Wednesday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Seattle travelers hit the roads, ferries, and airport, Redmond PD gets a federal waiver to operate drones, and why are Seattle sports tickets so expensive? It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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| 0:50.2 | Good afternoon from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning. Here's our roundup of today's top stories. It's Wednesday, November 27th. CETAC Airport is screening tens of thousands of passengers through security today. Ferries and trains are bustling and road trips are underway. |
| 1:11.6 | It's also a busy week on Amtrak, where most trains today are sold out. Amtrak says 23,000 riders could travel through King Street Station this week. |
| 1:20.6 | On the highways, the mountain passes are clear of major weather impacts as of this afternoon, though areas of freezing fog are expected over snow qualmy tonight, and snow is expected in the Cascades tomorrow night and Friday. |
| 1:35.9 | Ferries are running mostly on schedule this afternoon after earlier delays on the point defiance route. |
| 1:43.1 | The race is on for people cooking and shopping |
| 1:45.6 | for Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day. Local organizations that offer free |
| 1:51.3 | Thanksgiving meals are bracing for increased demand this year. Many families struggle to afford |
| 1:57.2 | groceries, but the real cost of that turkey dinner is complicated. Monica Nicholsberg reports. |
| 2:04.3 | Every year, the Salvation Army in Greenwood serves about 100 free Thanksgiving dinners, says Pastor Steve |
| 2:09.5 | Poblochis. We're prepping food for about 150, and then of course I'll do that mad dash to the grocery store |
| 2:15.5 | if I need to. But yeah, so we are expecting |
| 2:18.0 | more people this year. He said he's hearing the same from other organizations serving free meals. |
| 2:23.9 | But the cost of Thanksgiving dinner is at its lowest level in decades when adjusted for |
| 2:28.1 | inflation and wage growth. That's according to a survey of grocery prices by the American |
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