Thursday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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The US Forest Service is making cuts, private school enrollment in Seattle is up, and food trucks will have to display their food safety ratings starting next year. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Gustavo Sagrero.
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| 0:00.0 | Support comes from Washington's National Park Fund, the official philanthropic partner of Mount Rainier, |
| 0:06.3 | North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks. Proceeds from Washington National Park license plates |
| 0:11.9 | help fund important projects in these parks that might not otherwise receive support. More at WNPF.org. |
| 0:26.9 | These days, there's so much news. It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community. |
| 0:37.9 | The Consider This podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism. 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. |
| 0:44.9 | We get behind the headlines. We get to the truth. Listen to the Consider this podcast from NPR. |
| 0:51.7 | Hey there, it's Gustavo Sacredo from the KUOWW Newsroom. You're listening to Seattle now, |
| 0:54.4 | where we give you a rundown of today's top stories. |
| 0:57.1 | It's Thursday, the 19th. Let's get into it. |
| 1:03.9 | Lightroll writers on Sound Transit's one line faced hurdles this week after two unrelated incidents. |
| 1:14.4 | And that caused significant delays and crowding. It just made her a really miserable passenger experience. That's sound transit spokesperson, John Gallagher. Around lunchtime on Tuesday, an electrical issue stranded a train about |
| 1:19.8 | 300 feet inside a tunnel near the Udub station. The train operator had to walk passengers back to the |
| 1:26.0 | platform and trains had to run on a single track between the Roosevelt and Udub stations for the rest of the day. |
| 1:32.3 | Cruise repaired the issue overnight. |
| 1:34.2 | Then on Wednesday morning, another train had a problem with its brakes also at the Udub station. |
| 1:39.4 | Trains had to use a single track again between Roosevelt and U-dub stations for 90 minutes. |
| 1:45.3 | Gallagher says Sound Transit is reviewing both issues. |
| 1:48.3 | He apologizes to writers and emphasizes that ensuring reliability is top priority. |
| 1:54.3 | Seattle Mayor Bruce Herald wants to triple how much the city is spending to prevent opioid debts. |
| 2:00.1 | Elish O'Neill has the story. |
| 2:02.2 | One of the biggest buckets in the mayor's proposed 2025 budget is $5.5 million for a new |
| 2:08.1 | overdose recovery center. |
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