Be made. The announcement came in a memo to metro employees. 500 positions deemed redundant or noncritical will be cut from the agency. Theyre expected over the next several months. D. C. City Council Member jack evans is on the metro board and says its sad when jobs are cut but that the decision is necessary. Its important to down size. We have 13,000 employees and i think pauls actions are are very important to send a message that we are very serious about getting our house in order. Its in the midst of the most ambitious and for some most disruptive changes. Its stations on the silver and blue lines while repairs, upgrades and safety enhancements are performed. Leaving thousands of computers to take shuttle buses around the closure. What do those effected by surge think of the purge . On the back end a lot of work done there too. So camper things Going Forward with the maintenance too. Thats a lot of people being fired. I dont know if thats a good thing. They have a lot of redundanc
Right now on news 4 this week, a big week on metro. Hundreds of positions eliminated at the transit agency. Why the general manager says the cuts are necessary. Plus metros safe track program rolls on. Why your plane trip could be effected by the next safety surge. Also a news 4 exclusive. A pregnant woman denied access to the bathroom at a metro station. So she calls transportation reporter adam tuss. Welcome to news 4 this week. Hello, everyone. We are focussing on metro this week and we begin with the general managers big announcement to eliminate hundreds of jobs. This comes in the midst of metros big safe track safet be made. The announcement came in a memo to metro employees. 500 positions deemed redundant or noncritical will be cut from the agency. Theyre expected over the next several months. D. C. City Council Member jack evans is on the metro board and says its sad when jobs are cut but that the decision is necessary. Its important to down size. We have 13,000 employees and i
Southeast dc. A teen was stabbed inside the navy yard. Our matt yurus is live on the scene. So whats the latest . Reporter the teen suffered amie your cut and stand wound. They are working to find out what happened here. But the teens involved are not cooperating. A witness saw the teens arguing and rough housing before the stabbing happened. We are gathering more information now. We will update you on wusa9. Com and on our app. Live in southeast, matt yurus, wusa9. Thank you so much matt. Police asking for the publics help as they look for a man who broke into a Womans College park apartment and raped her while she was sleeping early this morning. Matt yurus worked this story before heading out on the breaking news. It is odd. Reporter police say this is exactly where the suspect alledl when she realized it wasnt her boyfriend, she made noise causing the suspect to flee from this apartment at the 4500 block of fourdom lane. I heard the police, that is what woke me up. Reporter no one
The Everglades National Park celebrated its 75th anniversary last week. To mark the occasion, we take a look at stunning images that show the history of the park and its majestic beauty – including photographs from our readers and listeners.
The Everglades National Park celebrates its 75th anniversary this week. To mark the occasion, WLRN takes a look at stunning images that show the history of the park and its majestic beauty including photographs from readers and listeners.