Cascade PBS is shuttering its newsroom. What did we just lose?
Seattle Now
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4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Seattle will soon have one less newsroom.
Cascade PBS announced this week they are getting out of the business of local longform journalism.
We’ll talk about what that means for local news consumers.
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| 0:52.6 | It's Wednesday. This is Seattle now. Seattle will soon have one less newsroom. Cascade PBS announced this week. They're getting out of the business of local long-form journalism. We'll talk about what that means for local news consumers in a minute. But first, let's get you caught up. It's budget season for local governments, |
| 1:17.4 | and this morning, the Seattle City Council takes their first crack at developing the 2026 budget. |
| 1:22.8 | Mayor Harrell's version includes a sales tax increase to raise nearly $40 million to spend on public safety, |
| 1:28.9 | including drug treatment. The mayor is also counting on a revamp of the city's B&O tax that could |
| 1:34.2 | bring an additional $80 million. Today's presentation begins at 9.30. And hey, speaking of budgets, |
| 1:40.9 | the median income of a married couple with kids in Seattle has now shot past |
| 1:45.1 | $250,000. Seattle Times analyzed new census data and found that Seattle is one of only three |
| 1:52.0 | cities with income levels this high. Our peer cities are San Francisco and Washington, D.C., |
| 1:57.8 | no surprise there. By the way, the median income for all households in Seattle last |
| 2:02.4 | year was $118,000. And hey, now that the Mariners have clinched a postseason birth, tickets go on sale |
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| 2:15.6 | beginning at 10 a.m. Public ticket sales begin at noon. |
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