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
Sellers still in control.
Real Estate 2025
With so much uncertainty in the economy and an increasing chance of a slowdown - mortgage costs and home prices still aren't moving in favor of buyers. It's time for our annual discussion about the state of Western Washington's real estate market 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.
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Leading the Seattle Art Museum.
Coming Up
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.
5/16 | Dark Tide (Encore) Imagine growing up with a cousin only later to discover he became one of this country's most notorious serial killers. That's exactly what happened to Edna Cowell Martin - Ted Bundy's cousin - and the author of Dark Tide is our guest on the next Northwest Now. Stream now >
5/23 | Pat Cashman (Encore) Longtime Pacific Northwest funnyman Pat Cashman talks about his years on Almost Live! and many of the other projects that have won him more than two dozen Emmys. Stream now >
5/30 | The Casket Maker (Encore) A Vashon Island craftsman turns tragedy into a business. Stream now >
Northwest Now's 2024-25 Season
Sellers still in control.
Managing through a trade war.
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!
