The Seahawks are back... but someone is missing
Seattle Now
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🗓️ 5 September 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The Seahawks kick off their season this Sunday against the Denver Broncos.
It’ll be the first time in 14 years that Pete Carroll won’t be on the sidelines.
We’ll get a season preview from Seattle Now senior producer Andy Hurst and Brian Nemhauser, who covers the team for Hawkblogger.com
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| 0:00.0 | These days, there's so much news. |
| 0:01.8 | It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community. |
| 0:06.4 | The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism. |
| 0:10.7 | Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news. |
| 0:17.5 | We get behind the headlines. |
| 0:19.4 | We get to the truth. |
| 0:22.8 | Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. |
| 0:26.5 | Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Thursday. This is Seattle now. |
| 0:32.2 | Fall and football season go hand in hand. And when the Seahawks take the field this Sunday, |
| 0:39.3 | it'll be the first time they've done so without Pete Carroll since 2010. |
| 0:42.1 | Seattle Now Senior Producer Andy Hurst is here with a season preview. |
| 0:46.5 | But first, let's get you caught up. |
| 0:52.8 | The calendar may have flipped, but summer is still holding on. Get ready for a hot one today. |
| 0:58.6 | Temperatures will be in the mid-80s until Friday night. The National Weather Service's heat advisory is in effect until then as well. |
| 1:06.1 | By Saturday, things will cool down to the high 70s, which really isn't much of a cool down at all. |
| 1:11.9 | The King County Council approved $5 million in Parks funding to help move along dozens of projects. |
| 1:18.2 | That includes after-school activities, improvements to aquatic centers, and even a new synthetic |
| 1:23.5 | baseball infield in the Central District. The funding partially comes from the voter-approved |
| 1:28.4 | King County Parks Levy. And if you've been thinking about adopting a cat or dog, the King |
| 1:33.9 | County Pet Adoption Center in Kent can help. Shelters are packed, and this weekend staff |
| 1:39.4 | are trying to adopt out as many animals as they can. There's even a $30 discounted fee, which includes vaccinations, |
| 1:47.2 | spay, or neuter, and microchip. The deal ends on Sunday. That's it for now. We'll be back |
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