🏀 Portland is getting a new WNBA team, giving the Seattle Storm a new rival across the Columbia River. (Axios Portland)
✈️ Cyberattackers accused of stealing files from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last month have posted some of the data on the dark web, after the Port of Seattle refused to pay a requested ransom of 100 bitcoin (about $6 million), a port official testified in Congress yesterday. (KUOW)
Washington state is decommissioning the chamber used to perform executions by lethal injections at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary.
Washington state lawmakers voted last year to formally repeal the death penalty, which already was on hold due to a court ruling and a moratorium from the governor. (Seattle Times)
