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By KAREN VELIE The stakes are high for San Luis Obispo County's 2022 primary election. Conservatives are battling to maintain Republican control of the

By KAREN VELIE While the San Luis Obispo County League of Women Voters is officially a nonpartisan organization, it has been criticized for promoting

  >> Christopher Flavelle and Kalen Goodluck, The New York Times  Published: 28 Jun 2021 11:55 AM BdST Updated: 28 Jun 2021 11:57 AM BdST Anna Abraham, the mayor of Chefornak, Alaska, said she grew up hearing stories from elders about how the weather would warm, April 26, 2021. Many Native people were forced into the most undesirable areas of America, first by white settlers, then by the government. Now, parts of that marginal land are becoming uninhabitable. (Ash Adams/The New York Times) ...

Dispossessed, Again: Climate Change Hits Native Americans Especially Hard Many Native people were forced into the most undesirable areas of America, first by white settlers, then by the government. Now, parts of that marginal land are becoming uninhabitable. Pierre Augare, a member of the Quinault Nation in Taholah, Wash., a community on the Olympic Peninsula that has been planning a retreat from the ocean for almost a decade.Credit...Josué Rivas for The New York Times June 27, 2021, 5:00 a.m....

The mother of an army recruit who died after an incident during a training exercise says the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is "entirely responsible" for his death.

NationofChange “We have the least amount of resources. So we’re doing more with less every year." At any moment, on any school day, the entire future of the Quileute Tribe is at risk. The Quileute tribal school is within a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean, which has been a source of life for the Quileute people since the beginning of time. The Quileutes regularly harvest fish and shellfish off the coast of northwest Washington, and their ancestors hunted whales and tr...

 and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. At any moment, on any school day, the entire future of the Quileute Tribe is at risk. The Quileute Tribal School is located within a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean, which has been a source of life for the Quileute people since the beginning of time. The Quileutes regularly harvest fish and shellfish off the coast of northwest Washington, and their anc...

Native communities confront painful choice: move away, or succumb to rising waters? Students at the Quileute Tribal School play basketball playground as the Pacific Ocean waves crash just yards away in the Quileute community of La Push, Washington. Photograph: Tony Overman/The Olympian/MCT via Getty Images Students at the Quileute Tribal School play basketball playground as the Pacific Ocean waves crash just yards away in the Quileute community of La Push, Washington. Photograph: Tony Overman...

Port San Luis commissioners told to stop bullying, harassment March 6, 2021 By KAREN VELIE The Port San Luis Harbor District has served cease-and-desist letters on two commissioners ordering them to stop bullying, harassing, slandering and threatening a staffer. The district hired attorney Susannah Galiano with the Ventura based law firm of LightGabler after learning of allegations that commissioners Bob Vessely and Mary Matakovich were harassing an employee. That employee, Karen O’Brien, h...