Izzy Ross
@izzyjross.bsky.social
Editing, reporting + digital news managing at KNKX for Seattle + Western Washington. Views my own/reposts≠endorsements. Reach out! iross@knkx.org / izzyjross.02
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Federal officials have not responded to the October deadline for the tribe’s permit for a traditional summer/fall subsistence hunt of eastern North Pacific gray whales, covered by the Makahs’ 10-year waiver under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Makah Tribe’s treaty-protected whaling rights remain blocked after more than 25 years
Federal officials have not responded to the October deadline for the tribe’s permit for a traditional subsistence hunt of eastern North Pacific gray whales.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Federal officials have not responded to the October deadline for the tribe’s permit for a traditional summer/fall subsistence hunt of eastern North Pacific gray whales, covered by the Makahs’ 10-year waiver under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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North Helpline, which serves residents in North Seattle, shares how people can help food banks after funding for the federal food assistance ran out over the weekend. #snap #foodbanks #seattle
As SNAP funding confusion continues, a Seattle food bank’s tips on how to help
North Helpline, which serves residents in North Seattle, shares how people can help food banks after funding for the federal food assistance ran out over the weekend.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
North Helpline, which serves residents in North Seattle, shares how people can help food banks after funding for the federal food assistance ran out over the weekend. #snap #foodbanks #seattle
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Federal lawmakers continue to debate whether to extend tax credits driving down Affordable Care Act insurance costs. Without them, many Washingtonians may risk going uninsured.
Washingtonians weigh the cost of ACA health insurance as price hikes loom
Federal lawmakers continue to debate whether to extend tax credits driving down Affordable Care Act insurance costs. Without them, many Washingtonians may risk going uninsured.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Federal lawmakers continue to debate whether to extend tax credits driving down Affordable Care Act insurance costs. Without them, many Washingtonians may risk going uninsured.
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Less than 20% of registered voters across WA had returned their ballots as of 5 p.m. Monday. That puts the state on track for record low turnout. Data shows returns lagging even in places with high-profile contests for offices like county executive and mayor. Voters can return ballots until 8 p.m.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Less than 20% of registered voters across WA had returned their ballots as of 5 p.m. Monday. That puts the state on track for record low turnout. Data shows returns lagging even in places with high-profile contests for offices like county executive and mayor. Voters can return ballots until 8 p.m.
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Good morning, Washington voters! For your ballot to be counted, if you still have it, is to bring it to a drop box by 8 p.m. 🗳️
We will have some updates during our jazz programming tonight, after the first round of results is released. And we'll have more early results tomorrow morning on KNKX.
We will have some updates during our jazz programming tonight, after the first round of results is released. And we'll have more early results tomorrow morning on KNKX.
November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Good morning, Washington voters! For your ballot to be counted, if you still have it, is to bring it to a drop box by 8 p.m. 🗳️
We will have some updates during our jazz programming tonight, after the first round of results is released. And we'll have more early results tomorrow morning on KNKX.
We will have some updates during our jazz programming tonight, after the first round of results is released. And we'll have more early results tomorrow morning on KNKX.
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Voters in Washington will cast ballots for state and local offices and ballot measures in this off-year election. Here are the key races and ballot measures we'll be watching:
What to expect in Washington on Election Day 2025 - and how to tune in
Voters in Washington will cast ballots for state and local offices and ballot measures in this off-year election.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Voters in Washington will cast ballots for state and local offices and ballot measures in this off-year election. Here are the key races and ballot measures we'll be watching:
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Housing is being built quickly in Lynnwood, but the City Council candidates largely agree that more is needed. Prices are rising, and people are getting priced out. Whoever voters choose in this election will help determine how the city moves forward.
Lynnwood Council candidates have big ideas for their fast-growing city
Lynnwood is one of the region’s fastest-growing cities, and a second light rail station slated to open by the city’s Alderwood Mall promises further expansion.
www.knkx.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Housing is being built quickly in Lynnwood, but the City Council candidates largely agree that more is needed. Prices are rising, and people are getting priced out. Whoever voters choose in this election will help determine how the city moves forward.
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Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure.
grist.org/housing/two-...
#Maui #Hawaii #Wildfire #Homes #Housing
grist.org/housing/two-...
#Maui #Hawaii #Wildfire #Homes #Housing
Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure
A Native Hawaiian mother’s fight to keep her family in Lāhainā despite soaring costs, mortgage limbo, and land-hungry investors eager to own a piece of Hawaiʻi.
grist.org
October 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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It's the first day of the fall fund drive and we want to meet our goal in just *one hour* so we can reduce interruptions and keep you connected on the news you need and the jazz you love. Best of all, every gift is matched! Help us speed through this drive with a gift now. www.knkx.org/donate
September 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's the first day of the fall fund drive and we want to meet our goal in just *one hour* so we can reduce interruptions and keep you connected on the news you need and the jazz you love. Best of all, every gift is matched! Help us speed through this drive with a gift now. www.knkx.org/donate
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The City of #Olympia plans to reopen the building by 2027 and provide affordable rental space for eight nonprofit organizations.
Olympia renovating Armory building to house local nonprofits
The City of Olympia plans to reopen the building by 2027 and provide affordable rental space for eight nonprofit organizations.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The City of #Olympia plans to reopen the building by 2027 and provide affordable rental space for eight nonprofit organizations.
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We got big project out today about Chicago’s lead pipes. The news is we mapped them all. The big idea is that Chicago residents are living through a public health crisis, and we wanted to help them visualize their place in it.
@grist.org @wbez.org @insideclimatenews.org @chicago.suntimes.com
@grist.org @wbez.org @insideclimatenews.org @chicago.suntimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We got big project out today about Chicago’s lead pipes. The news is we mapped them all. The big idea is that Chicago residents are living through a public health crisis, and we wanted to help them visualize their place in it.
@grist.org @wbez.org @insideclimatenews.org @chicago.suntimes.com
@grist.org @wbez.org @insideclimatenews.org @chicago.suntimes.com
another installment in the incredible Chicago lead series is up - from @juanpab.bsky.social @compatibilism.bsky.social @keertigopal.bsky.social et al. Clear, revelatory reporting + tools for people living there to find out more and get tests.
(@grist.org @insideclimatenews.org @wbez.org)
(@grist.org @insideclimatenews.org @wbez.org)
Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all.
Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Maps #IL #Chicago #Illinois #Lead #Toxic #Pollution #Health #Children
Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Maps #IL #Chicago #Illinois #Lead #Toxic #Pollution #Health #Children
Chicago’s lead pipe crisis, mapped
Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.
grist.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
another installment in the incredible Chicago lead series is up - from @juanpab.bsky.social @compatibilism.bsky.social @keertigopal.bsky.social et al. Clear, revelatory reporting + tools for people living there to find out more and get tests.
(@grist.org @insideclimatenews.org @wbez.org)
(@grist.org @insideclimatenews.org @wbez.org)
A warning coordination meteorologist in Gaylord walked us through some of the basics of weather alerts in MI (for @iprnews.bsky.social and @grist.org)
How severe weather alerts work in northern Michigan
After the deadly floods in Texas, a National Weather Service meteorologist explains how northern Michiganders get warnings and alerts when bad weather strikes our region.
www.interlochenpublicradio.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A warning coordination meteorologist in Gaylord walked us through some of the basics of weather alerts in MI (for @iprnews.bsky.social and @grist.org)
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Please share. You could save a life! 🥰
Extreme Heat 101🥵: Your guide to staying safe and keeping cool
Advice on keeping kids, neighbors, coworkers, and even strangers healthy and happy in a heat emergency.
grist.org/extreme-heat...
#Heat #Health #Wellness #Midwest #Climate #Weather #Environment
Extreme Heat 101🥵: Your guide to staying safe and keeping cool
Advice on keeping kids, neighbors, coworkers, and even strangers healthy and happy in a heat emergency.
grist.org/extreme-heat...
#Heat #Health #Wellness #Midwest #Climate #Weather #Environment
Extreme Heat 101: Your guide to staying safe and keeping cool
Advice on keeping kids, neighbors, coworkers, and even strangers healthy and happy in a heat emergency.
grist.org
June 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Please share. You could save a life! 🥰
Extreme Heat 101🥵: Your guide to staying safe and keeping cool
Advice on keeping kids, neighbors, coworkers, and even strangers healthy and happy in a heat emergency.
grist.org/extreme-heat...
#Heat #Health #Wellness #Midwest #Climate #Weather #Environment
Extreme Heat 101🥵: Your guide to staying safe and keeping cool
Advice on keeping kids, neighbors, coworkers, and even strangers healthy and happy in a heat emergency.
grist.org/extreme-heat...
#Heat #Health #Wellness #Midwest #Climate #Weather #Environment
Public comment ends June 30 for the Army Corps’ draft environmental review of the Line 5 tunnel. (teamed up with the incredible Teresa Homsi for this brief overview @iprnews.bsky.social / WCMU / @grist.org )
A guide to the federal review of the Line 5 tunnel
The review is a major step toward a permitting decision on the controversial proposal to build a tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac. The last day for the public to comment is June 30.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Public comment ends June 30 for the Army Corps’ draft environmental review of the Line 5 tunnel. (teamed up with the incredible Teresa Homsi for this brief overview @iprnews.bsky.social / WCMU / @grist.org )
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The Trump administration has quietly proposed closing the Chemical Safety Board.
“Closing the CSB will mean more accidents at chemical plants, more explosions and more deaths,” a former board member said.
veritenews.org/2025/06/13/t...
“Closing the CSB will mean more accidents at chemical plants, more explosions and more deaths,” a former board member said.
veritenews.org/2025/06/13/t...
Trump plan to shut down chemical safety watchdog could mean ‘more explosions, more deaths’ in Cancer Alley - Verite News New Orleans
The proposed closure of the Chemical Safety Board follows several other moves by the Trump administration to slash EPA staffing levels and ease federal health and safety regulations.
veritenews.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Trump administration has quietly proposed closing the Chemical Safety Board.
“Closing the CSB will mean more accidents at chemical plants, more explosions and more deaths,” a former board member said.
veritenews.org/2025/06/13/t...
“Closing the CSB will mean more accidents at chemical plants, more explosions and more deaths,” a former board member said.
veritenews.org/2025/06/13/t...
The first of this week’s listener qs about energy, climate and how it fits into our lives for @iprnews.bsky.social / @grist.org (running on local airwaves during @npr.org climate solutions week)
Climate Solutions Week: Utilities
Today we have a question about what's getting in the way of municipal utilities doing more around climate.
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June 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The first of this week’s listener qs about energy, climate and how it fits into our lives for @iprnews.bsky.social / @grist.org (running on local airwaves during @npr.org climate solutions week)
It’s the latest in a series of smoky springs/summers here brought on by wildfires in Canada (this cover pic is from Traverse City in 2023).
Smoke expected to lift in northern Michigan, but more could be on the way
This is the latest in a series of intense wildfire seasons in Canada — and smoky springs and summers in the Midwest.
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June 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It’s the latest in a series of smoky springs/summers here brought on by wildfires in Canada (this cover pic is from Traverse City in 2023).
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A popular wooden viewing platform at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has been removed after winter storms, wind and rain had eroded the sand underneath.
“The sand had moved on,” said Superintendent Scott Tucker.
Story from @izzyjross.bsky.social w/ @iprnews.bsky.social
“The sand had moved on,” said Superintendent Scott Tucker.
Story from @izzyjross.bsky.social w/ @iprnews.bsky.social
'The sand had moved on': Sleeping Bear Dunes platform removed • Michigan Advance
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Sleeping Bear Dunes have been active systems for millennia, shifting wit...
michiganadvance.com
May 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A popular wooden viewing platform at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has been removed after winter storms, wind and rain had eroded the sand underneath.
“The sand had moved on,” said Superintendent Scott Tucker.
Story from @izzyjross.bsky.social w/ @iprnews.bsky.social
“The sand had moved on,” said Superintendent Scott Tucker.
Story from @izzyjross.bsky.social w/ @iprnews.bsky.social
reposting for World Turtle Day 🐢. Read more about efforts to help turtles in northern Michigan during crossing season:
A few people in Benzie County were motivated by “a combination of traffic safety and turtle safety coming together, and also being concerned about the people like us who like to help turtles."
Turtlefest is returning this weekend - as are the crossing signs.
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Turtlefest is returning this weekend - as are the crossing signs.
for @iprnews.bsky.social @grist.org
On the move: Turtlefest and crossing signs return to Benzie County
It's all about turtle safety at the second annual Turtlefest in Benzie County.
www.interlochenpublicradio.org
May 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
reposting for World Turtle Day 🐢. Read more about efforts to help turtles in northern Michigan during crossing season:
A few people in Benzie County were motivated by “a combination of traffic safety and turtle safety coming together, and also being concerned about the people like us who like to help turtles."
Turtlefest is returning this weekend - as are the crossing signs.
for @iprnews.bsky.social @grist.org
Turtlefest is returning this weekend - as are the crossing signs.
for @iprnews.bsky.social @grist.org
On the move: Turtlefest and crossing signs return to Benzie County
It's all about turtle safety at the second annual Turtlefest in Benzie County.
www.interlochenpublicradio.org
May 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A few people in Benzie County were motivated by “a combination of traffic safety and turtle safety coming together, and also being concerned about the people like us who like to help turtles."
Turtlefest is returning this weekend - as are the crossing signs.
for @iprnews.bsky.social @grist.org
Turtlefest is returning this weekend - as are the crossing signs.
for @iprnews.bsky.social @grist.org
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IPR is the winner of 3 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards! www.interlochenpublicradio.org/2025-05-21/c...
Copper mines, Star Wars and old engines: IPR stories win honors
Interlochen Public Radio is the winner of three Regional Edward R. Murrow awards, the most of any public radio station in Michigan this year.
www.interlochenpublicradio.org
May 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
IPR is the winner of 3 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards! www.interlochenpublicradio.org/2025-05-21/c...
I got a regional Murrow for ‘Excellence in Sound’ for my piece on the Buckley Old Engine Show (a place for people who love old tech and trains) 📻🚂 @iprnews.bsky.social @grist.org
Copper mines, Star Wars and old engines: IPR stories win honors
Interlochen Public Radio is the winner of three Regional Edward R. Murrow awards, the most of any public radio station in Michigan this year.
www.interlochenpublicradio.org
May 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I got a regional Murrow for ‘Excellence in Sound’ for my piece on the Buckley Old Engine Show (a place for people who love old tech and trains) 📻🚂 @iprnews.bsky.social @grist.org
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In April, AmeriCorps placed most of its staff on leave while the Trump administration canceled $400 million dollars in grants. In Michigan, that means nearly 700 people at dozens of organizations won’t receive stipends, education awards and other benefits.
Story from @iprnews.bsky.social
Story from @iprnews.bsky.social
AmeriCorps cuts hit northern Michigan environmental work • Michigan Advance
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Until last month, Nick Panicola was working at two environmental nonprofits ...
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May 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In April, AmeriCorps placed most of its staff on leave while the Trump administration canceled $400 million dollars in grants. In Michigan, that means nearly 700 people at dozens of organizations won’t receive stipends, education awards and other benefits.
Story from @iprnews.bsky.social
Story from @iprnews.bsky.social
Ask us your questions about energy, extreme weather, climate and your community!
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Ask an Expert: Climate and our community
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 7:00pm - What do you wonder about the way extreme weather and climate change might affect our communities here in northern Michigan?
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