NCWLIFE Evening News October 16, 2025

•Even as the threat from natural wildfires begins to wind down, prescribed burn operations in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest are set to begin for the season.•Managers on the Lower Sugarloaf Fire issued their final written update today as they put the worst of that wildland blaze behind them.•Fusion energy company Helion has been granted a conditional use permit by Chelan County to begin the next phase of developing the first-ever fusion power plant in Malaga.