A new farm has opened in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood.

An Oregon appeals court has overturned Robert Keegan’s manslaughter conviction for the fatal shooting of a Black Ashland resident in 2020. Jefferson Public Radio’s Justin Higginbottom reports

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Host lead-in: Across the globe, mini forests are popping up using the Miyawaki [ME-ah-wah-kee] method. Some say it’s a great solution to restore native plant life to urban areas. Others say it has limits. N-W-P-B’s Lauren Gallup takes us to Tacoma, where students, professors and community members are finding ways to make the method work for them. [0:16]

[CC] In Pasco, new women's-only soccer league allows players ‘to blossom’

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A new women's-only outdoor soccer league in the Tri-Cities is wrapping up its first season. For years, women soccer players in the region played on coed teams.

[WRAP] In Pasco, new women's-only soccer league allows players ‘to blossom’

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For years, the Tri-Cities hasn’t had a dedicated outdoor women’s soccer league. But now, one woman is changing that – and others are flocking to the soccer fields in Pasco. [N-W-P-B’s Courtney Flatt has the story.] [SOQ]

OPTIONAL HOST OUTRO: The women will compete in the final match on Wednesday night [6/24].

Spokane City Council has passed an immediate yearlong, citywide moratorium on data centers.

[FEATURE] Miyawaki Method Part 1: How the Yakama Nation transformed a barren field into a ‘mini-forest’

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LEDE: Tiny, pocket forests are sprouting up all around Washington state. On old, abandoned fields and in people’s backyards. These forests are meant to mimic nature – and to grow quickly. It also helps increase biodiversity. [N-W-P-B’s Courtney Flatt takes us to one of the Yakama Nation’s mini-forests.]

NON-OPTIONAL OUTRO: This is the first in a two-part series about the ways communities in Washington are using and adapting the Miyawaki [ME-ah-wah-kee] method of forest restoration. This reporting is also part of N-W-P-B’s efforts to report not just on problems, but on how our communities are seeking solutions.

Seattle will have to wait another year for a new sculpture at Peace Park to replace the stolen bronze statue of a young Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima.

The tree-destroying Emerald Ash Borer was confirmed in three new Willamette Valley locations this month, all within current quarantine areas: One in Newberg, one in Silverton, and one in Tualatin.

The Portland Trail Blazers new head coach is Micah Nori. It’s the N-B-A franchise’s first major hire under new ownership. Kyra [[KYE ruh]] Buckley has more.