Measures passed this midterm election cycle impact trans and 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, abortion access, environment and more.

An initiative in Washington that intends to ban transgender girls competing in girls’ school sports, and which Native leaders ...

Northwest Native leaders gathered at the annual NCAI convention discuss top issues from protecting the environment, gaming, ...

Native leaders at the NCAI convention lay out the stakes in midterm elections, including the future of federal funding, ...

With DNA testing confirming her identity, Oregon officials have returned Marion Vinetta Nagle McWhorter’s remains to her last surviving sibling.

From left, Cultural Co-ordinator, Mary Johnson, Chinook Chairman Tony Johnson, and Councilman Gary Johnson, listen to Senator Jeff Wilson March 9, 2026 at the Capitol in Olympia, Wa. The Chinook were ...

A collaborative coloring wall at the National Association of Science Writers’ annual convening which was held in Corvallis, Oregon in September 2026. (Photo by Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + ...

With DNA testing confirming her identity, Oregon officials have returned Marion Vinetta Nagle McWhorter’s remains to her last surviving sibling.

A piece of bull kelp that washed ashore on Rosario Beach in Washington in July 2026. Bull kelp has been used by coastal tribes in Washington as food, tools and toys among other creative practices. In ...

Underscore Native News reporter and Report for America corps member Lyric Aquino reflects on reporting on science within Indigenous communities and her own career growth.

A group of youth celebrate as they pose for their photo after completing the historic descent down the newly undammed Klamath River. (Photo by Jarrette Werk, Underscore Native News) In her home ...

Rocky Shore area, early September 2026. Photo by Andrea Taylor. The largest Dungeness crab ever caught in Oregon was rumored to be from a stretch of coastal land south of Yachats back around the 1930s ...