Seattle's beacon of carpentry tries to resist the axe
An iconic local carpentry program is facing the axe.
The Wood Technology Center, a program of Seattle Central College, is the starting point for many of our region’s carpenters, contractors, and boat builders.
But budget issues plague community colleges across the state. And now, Wood Tech’s future is up in the air.
We’ll hear from three graduates, including one who’s now teaching.
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Paige Browning
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Paige hosts midday newscasts and monitors news of significance to the Puget Sound region. She hopped over Washington’s mountains to join KUOW, after hosting news and reporting at Spokane Public Radio since 2011. She began her start in radio while a journalism student at University of Montana, by sharing stories with KUFM. Paige was raised in the mountains and rivers around Spokane. In her spare time she cheers on the Mariners in the summer, and hopes for snow in the winter.
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Vaughan is a podcast producer for KUOW's daily news podcast, Seattle Now.
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