KBTC's Weekly Public Affairs Show - Friday at 7:30pm
Northwest Now is KBTC's weekly public affairs television show hosted by veteran journalist Tom Layson. Now in its 16th season, Northwest Now takes a closer look at the issues and people who are part of Western Washington.
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Northwest Now Host - Tom Layson
Tom Layson is KBTC's Managing Editor and worked in Yakima, Terre Haute, Louisville, Sacramento, Columbus, and New York-New Jersey. Tom anchored 13 hours of live coverage in the NY/NJ market during 9-11 - just one example of the many thousands of hours he’s been on set or in the field covering politics, natural disasters, courts and crime, economic development, personal finance and the environment the past 40 years. Tom grew up in the Maple Valley area and is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University.
Friday at 7:30pm
Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is driving several major initiatives involving the environment, expansion, and building - but we're in a trade war and if it lasts, can those plans and projects survive the instability? That's part of the discussion on this edition of Northwest Now.
Audio Preview
Listen to an audio preview of this week's show by Northwest Now Associate Producer, Chris Anderson.
The latest from Northwest Now
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Leading the Seattle Art Museum.
Documenting the people and places of the past.
Coming Up
5/2 | Port of Tacoma 2025 From deepening the Blair Waterway to a new project being built by the Puyallup Tribe to building the new Port Maritime Center in collaboration with the Tacoma Public School system the Port of Tacoma continues to anchor the economic vitality of the South Sound. The port’s director and a representative of the port district’s board sit down with Northwest Now to discuss the latest initiatives.
5/9 | Real Estate 2025 Interest rates remain high and inventory is low. Has buying a house in Western Washington gotten any easier? That’s part of the discussion as Northwest Now brings you its annual program on the state of the local real estate market.
Northwest Now's 2024-25 Season
Local lawmakers wrestle with uncertainty.
Leading the Seattle Art Museum.
Documenting the people and places of the past.
A pathway to college.
Meet the new Pierce County Executive.
A bad problem getting worse.
Your Right To Know In Jeopardy.
Women's History Month 2025.
Reality TV leveraged for good.
Putting history into context.
Fighting a losing battle?
Battling the real travel bugs.
A trade war looms.
Documenting the unhoused.
Culture and history come together in theatre.
Ted Bundy's cousin speaks out.
Combining the practical with the intellectual.
The legend of the Willits canoe.
A Northwest television icon.
Salmon recovery starts at 14,411 feet.
Discussing the races to watch.
Progressive victories in the crosshairs.
Will the race for the Governorship in the state of Washington be competitive this time around?
Meet the candidates.
Who will lead the state's legal team?
A memorial of remembrance.
The race for Superintendent of Public Instruction
The host of Homemade Live!