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Seattle voters are deciding who will lead the city for the next four years. Mayor Bruce Harrell is facing challenger Katie Wilson.

More from KNKX Reporter Freddy Monares.

After more than two decades the W-N-B-A will return to Oregon for the 2026 season starting in May. More than 15-thousand season ticket deposits have already come in for the Portland Fire. And as Kyra [[KYE ruh]] Buckley reports, the team welcomed its head coach today/yesterday [[TUESDAY]].

Oregon and Washington are going to court to force the Trump administration to fund the federal food assistance program known as SNAP. OPB’s Bryce Dole reports if the government shutdown continues, people who receive SNAP benefits won’t get them next month.

Host lead-in: A mini forest is growing in downtown Tacoma thanks to a bunch of students. N-W-P-B’s Lauren Gallup reports.

Jackson County is trying again to find a way to expand the county jail. Overcrowding has plagued the jail since it was built in 1981.

Jackson County is trying to figure out how to pay for a jail expansion. Jefferson Public Radio's Roman Battaglia (buh-TALLY-uh) reports the real challenge would be paying to run it.

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People in Walla Walla want to make sure there’s enough water to go around in the future. And their concerns are deepening as the climate changes. Since 20-19, groups in Walla Walla have worked on a basin-wide water plan. The goal is to improve things like water quality, supply and policy.

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LEDE: As the saying goes, whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting. Now, less so in Walla Walla. People are working together to find solutions to the region’s water problems. [N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt has more.] [SOQ 0:54]

Almost 2,000 wildfires were reported across Washington state during the 2025 wildfire season.

They destroyed about a quarter of a million acres.

The 2025 wildfire season is over.

Washington Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove says about 19-hundred wildfires were reported, burning about 250 thousand acres.