Humbert, Holden race for Milton-Freewater’s south end ward

MILTON-FREEWATER — In Milton-Freewater’s the only contested city council seat race here this year, incumbent Brad Humbert is facing challenger Emily Holden.

Humbert and Holdren, both lifelong residents, want to represent the city’s Ward 2, which begins at Milton-Freewater’s newest neighborhood on Milton Hill, running parallel to Highway 11 and continues to Second Avenue. The Walla Walla River on the east side and farmland on the west border the ward.