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Good afternoon from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle Now. I'm Patricia Murphy. Here are

today's top stories. It's Monday, August 26th. Officials with the Port of

Seattle say they don't know when the system outages at CETAC Airport will be resolved. An apparent

cyber attack over the weekend wreaked havoc on CETAC airport's internet, phones, terminal screens,

and the system that sorts baggage. Airport spokesman

Perry Cooper says travelers most affected are those on airlines with relatively few flights in and out

of CETAC. Frontier, spirit, sun country, and the international airlines are especially affected.

These are some of our folks that are using our common use check-in counters and our kiosks and also the common-use gates that we have. Please arrive at least

three hours early if you're traveling with these carriers. Airlines are warning passengers to print

your boarding passes at home. Avoid checking a bag if possible and to use airline mobile apps for tickets and gate numbers.

A federal judge in Portland heard opening arguments today in a case involving the proposed

merger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons. As Ruby Deluna reports, the feds are trying to stop

the deal. The Federal Trade Commission is asking the judge to pause the $25 billion deal,

while an administrative hearing in Washington, D.C., determines a bigger question,

whether the merger is unlawful or not.

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