Central Texas top stories for December 30, 2022. Austin NYE event. Expanded public transit. First Day Hikes. Schools’ legislative priorities. Pothole season. Eel research.
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March 7, 2024
KUT Morning Newscast for March 07, 2024
Central Texas top stories for March 07, 2024. Low turnout in March 5th primary. Austin-Bergstrom expects big crowds this week. Lake Travis ISD will be closed for the April 8th solar eclipse. San Marcos Buc-ee’s. Paxlovid.
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March 6, 2024
KUT Afternoon Newscast for March 6, 2024
Central Texas top stories for March 6, 2024. Allergens in Austin. The City of Austin is revisiting negotiations with Austin’s police union. Texas State Board of Education district 10 runoff. Hand counting mail-in ballots in the March 5th primary election. Eanes ISD swears in the first crop of officers in the district’s police department. Swimming […]
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March 6, 2024
KUT Morning Newscast for March 06, 2024
Central Texas top stories for March 06, 2024. Travis County District Attorney José Garza is likely to retain his office. Alex Villalobos is the winner of the Democratic race for Hays County Sheriff in the primary election. Congressman Colin Allred has won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. Several GOP contests won’t be decided […]
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March 5, 2024
KUT Afternoon Newscast for March 5, 2024
Central Texas top stories for March 5, 2024. Super Tuesday. Austin City Manager finalists. The nurses’ union at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin has voted to ratify its first contract. Hutto ISD’s response to the district being named in a lawsuit from Attorney General Ken Paxton. Buc-ee’s may be coming to San Marcos. Austin prepares […]
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March 5, 2024
Austin area braces for eclipse traffic surge
Some Central Texas roads could be jam packed with eclipse watchers on April 8th. That’s the first time in over a century the moon will completely block the sun in Texas. As KUT’s Nathan Bernier reports, no one knows exactly how bad traffic will be. But in 2017, a total eclipse caused historic gridlock.
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March 5, 2024
KUT Morning Newscast for March 05, 2024
Central Texas top stories for March 05, 2024. Primary election day is today. ACC to vote next month on free tuition for high school graduates in Austin. Dell Children’s Medical Center has doubled the size of its cardiac critical care unit.
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March 4, 2024
KUT Afternoon Newscast for March 4, 2024
Central Texas top stories for March 4, 2024. Primary election day is tomorrow. What is a Railroad Commissioner? Students at the University of Texas at Austin are forming a tenants’ union. Round Rock ISD students can earn a free associates degree from Austin Community College starting next year. Spring festival preparation. Longhorns Basketball.
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March 4, 2024
KUT Morning Newscast for March 04, 2024
Central Texas top stories for March 04, 2024. Austin City Council is working to combat climate change with local policy. Smokehouse Creek fire update. W.C. Clark died Saturday. Firefly Aerospace. Monarch Butterfly numbers are expected to be significantly lower this year.
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