Richard Arlin Walker

Journalist | Poet | Mariner

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Standing Rock 10 years later: A pipeline Indigenous people fought against continues to funnel between 500,000 and 750,000 gallons of crude oil per day across the nation, with plans to increase that amount to more than 1 million gallons a day.
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It’s a big primary election in six states — California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota — with 52 Indigenous candidates on the ballots.

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Racial bias against Indigenous people may have played a part in a Monache man’s 1978 arrest, prosecution and conviction for murder in Fresno, California, a Superior Court judge has ruled.

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Life is precarious for wild animals living close to roads in Anacortes and on San Juan Island. They could soon get some help.
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A newly appointed county committee will determine how to continue — if at all possible — a shoreline restoration project at a site shared by a barge landing at Griffin Bay’s Jackson Beach on San Juan Island.

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The latest edition of Hamiinat magazine is off the press. Great writing, editing, photography, and design and presentation. I am honored to be part of the team.
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The story comes at a time when many polls show a majority of Americans see politics as divisive and polarizing. And Currier and Delarosa say politics doesn’t have to be that way. https://t.co/uyidiaC784

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This is a story about two candidates — Luke Currier and Teresa Delarosa — who entered the political arena last year as opposing candidates for Anacortes City Council but became friends.

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Salish Current unveiled its redesigned news site this morning. Compelling design, well organized, easier to navigate. Get your morning coffee or tea and visit.
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President Donald Trump, who is in the midst of pressuring senators to curb the use of mail-in voting, voted by mail ballot in Tuesday’s special election in Palm Beach County, Florida.
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Anishinaabe musher Jesse Terry is Iditarod’s Rookie of the Year | He and his team overcame sled-toppling winds to finish 14th

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Holmes wins second consecutive Iditarod; past champion Kaiser likely to finish 10th
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I was fortunate to interview Han Gwich'in musher Jody Potts-Joseph as she prepared to head to Anchorage with her dog team for the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. My ICT Newscast interview with her begins at 9:32.
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Musher calms angry bison with grandmother’s words in the Han Gwich’in language
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IDITAROD 2026: A musher on a mission | Jody Potts-Joseph wants to encourage young Alaska Natives to travel the way of the ancestors
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largest proven fraud is white. Texas has the highest number of Medicaid fraud cases, according to the Federal Trade Commission, and Florida has the highest number of fraud and identity theft cases. https://t.co/cjWwtJxWZR

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Target the fraud, not people based on their ancestry or states based on political leanings.

President Trump blamed the Somali community for widespread fraud in Minnesota. Several defendants charged with fraud are not of Somali descent, and the convicted ringleader of the

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According to a Cato Institute analysis of U.S. Census and American Community Survey data, the incarceration rate was 1,221 per 100,000 native-born Americans, compared to 613 per 100,000 illegal immigrants, and 319 per 100,000 legal immigrants.

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There is no concrete evidence that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi engaged in illegal insider trading.

Despite earlier resistance, Pelosi expressed support for legislation aimed at banning or restricting stock trading by members of Congress.

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The Roy Cohn Rules are in full voice tonight at the State of the Union.

1. Attack, Attack, Attack: Never play defense. If you are accused, counter-attack immediately with greater force.
2. Admit Nothing, Deny Everything: Never concede wrongdoing, as this is viewed as weakness.