Friday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
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🗓️ 11 January 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Transit officials, riders, and employees honor Shawn Yim, fare enforcement returns to buses, and Eddie Bauer merges with JC Penny. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.
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| 0:00.0 | All eyes are on Texas as Republicans work to draw new congressional districts ahead of |
| 0:04.6 | 26. But the battle for control of Congress runs through Southwest Washington, home to one of the |
| 0:11.5 | most competitive districts in the country. And that's where incumbent Marie Glucent-Camp |
| 0:15.6 | Perez has a new challenger. He's the Republican leader in the state Senate. Meet John Braun, |
| 0:20.5 | a moderate who could deliver the third district to the GOP this week on |
| 0:25.5 | sound politics wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:32.1 | Hey there from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle Now. |
| 0:36.3 | I'm Patricia Murphy with a roundup of today's top stories. |
| 0:39.5 | It's Friday, January 10th. King County Metro staff, local transit union leaders and community members |
| 0:47.6 | gathered at Seattle's WAMU theater earlier this afternoon to honor King County Metro driver Sean Yim. |
| 0:54.7 | Yim was fatally stabbed while driving his route December 18th. |
| 0:59.5 | Metro drivers filled the theater, and they heard a final radio call for their fellow driver. |
| 1:05.3 | Noel Gaska reports. |
| 1:07.3 | Operator 21882. |
| 1:16.0 | Operator 21882. Operator 21882. Out of service. |
| 1:27.8 | Sean Yim was remembered as a beloved husband, uncle, and servant to the city, known by his fellow bus drivers for going above and beyond for his passengers, especially children and the elderly. |
| 1:32.7 | Greg Woodfield, the Seattle president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587, |
| 1:38.1 | read a letter from Yim's family, in which they described the last commendation he received from a rider. The driver on the bus advised school kids not to run and said he would wait for them. |
| 1:44.5 | He made sure all the kids caught the bus. |
| 1:47.2 | While the event was an opportunity for Yim's fellow drivers and union members to honor his memory, |
| 1:52.6 | several speakers at the memorial also called on public officials to end the harassment and |
| 1:57.5 | assault bus drivers experience. |
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