Where to ski, snowboard, travel and more in WA winter 2025
From new ski lifts to travel recommendations on the slopes, here’s our guide to snow season in the Pacific Northwest.
Day: December 7, 2025
Rant & Rave: Reader not a fan of the phrase the Big Dark
RANT to the phrase the Big Dark. This was never a thing here in Seattle. It gets dark early in the winter. It always has. It never had a moniker. This old-timer, who misses a lot about our city that has faded away, is pleading for the end of this invas…
As WA’s coal ban looms, Montana wind fills only some of the energy gap
A deadline looms for the state’s utilities to ditch coal power. This wind farm, a Puget Sound Energy facility, will only replace some of lost electricity.
Muslim scholar says staying vocal about Gaza matters amid Israeli assaults
Scholar says that abandoning the Palestinian struggle now would repeat the very failures that enabled Israel’s genocide.
Benin’s interior minister says a coup attempt has been foiled – NBC News
Benin’s interior minister says a coup attempt has been foiled NBC NewsBenin coup attempt to oust President Talon foiled by loyalist troops, minister says BBCBenin government says armed forces foil coup attempt ReutersBe…
DRC artist’s film sheds light on link between colonialism and climate change
Congolese artist Sammy Baloji’s first documentary The Tree of Authenticity fuses images and sounds, and features a talking tree as its narrator, to highlight the connection between Democratic Republic of Congo’s colonial past and the present-day clima…
Russian strikes kill 1 as U.S. and Ukraine officials wrap up third day of diplomatic talks
Russian missile, drone and shelling attacks overnight and Sunday killed at least three people in Ukraine, after U.S. and Ukrainian officials wrapped up a third day of talks aimed at ending the war.
Russian strikes kill 1 as US and Ukraine officials wrap up third day of diplomatic talks
Russian missile, drone, and shelling attacks have killed at least three people in Ukraine
MIT Operationalizes CIA Robotic Insects: Precision Lethality at Paperclip Scale
MIT has materialized what the CIA has wanted since early in the Cold War: deniable, unattributable, precision lethality. …tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earth…
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
Eldest son of Donald Trump makes speculative comments during tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EUDonald Trump may walk away from the Ukrainian war, the US president’s oldest son has said in comments to a Middle East conference.In a lengthy tirade …