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"97 7 stay connected, stay informed. I'm Kelly blier and here's what's happening new information about the fairy badly damaged last summer after an accident in west Seattle, northwest news radios John lobert, reports, it could be back on the water soon. The crash was as violent as it was spectacular. The Catholic veering off course while going unusually fast towards the fault Roy dock on July 28th. He and Stirling is with Washington state fairies. It still needs some work done. And then the recertification needs to happen. As annual inspection with the coast guard and that type of thing before it can go back in service. The captain of the ferry resigned without public comment, the cath lamet crushed like a tuna can, repair costs are pushing $7 million. It still needs some work done before it can go back in service. So we won't see it for a while yet, but it will return to service. Sterling says the cath lab will be navigating the waters along the fault laroi vashon southward route as soon as later this month. John lobert team, northwest news radio. It was a long trip back, but today marks the return of the Amtrak cascades route from Portland to Vancouver, Amtrak pulled in to Seattle's king street just before lunch, Amtrak's ray laying. You know, prior to the pandemic, Amtrak was setting new ridership revenue and financial performance records for the cascade service. A labor shortage was behind the Portland delay, but Washington's Department of Transportation is hailing the impact on traffic congestion and business, Ron pate. This service is critical for our state our region our area. The cascadia corridor is an important corridor for economic development, moving people back and forth Amtrak says
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"1000 FM 97 7 stay connected, stay informed. I'm Kelly blier and here's what's happening new information about the fairy badly damaged last summer after an accident in west Seattle. Northwest news radio's John lobert reports, it could be back on the water soon. The crash was as violent as it was spectacular, the cath lab at veering off course while going unusually fast towards the fault Roy dock on July 28th. He and Stirling is with Washington state fairies. It still needs some work done. And then the recertification needs to happen. As annual inspection, but the coast guard and that type of thing before it can go back in service. The captain of the ferry resigned without public comment, the Kathleen, crushed like a tuna can, repair costs are pushing $7 million. It still needs some work done before it can go back in service. So we won't see it for a while yet, but it will return to service. Sterling says the cath lab will be navigating the waters along the fault laroi Vash on southward route as soon as later this month. John libertini, northwest news radio. It was a long trip back, but today's today marks the return of the Amtrak cascades route from Portland to Vancouver, Amtrak pulled in to Seattle's king street just before lunch, Amtrak's ray laying. You know, prior to the pandemic, Amtrak was setting new ridership revenue and financial performance records for the cascade service. A labor shortage was behind the Portland delay, but Washington's Department of Transportation is hailing the impact on traffic congestion and business. Ron pate. This service is critical for our state or region or area. The cascadia corridor is an important corridor for economic development, moving people back and forth. Amtrak says
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"Inslee wanted to talk politics this afternoon. Northwest news radio's John lobert ini reports. Reporters gathered with the governor at the state capitol and the floor was open. I'm going to check in with you on firearms proposals. Our proposed ban on semi-automatic weapons is making progress while gun training for gun buyers is moving more slowly through committee. This type of gun safety measure has the biggest impact in reducing gun violence. It is the best thing that we have to reduce violence. There's legislation that would expand assistance by the state to food banks. Our food banks are now down to about 20 or 30% of their normal stock because of the expansion of need for nutrition in our state. And we need to have something there when they arrive. And the governor was asked why state workers are still under a COVID-19 vaccine mandate when Seattle and King County let those expire. We're looking at the science on this and we're looking at the disease. This is a disease that remains a dangerous disease. There's also legislation that would rewrite zoning laws, allowing Washington to build more housing. John lobert team, northwest news radio. Police would be able to chase after more known or suspected criminals under a bill that's passed its first test in Olympia. The bill would allow more violent or potentially dangerous crimes to qualify for situations where a chase is allowed. It would also change the rules so an officer would only have to inform a supervisor about a chase, or current law requires supervisor approval. Opponents of House Bill 1363 say the limits on police chases were put into law in the first place to make communities safer by stopping dangerous pursuits when they aren't always necessary. Amber gold ate a ma who is 12 year old daughter was killed by a man in a stolen vehicle, told the public safety committee. This man, a convicted felon, who was out of jail on his own requirements for another crime, he committed a burglary, and the police had stopped him, but he fled in a stolen vehicle, and the police could only watch. One Democrat voted against the bill while the other members from both parties voted in favor. The growing frustration over that whopping $12 billion plan to fight homelessness in King County, during a presentation of the 5 year plan today, Seattle mayor Bruce harrell called it too expensive and short on details. For me to approve a plan, I have to sort of know what it looks like because I will say it will transparency that the current price tag. I don't see a route
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"Strong words. Following a ride along with a mental health crisis team in Seattle, the congressman answered questions about China. Got to be cautious about how I say this. Large country spy on each other. Adam Smith, chairman of the House armed services committee, says the two superpowers need to start talking. We have got to do a better job of communicating with each other about what the rules of that engagement will be because there is the risk of miscalculation and overreaction on both sides. China is already flipping the script. Now accusing the U.S. of flying high altitude balloons over its airspace ten times last year. I'll tell you China has been a little reluctant. Congressman Smith says efforts have been made by the U.S. to talk with China. I know correctly the Secretary of Defense wanted to have a conversation with his counterpart in China, but China said no. So I think we've got to get some international pressure here to force China to restart having conversations about this because it can be a risky and dangerous situation. And nobody wants that. John lobert team, northwest news radio. Northwest news times 6 34 and we check your drive every ten minutes on the force in the high performance homes traffic center, how's it shaping up Kimmy clock? Nope, Natalie Melendez. How's it looking? Well, it's still looking at a lot of slowdowns in Mercer island on I 90 west your drive from Seattle will take 19 minutes. Capitol Hill Seattle the right lane on 23rd avenue blocked off by a collision in northbound aloha street. You'll hit stop and go traffic at valley street and a Seattle sea tax like a traffic
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"Radio 1000 FM 97 7 stay connected, stay informed. Good evening, it is 7 O 5, I'm Kelly blier and here's what's happening. Dire warnings from one labor expert after hundreds of pink slips were handed out at Microsoft. Northwest news radio is John lobert reports. The job losses are affecting workers in surface devices, mixed reality hardware, and Xbox. This is part of a plan announced last month to lay off 10,000 workers at Microsoft. They are a sign of what becomes but John Logan, a labor expert at San Francisco state is becoming increasingly pessimistic. During previous economic dietary use, job losses in the tech industry have kind of foreshadowed a job losses in the economy more broadly. These layoffs are reportedly impacting 617 Microsoft employees in Redmond, Bellevue and issaquah, since January, the job losses numbered more than 1400. Logan isn't buying into talk. This is going to be a soft recession either. 8, 9, 10% levels of unemployment. I do think potential for being a significant concern. More than 95,000 tech employees worldwide have been laid off since the start of 2023. John lobert, northwest news radio. Washington state patrol troopers and social workers spent some time this afternoon at the sight of a homeless encampment beneath the I 5 ship canal bridge that comes amid demands from families living nearby for the encampments removal after reports of open drug use, fires and shootings all within a block of a school. According to washed out there approximately 30 people in the encampment and there have been 6 fires this month and at least two shootings in recent months. We learned state officials are planning to clean up the site next week, but will not require the people living here to leave. Parents from the nearby John Stanford school say this is unacceptable. It feels like there's a tug of war. People are saying, well, homeless folks are more important or children are more important as parents versus that housing authority. And what I would like to see happen is just action. Now, both Seattle
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"Tons are going to our landfill and about 70% of that could be reused, recycled, composted. To see what's dumped here is enough to make you rethink garbage, supervisor Cynthia Adams. Beautiful chairs, doors with the frames, the glass that were custom built, toys still in the packages that could have had a Second Life. To the train dye, there's a lot to see at the factoria recycling and transfer station. It's the wood that caught Doug Williams attention. Tremendously recyclable. We've got a lot of what's called clean wood. So dimensional lumber and things like that that can be reused. The county is pulling together a list of alternatives, but it's a work in progress. John lobert, northwest news radio. Ah yeah, the wood caught his eye. You hear that? Northwest news times 6 20. Let's get your stock charts dot com money updates. Once again, led by technology shares, stocks finished the Thursday session mostly higher. The S&P 500 jumped 60 points and the tech heavy NASDAQ composite surged 384 or three and a quarter percent. But the Dow Jones industrials slipped 39 points. Boosted by a major menu revamp band store renovations subway says 2022 was a record second one for sales. The sandwich chain as a private company doesn't release specific financial numbers, but it did say that the same store sales at its North American locations rose 7.8% last year compared to 2021. Subway CEO told CNN that the company is off to a great start here in 2023 as well. That's your money now. We've got money news at 20 and 50 past every hour coming up. I'll tell you which young rapper is getting rickrolled. Plus, we'll check your drive next
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"Sunshine, daytime temperatures hold in the 30s. And the combo four weather center, meteorologist Kristen Clarke. Clouds, some drizzle in downtown Seattle and generally cool like it has been so far this week. In Seattle right now, 43° at 1206. The hazing death of a Washington state university student, three years ago, is driving legislation as the state capitol at the state capitol to make hazing a more serious crime. Northwest news radio's John lobert ini reports. 19 year old Sam Martinez died from alcohol poisoning at the alpha tau omega frat house in November of 2019, his mother jolene house testified before a house committee. Sam's so called big brother, the one who gave Sam a half gallon bottle of rum and told him to drink the family drink. 15 people were charged, most receiving community service, Sam's big brothers spent less than three weeks in jail because hazing is a misdemeanor in Washington. This is a tragedy that didn't need to happen. House Bill ten O two turns hazing into a more serious felony offense in the case of injury or death, representative roger Goodman. We heard tragic testimony, and this is not just happening in our state, the hazing of college students resulting in death. Sam's mother. What is the message we send to those who haze when the consequences for hazing are so laughable? House Bill ten O two passed out of committee, but it still needs the approval of the state legislature. John lobert, northwest news radio. Once being done about homeless encampments around Washington highways, kuma force Jeremy Harris has an update on a camp getting a lot of attention. The growing camp at the Mercer street on ramp in Seattle is one of around 900 camps near freeways in King County. The people living here include a couple that is actively constructing a house with plans to keep building. We're not trying to intrude anything on the highway or being in any kind of unsafe situation. Today we saw crews restoring the site of what was a massive homeless encampment underneath the I 90 I
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"A new brand of digital literacy on display today in Edmonds for governor J inslee, as northwest news radios John lobert tells us, students are now being taught how to fact check and spot misinformation. The mere thought of misinformation touched a nerve with governor J inslee. We got an information from professional journalists that had some obligation to the truth. Now your generation gets misinformation right left and center all the time. At metal Dale hives certified teacher librarians are now the connection to a higher level of specialized information literacy and digital skills. Aaron Duffy is one of them. Look through that data in 90 seconds. So instead of reading a whole article, you're looking at who wrote it, where they from, what are they representing and why did they write it? The governor sat down with students to hear what they had to say. Students like senior Rowan Macaulay, just taking a step back and looking like, okay, why is this worded like this or why is this headline make me feel like this? And then going further into that. Teaching where and how to find the truth. It's there, you just have to look in the right places. John lobert, northwest news radio. The dramatic declines brought on by remote learning and the majority of students struggling in that regard are not unique to Washington. The kids have sun has a detailed breakdown of each state for results from the national assessment of education progress or any EP. Washington state fourth graders show a decline of 5 points from before the pandemic in the three point loss in reading. 8th graders have lost ten points in mass scores, 5 points in reading, state superintendent of public instructor, Chris right now, has continued to discount the importance of test scores. Smarter balance, and of course, the wassel. That keeps coming and going because it actually means nothing except to the people who want to be a public education. Civilization wide have received almost a 190 billion for pandemic recovery and helping students recover declines from nearly two years of remote learning. It turns out washingtonians have been paying too much for chicken due to a nationwide price fixing scheme details from northwest news radios Jeff bogelot. This started out as a federal antitrust investigation, but led to a multi-million dollar lawsuit from Washington and several other states. In the recent
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"Profit. I'm John lobert, what the coffee giant had to say. It's 6 o'clock. From ABC News. I'm Daria albinger, the Senate comes together on a bill's supporters say he is designed to make certain veterans whole again. The pact act, which helps those exposed to burn pits and other toxins past 86 to 11 majority leader Chuck Schumer. Finally, at long last, America lived up to its ideals by saying to our veterans who have been exposed to toxic chemicals from burn pits, we have your back. Pennsylvania's pat toomey was among the Republicans who proposed amendments to close a budget loophole. It's a trick. It's a budget trick that allows for more spending in unrelated areas. The bill will now head to President Biden's desk. The polls are closed in three of the 5 states holding primary elections, including Kansas, where voters are also deciding a referendum on abortion rights. It all comes down to the turnout. I can tell you activists on both sides have been canvassing. They've been door knocking, urging people to get out to vote. The lines here at this polling location have been wrapped around the building. We've seen so many people go inside trying to vote on this particular amendment because Kansas becomes the first state in the nation to put the question of abortion rights directly to voters after the fall of roe versus wade. ABC's Rachel Scott in Kansas City, we do have one projection for you so far. It's in Michigan where incumbent Gretchen Whitmer is projected to win the democratic gubernatorial primary. The Justice Department suing Idaho saying it's restrictive abortion law violates the emergency medical treatment and labor act which says abortions are necessary in some cases. There was emotional testimony today at the sentencing hearing for Parkland school shooter Nicholas Cruz. I have to live my life with anger now. Ilhan alda hef lost his daughter in the 2018 shooting, at least four deaths are now blamed on that raging wildfire in Northern California, two bodies found in the burn zone. You're listening to ABC News
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"We lucked out because Portland hit the triple digits. We didn't quite get there, and it's improving. We now have 81 in Everett, 87 in Tacoma and Seattle, your northwest news time is 8 36. Now more of your top local story, Seattle joins a growing list of so called abortion sanctuary cities. The city council unanimously approved the legislation sponsored by council member shama so want, the bill prevents Seattle police from cooperating with states trying to enforce anti abortion laws. This is legislation to make Seattle a sanctuary for women and pregnant people and their doctors and other care providers facing persecution for seeking and performing abortion. This week the Spokane city council approved similar legislation to protect abortion rights, that law limits the involvement of city employees, including police officers in out of state abortion investigations. With fires burning throughout the west, King County leaders unveiled the first ever plan for pushing back against the threat of wildfires. John lobert, reports, new mapping by the state chose 350,000 people in King County are now closer to the threat of wildfire. County executive Dow Constantine. As King County experiences hotter, drier summers as the result of climate change, there is a greater potential for devastating wildfires. The plan includes everything from checking roof shingles, training local departments to fight wildfires and evacuation plans, fire expert Kathleen Farley wolff says the Oregon fires in 2020 spoke volumes. They had a much drier spring than we had, but also there was just very intense drying that occurred in August and September, and that was really what primed it. And history tells us huge wildfires have hit the western slope before. We have an outstanding noxious weed program that will help remove invasive plants, some of which can be particularly flammable. The to do list is long, and the threats are many. John lobert, northwest news radio. The city of Seattle is sweeping a massive RV in kampmann in the Soto neighborhood along third avenue south, Melissa bishop is a resident being swept out of the camp. What are we doing wrong
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"News radio. We're about to give you an update on your ride home, but remember what happened this morning on the way to work, a cement truck rolls over on interstate 5 near 5 20 it backed up traffic for a couple of hours, John lobert actually found David Christensen standing on an overpass looking down at the accident. And I go, I got to see this one. So what do you think? I'm starting to figure out how he chipped at a pretty good skins. Get backed up traffic in all directions for much of the morning, tow trucks were eventually able to write the cement truck and remove it. No one fortunately was hurt. 6 O four time for your traffic we do it every ten minutes on the fours from the dubin law group traffic center. Let's check in once again with Nate Connors. Okay, southbound, I 5 near military road south, look out for an accident taking up your two right lanes. In Columbia city here in Seattle, westbound and south Colombian way at 29th avenue crews are still dealing with an earlier accident in your stop and go from Martin Luther King Jr. way. Let's see its second avenue in south Jackson street, your traffic lights are working incorrectly so you gotta treat that intersection as a four way stop. Northbound I 5, traffic is stop and go from northgate through shoreline. You're gonna get a nice little breather and then you stack up from 5 two 6 up into Marysville. South 5, heading into Seattle, heavy from north gate to Spokane street, north 5 off and on from Al bro to east Madison, southbound one 67 crowds up as you approach highway 5 16. You get a big old break and then both directions heavy between algona and Sumner, north four O 5 and tuck willow is now off and on from I 5 to the west valley highway, and then bunches up a bit through Kirkland, southbound four O 5, you're still stop and go, it's improving now, from northeast 8th in Bellevue down through Newcastle, south by still struggling from 5 16 to three 12, you get a little break and then you're heavy from three 20 and through that 5 curve, and both directions of I 5, jam pack as you approach the JB LM main gate. Your next northwest traffic at 6 14. In the 1530 mortgage dot com weather forecast now from como four's Kristen Clarke. Clouds are increasing over western Washington as we've been tracking a few showers through the Pacific Coast and zoom to wake up to drizzle Saturday morning for a sleepy start to
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"Herself or others So we are assuming that that money was taken And that is John lobert reporting The Washington state patrol is searching for witnesses following a drive by shooting in Sunday morning in south Seattle The victim who was not heard described the suspect vehicle as a golden sedan possibly a Toyota Camry with a sticker of a bear in Santa Cruz on the right rear window troopers say the victim was traveling northbound on highway 5 O 9 just before the first avenue bridge that is when another driver pulled up beside them and fired several shots The people who oversee the King County sheriff's office say communication is vastly improved since the new sheriff came on board Ryan Harris has more In the office of law enforcement oversight's annual report to the county council olio director Thomas abuse acknowledged not only the change at the top but in the command staff as well Since the beginning of the year our communication has improved a great deal We are confident that we're going to continue to work well and collaboratively with the newly appointed sheriff Abu zaid raised a concern about a double standard that sustaining non serious allegations requires a preponderance of evidence but for serious allegations with serious discipline it's clear and convincing evidence and he'd like to see the preponderance of evidence for both Abuse also says they don't have enough resources to really dig into the data involving incidents or allegations to break down possible contributing factors pointing out that nearly three quarters of deputies had no complaints filed against them Ryan Harris northwest news radio Barista is at another Seattle Starbucks are moving to unionize This time it's at the store at first in pike It is the tenth Starbucks in Seattle to file for a union vote Workers say it's in response to the company firing each worker and forcing them to reapply while the store is upgraded Meanwhile a Starbucks in Memphis voted to unionize after 7 employees there were fired allegedly for union activity The company though says they violated safety rules In a statement Starbucks says they respect the unionizing process and will continue to bargain in good faith Jeff pozole and northwest news radio And King County will raise its sewer rates in 2023 the county council voted 7 to two to approve the increase and includes a 5.75% hike on the basic rate and the 3% hike on the capacity charge which Holmes which homes connected to the system since 1990 will have to pay Now let's head to the Beacon plumbing sports desk the Mariners.
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"Orca car debuted during the Monday morning commute as John lobert ini reports day one's been a success Public transit just got a whole lot easier We've got a brand new website We now have a smartphone app for both Android and iPhone users Sound transit Scott Thompson says it eliminates some of those annoying delays When you put money on your orca card it's going to show up right away whereas with the old system there was a day or two A day or two wait Remember that Thompson says tap to pay or ride card readers could be in place by late 2023 You can do everything electronically And we just we're a little behind the time I wanted to get into the 8th century here with the new technology and things are going to continue to evolve This new orca card is still good on 7 transit systems including water taxis and fairies John libertine northwest news radio Concern over wildfires in our state extends to both sides of the cascades Ryan Harris has the plea from state officials Last year Washington saw 1875 wildfires that burned more than 600,000 acres the prediction is this season will be less intense but state commissioner of public lands Hillary France says wildfires are not just an eastern Washington problem with 35% of them west of the cascades so she's urging you to make sure your home is ready France says COVID taught us the 6 foot rule So for your home It's the same rule We need now to create that defensible space around our home that 6 to ten feet make sure your lawn is green Make sure you don't have trees leaning up against your house clean out your gutters.
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"The right shoulder but it is causing a distraction Our next northwest traffic at 8 14 Shannon O'Donnell has northwest forecast on the 1530 mortgage dot com weather center Why everybody Friday night here comes The Rain again the final disturbance of April and I know we've had quite a few rolls in overnight into our Saturday morning kicking off the weekend with some damp weather several hours of steady rain giving way to widely scattered showers throughout the day on Saturday some sun breaks in the mix for good measure Heist bag mainly into the 50s warmer and brighter for May Day with heisen ching up into the low 60s not bad In the couple four weather center I meteorologist Shannon O'Donnell You're right now it's 57° in Seattle Stay connected stay informed with the northwest's only all news station Northwest news radio 8 O 5 art Sanders here's what's happening Seattle police playing it close to the vest as the annual May Day immigration protest approaches on Sunday John lobert tini reports Mayday has a history of violence vandalism and clashes with police They should be about our freedom to protest 72 year old Christy Hansen is a self proclaimed hip of the 60s You know it's life And people need to do it because things are not good Seattle police say they've been working with organizers and don't expect any major issues but delivery driver Tyler elms not convinced It's always a concern up here What's your confidence level This will be as volatile as you think Until they start getting tougher on crime The annual immigration protest starts on Capitol Hill if something does.
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"The 49 year old Tuesday after they say he robbed two more banks They tell us the latest robberies took place on Shah road and canyon road in puyallup Deputies were able to find his vehicle get him pulled over and take him into custody But now when we have multiple bank robberies this person committed we're hoping that he doesn't get to go back on the street for quite some time Investigators say he is admitted to robbing ten banks in all 6 in pierce county four more in King County Strong signs the economy is bouncing back in Seattle and King County as John lobert ini tells us more sales tax money is a symbol of recovery January sales tax numbers were up by 17% over 2019 the last year before the pandemic As always the two sectors that are still struggling hotels are down 51% restaurants 15% but Dwight dively office of performance and budget says a deep dive reveals more promise The good news for the restaurant industry their sales activity and was 54% higher than a year before Big box stores online retailers and electronics are still the most popular car buying and construction brought in more money but not more sales A lot of the growth has been driven by construction now for many many years It means that the underlying activity is starting to taper down Then there's this Seattle hosted its first convention last week the first since before the pandemic and for more are coming before the end of April John latini northwest news radio Walmart will close one of its Bellevue stores this month the retailer says it will shut down the southeast 41st place location near factoria boulevard April 22nd affecting nearly a 150 workers this comes after Walmart evaluated how the store was doing based on historic and current financial performance Company says all employees of the store are eligible to transfer to.
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"Just really exciting Now for the follow through John lobert northwest news radio Northwest news time now is 6 34 And let's get a check on traffic We do that every ten minutes on the forest from the dubin log group traffic center Here's Tama Well some good news in Tacoma that earlier truck a trailer that was still dork bound 5 but they exited highway 16 has finally been cleared away It was blocking for several hours Still seeing a bit of a residual slowdown there from just a north of 5 12 in liquid to highway 16 and that's going to start easing up here shortly See lots of heavy traffic coming into downtown Seattle southbound 5 from the U district and westbound 5 20 from just about mid span of the bridge all the way to I 5 is due to a concert tonight at climate pledge arena We also see a lot of slow and go traffic westbound on both bursar street and Denny way so about 5 continues to struggle through downtown and heading into the bowling field area seeing some slow and go traffic south on 5 through Federal Way from enchanted Parkway to the Porter to come erode south on one 67th slow and go from Alexander to the way to 24th street in the Sumner area This report is sponsored by insperity Do you feel boxed in by the pressures of running your business with 30 plus years of HR experience inspired you can help lighten your boat expand your possibilities and insperity dot com Our next northwest traffic at 6 44 As far as the weather goes the 1530 mortgage dot com weather center forecast is for clouds tonight and tomorrow we'll have a mix of clouds and sun mid 50s sun breaks in a chance.
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"And here's combo for Shannon O'Donnell Well hi there everybody heading into a little disturbance coming through on Tuesday so we're going to increase the cloud cover as we slide through the overnight this disturbance starts in the north end around the Canadian border and works its way down I 5 toward the Oregon state line as the day goes on High temp still struggling just mid upper 40s we're running a little bit cool for this time of year We'll see a few inches of fresh snow from this disturbance over the cascades as well and by Wednesday we dry out again In the coming four weather center I meteorologist Shannon O'Donnell 47 in downtown Seattle you're in the middle of 20 minutes of nonstop news at 6 O 5 Another record high at the gas pump today in Washington triple-A puts the average price of a gallon of unleaded at four 45 John lobert says there's no immediate end in sight There's no question the Russia Ukraine conflict is driving up crude oil prices But that's not the only reason it costs more to fill up We're just kind of at an unusual crossroads Triple H Kelly just says more people are on the road There's a shortage of working Refineries and those that do are now transitioning to a more expensive summer blend of gasoline lowering supplies and driving up prices We're in unprecedented time Washington has crossed the threshold of highest price ever Between February and March prices jumped by almost 50 cents a gallon in Washington prices that historically level off during the summer But the big if there is if we go back to that trend But Triple H says it may be time to change your driving habits This might be a time we waive the cost of using fast pass or express tool late Keep your tires inflated avoid rush hour and pray for world peace John lobert northwest news radio Perhaps another sign the pandemic is easing King County metro transit is restoring trips along some of its most popular bus routes Metro is moving a 180,000 passengers a day across a 160 bus lines but that's less than half of pre-pandemic levels Jeff Switzer is with King County metro We're hearing from employers that they're exploring different hybrid ways of returning to the office And that means we're going to continue to see growth in our transit demand A list of changes due out later this month will focus on improving access to hospitals on first tail providing better connections to schools and more night service in southeast and central Seattle federal masking mandates for buses and bus stops will remain in effect until at least march 18th 16 arrests so far in operation new day that's the plan released by Seattle mayor Bruce harrell last week to stop prime and increase safety in the city come before Paul Rivera says so far there have been 16 arrests He talked to Casey mcnerney of the prosecutor's office Four of those 16 are being handled on the federal level Now all of those arrests had a connection to the 12th and Jackson and little Saigon area There are many parts to operation new day which Seattle mayor Bruce harrell gave an update on Friday about There's police presence and other changes like closing bus stops but also arrests and prosecution Now officials say arrests made during the last couple of months were aimed at stopping fentanyl dealers or those who were in possession of drugs and were illegally carrying guns according to authorities The King County prosecuting attorney's office talked to us about this work I think we all see what's going on downtown And everybody in that teamwork that was an operation new day on Friday has the same concerns We want Seattle to look better than it is now We want people to feel safe We want people across King County regardless of whether neighborhood is to feel safe But there are some worries from the King County prosecuting attorney's office that some of those arrested were able to get out of jail due to getting a low bail or on their own recognizance as ordered by a judge While they said they haven't missed any important court dates yet we're talking about those 16 There is worry about them maybe missing in the future in part due to their criminal histories Paul Rivera And Republican state representative Robert Sutherland is in trouble with his own party tonight after an expletive laced tirade at a weekend rally more from Jeff poggle Sutherland who has been one of the fiercest critics of COVID restrictions in mandates says he was denied entry to the capitol campus for not taking a COVID test That was on Friday Then on Saturday he attended an anti inslee rally at the state capitol in which he unleashed a tirade of expletives aimed at the house sergeant at arms GOP leader JT Wilcox We don't believe that you should cuss swear at people that are working for the house He says their interviewing everyone involved Jeff pojo in northwest news radio An Oregon man is doing his part to help Ukrainians Jed Johnson who founded the nonprofit wide awake international and Salem moved to Ukraine with his family back in 2013 He's helping dozens of kids with disabilities get out of the war torn country He talked with K two TV reporter in Portland about some of the people he's helping He's 22 and he's the size of a three year old maybe but he has scoliosis So he's just all like twisted up and he's the sweetest thing Currently the children are on a bus in Romania heading to Germany That brings our news time to 6 ten And time to check in with Bill Schwartz for a Beacon plumbing sports update sounders face another international soccer test a surprising O and two start to the Major League Soccer season for rave Greene may be the sounders can fare better back in the Champions League tomorrow.