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A protester threw her body on top of an immigrant being hauled away by federal agents in a detention action I witnessed Thursday morning in south Minneapolis.

As part of my reporting this year on the declining Pacific halibut harvest, I took a look at orcas impressive abilities to forage off Alaska fishing gear. adn.com/alaska-news/20…

My dive into the decline of a historic North Pacific fishery -- a collaboration that includes Northern Journal, @pulitzercenter and @seattletimes adn.com/alaska-news/20…

"Indiscriminate firings" at NOAA Fisheries (with more likely to come) risk undermining science that supports Alaska fisheries. My story for @AlaskaBeacon alaskabeacon.com/2025/03/10/fed…

At a perilous time for Alaska commercial fisheries, this story investigates what went wrong with the Peter Pan deal. The reporting results from a strong partnership formed by ⁦⁦⁦@propublica⁩ , ⁦@adndotcom⁩ and ⁦@Northernjournal⁩. propublica.org/article/alaska…

Early trouble in a volatile election seattletimes.com/seattle-news/l…

Great to see The Seattle Times pick up this story that ran as part of a package for @adndotcom and @insideclimate looking at efforts to develop clean power in Alaska. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/c…

This is the second part of my two-day look at efforts to develop renewable power in Alaska in collaboration with @insideclimate and @adndotcom insideclimatenews.org/news/08102024/…

For decades, Alaska's North Slope has supplied the nation with oil --- could the geology in parts of the state yield naturally occurring hydrogen? This is part of a joint publication by @adndotcom and @insideclimate adn.com/business-econo…

In the warming world of the 21st century, can Alaska's massive renewable power resources redefine the state's energy industry? Part one of two parts jointly published by @adndotcom and @insideclimate insideclimatenews.org/news/07102024/…

In Portland where I live, homelessness has emerged as a defining crisis of the decade. In this story for @wweek, I take a look at the city’s first large temporary shelter site run under contract by Urban Alchemy. wweek.com/news/2024/03/2…

@bykenarmstrong @yamphoto @lindseywasson @sringman @ByMikeBaker @BartleyNews @MJBerens1 @JBroomSeattle @Jim_Brunner @stimesmcarter @c_clarridge @pgcornwell @SandiDoughton @CoralGarnick @dominicgates @gonzalezseattle @SJGTimes @jhigginsST @ErikLacitis @MikeLindblom @amyemartinez @costrom @brianmrosenthal @SeattleSullivan @lthompsontimes @janettu @AlexaVaughn @CraigAWelch @PotReporter I am, marcus. I will come say hello next time I am in LA if you are home from globetrotting

@bykenarmstrong @yamphoto @lindseywasson @sringman @ByMikeBaker @BartleyNews @MJBerens1 @JBroomSeattle @Jim_Brunner @stimesmcarter @c_clarridge @pgcornwell @SandiDoughton @CoralGarnick @dominicgates @gonzalezseattle @SJGTimes @jhigginsST @ErikLacitis @MikeLindblom @amyemartinez @costrom @brianmrosenthal @SeattleSullivan @lthompsontimes @janettu @AlexaVaughn @CraigAWelch @PotReporter That was an awesome cast of characters. Hard to believe that a decade has gone by .

10 years ago today, I was working a weekend shift @seattletimes when word came in of a landslide near a small town named Oso. It turned out to be the deadliest landslide in U.S. history. It also became an exhibit for why local journalism matters in a time of crisis. 1/

@NigelJaquiss investigates how some users are helping finance their fixes in Pdx. Great story wweek.com/news/2024/02/0…

A mother recounts the struggle to protect her son in this exclusive from @dominicgates seattletimes.com/business/boein… via @seattletimes

Russian salmon, cod, pollock and crab processed in China will be targeted in the expanded sanctions. adn.com/politics/2023/…

"the constitutional bell has been rung" nytimes.com/2023/12/20/opi…

Most of the pollock processed in China comes from Russia, which can not export fish directly to the US due to sanctions. The Outlaw Ocean Project investigation has found that some of that work is done by the forced labor of Uyghurs. adn.com/business-econo…

I had the very good fortune to work at @adndotcom when Howard led the newspaper, There are few people who have made such a difference in my life and I mourn his passing. "Write hard -- die free," Howard made us all pins with that motto. adn.com/alaska-news/20…

Should the government start killing off one owl species to save another? @LyndaVMapes delves into the question in this excellent report. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e…