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With Sound Transit $hortfall, Ballard is chopped (for now) Jun 01, 2026

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Sound transit board members made painful cuts to account for the agency’s multi-billion-dollar shortfall.

Seattle Times transportation reporter Mike Lindbloom is here to talk about which projects are still on track and which ones have been derailed.

Read Mike's reporting here.

And make sure to join us this Saturday for a live taping of Seattle Now… where I’ll interview King County Executive Girmay Zahilay at the cascade PBS ideas festival.

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Weekend Listen: Washington’s Lao refugees face increased ICE pressure, many local drivers aren’t running to EVs despite high gas prices, and Seattle's 'Wealth Walk' makes you feel the city’s wealth gap May 30, 2026

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Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom.

First, Washington state is home to one of the largest communities of Lao refugees in the country. Now, under pressure from the Trump administration, deportation flights have picked up.

Next, gas prices are sky-high, but many local drivers are not flocking to buy an electric vehicle to avoid the pump.

And finally, the size of the money gap between the ultra wealthy and everyone else is hard to wrap your head around. One Seattle playwright is trying to make it easier to understand, with an interactive theater experience and history tour.

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Friday Evening Headlines May 29, 2026

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Sound Transit shelves Ballard extension, Seattle city council explores street closures to deter gun violence, and Alaska Airlines is fined for allowing intoxicated passengers on board.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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Casual Friday with Eva Walker and Jacob Uitti May 29, 2026

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This week…

Protesters showed up at the first car-free weekend along lake Washington boulevard.

Our local spelling champ competed in the other Washington during the National Spelling Bee.

And the town of La Conner tried to turn down the volume on public concerts.

KEXP DJ Eva Walker and Author Jacob Uitti are here to break down the week.

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Thursday Evening Headlines May 29, 2026

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Six bodies recovered from Longview paper mill disaster, Lumen Field's name is getting redacted for the World Cup, and DOJ sues WA over denying undercover license plates for federal agents.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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UW Medicine is using actors to train doctors May 28, 2026

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Practicing medicine is not an exact science.

It takes knowledge, but also bedside manner.

At UW Medicine, neurology residents train for both using actors from UW’s Drama Department.

We’ll hear how it works with Associate Neurology Professor Wolfgang Muhlhofer.

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Wednesday Evening Headlines May 27, 2026

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Two people confirmed dead in Longview, WA paper mill disaster, lawsuit over Denny Blaine Park goes to trial, and Mark Zuckerberg's mega yacht is docked in Seattle.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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Mayor Wilson wants 1,000 new shelter beds this year. Is it possible? May 27, 2026

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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s campaign promised one thousand emergency beds by the end of the year.

It’s ambitious… but she and the City Council are working through growing pains to get it done.

Seattle Times reporter David Kroman will give us some insight on how it’s going.

Read David’s story here.

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Tuesday Evening Headlines May 26, 2026

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Chemical implosion kills at least one person in Longview, WA, Meta cuts 1,400 jobs in WA, and journalists at several WA newspapers go on strike.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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In Seattle, bird counts and species diversity are declining May 26, 2026

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Bird counts in Seattle have declined 21% between 2005 and 2023. That's according to a new study from Birds Connect Seattle, which also found that species diversity declined by 18% during that same time period. Conservation director Joshua Morris authored the report. We met up recently at Washington Park Arboretum to talk about what’s happening to Seattle’s bird populations.

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