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Host lead-in: Voters in the Tacoma Parks district will soon get the chance to decide whether they want to support projects to improve the city’s parks. N-W-P-B’s Lauren Gallup reports.

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Parks Tacoma is asking voters to approve a six-year bond that will support over 100 projects around the city.

As we've been reporting... the professional men’s basketball team, the Super-Sonics, is a step closer to returning to Seattle.

[Federal judges in Seattle choose panel to vet U.S. attorney applicants.

20260325 AR Federal Judges VCR 1:00 3/25/26 Amy Radil/Cat Smith:

In Seattle, federal judges plan to appoint the region’s next U.S. Attorney, and they’ve chosen a panel of local lawyers to help.

This comes as the Trump administration has clashed with courts and U.S. Senators over some of its picks for top prosecutors.]

Tucked away in a small retail strip near 6th Avenue and Lawrence Street in Eugene is a space filled with Japanese-style vending machines. KLCC’s Karen Richards recently visited Yamada [yah-MAH-dah] Vending.

A group called ‘Pride in Numbers’ is surveying Two-Spirit and L-G-B-T-Q-plus adults across Oregon. Organizers want to use that data to shed more light on rural queer communities.

A King county official has been criminally charged for allegedly violating a court order last year. KUOW’s Scott Greenstone has been following:

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Washington is home to at least six-hundred [600] types of bees.

That tally has increased by dozens of species, thanks to a statewide survey of these key pollinators.

KUOW’s John Ryan reports.

Washington state lawmakers cleared the way for hundreds of millions of dollars to be invested in the state’s free preschool program for low income households.