/opinion/big-la…

At 16, I asked my dad if we could do a half Ironman, but turns out you have to be 18… He called races around the nation until someone agreed to let me register. Six months later, we ran the race. Now, at 26, I did a full. Here’s to dads who believe in their daughters. COMPETE🫶🏽