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These skiers likely hadn’t even heard of coronavirus while enjoying their day at The Summit at Snoqualmie Pass on Dec. 25, 2019. (Andy Bao / The Seattle Times)

Outdoors

Seattle-area ski resorts will reopen this fall with coronavirus precautions. Here's what to expect.

Ski season is almost upon us, and the local ski resorts are all cautiously dusting things off and reopening. Here's a quick look at when Crystal Mountain, Stevens Pass, Whistler, The Summit at Snoqualmie and Mt. Baker will be back in business this season. Updated 11:16 am

LiveCoronavirus daily news updates, Sept. 28: What to know today about COVID-19 Updated 12:48 pm
A family of 7 lost their home in the fire that scorched Malden. Now they’re all sick with COVID-19. Updated 12:30 pm
LiveUS to ship millions of tests in push to reopen K-12 schools WATCH Updated 12:46 pm
A new West Seattle Bridge could be even higher than the current 140-foot-tall span
Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance WATCH Updated 12:35 pm
Nearly half of Seattle-area adults working from home because of COVID — here’s who is and isn’t hitting the road | FYI Guy
The Seahawks are fuming over the ‘dirty, dumb, malicious’ play that injured Chris Carson Updated 12:28 pm

Board members of the Taking Education and Creating History (TEACH) program, founded by the Black Prisoner’s Caucus, meet at Clallam Bay Corrections Center.

Naomi Ishisaka

New film explores the true cost of keeping brilliant minds behind bars

'Since I Been Down,' 12 years in the making, focuses on the damaging legacy of the 'tough on crime' era. Tacoma educator and filmmaker Gilda Sheppard will discuss the documentary online on in October.

Wenwen Jiang is a doctoral student in epidemiology and one of the lead authors of the daily COVID-19 Literature Report produced by faculty and students at the UW. 215165

Health

Suffering from COVID-19 science overload? This UW team wades through the deluge so you don’t have to

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson lines up a first-down pass to wide receiver Freddie Swain in the first quarter as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Dallas Cowboys Sunday September 27, 2020 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. 215167

Matt Calkins

The Seahawks expect to win close games. After another loud example, we should expect it, too. Updated 10:53 am

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Weather

Enjoy 10 days of beautiful, summerlike weather before the next front rolls into the Seattle area

Gloria and Frank Witt, married for 71 years, are reflected in a toaster they received as a wedding present 71 years ago. They still use the toaster daily, Gloria just says that you have to watch it and pull the toast out once smoke starts coming out of the top of the toaster. They live in Gig Harbor, shot Wednesday, September 16, 2020. 215086

Local News

After 71 years, their marriage — and that wedding gift of a toaster — endure VIEW

Chris Carson is pulled down by Dallas’ Daryl Worley after a 4-yard gain with 3 minutes to play in the 1st half. The Dallas Cowboys played the Seattle Seahawks in NFL Football Sunday, September 27, 2020 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA. 215202

Seahawks

Seahawks injuries: Updates on Chris Carson, Jamal Adams, Jordyn Brooks and more

Councilmember M. Lorena Gonzalez, with Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best behind her, speaks during a press conference at the West Precinct to address the city’s tentative new contract with the Seattle Police Officers Guild Monday November 5, 2018.
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Editorial

Seattle’s path forward

Election 2020& POLITICS

King County employees Gail Robertson, left foreground, and Janey Trytek, right foreground, recount votes for governor, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, in Seattle, as monitors, all for the GOP, in the background, watch. From left: John Wootress of Kirkland; Craig Keller of West Seattle; Brian Thomas of Seattle; and Eric Brown, an attorney from Washington, DC. (Photo by Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

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As questions surround mail voting during the election, Washington’s experience took root over years

Election Resources

Ballots are due on Tuesday, Nov. 3

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Local News

Tyffani Murillo, her daughters Rylie Dickinson, 9, and Emmie Dickinson, 12, with their grandmother Kareen Huffman are photographed near some freshly cut trees on Huffman’s property in Lake Stevens. The young granddaughters are holding a photograph of their great grandma Darlene Mach who passed away earlier this year at the age of 83. The girls great-great grandmother, Kathleen Chappell died last year at the age of 103.

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Nursing homes in Washington state struggled with adequate staffing for years. Then coronavirus struck. | Times Watchdog

Naomi Ishisaka

New film explores the true cost of keeping brilliant minds behind bars

Education Lab

Why Washington state’s guidelines to open schools are more cautious than others

Seattle-area families of color are talking about improving remote education. Here are some of their ideas.

Hoping to attract more students, SPU drops tuition price by 25% for next year

How an unprecedented, indefinite crisis forced education leaders to change the ways school districts operate

First week of online school in Seattle area: tears and hiccups

Business & Tech

Federal judge postpones Trump ban on popular app TikTok

Jon Talton

Self-inflicted wounds make Seattle’s business losses worse

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Nation & World

Embers fly off burning trees on the Silverado Trail as a hillside goes up in flames during the Glass Fire in St. Helena, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP) BKWS309 BKWS309

More fires in California wine country prompt evacuations VIEW

5 takeaways from NY Times report on Trump’s tax returns Updated 12:46 pm
Internal blunders, external attacks erode CDC's credibility as coronavirus vaccine campaigns loom Updated 12:04 pm
Donald Trump, facing financial ruin, sought control of his elderly father’s estate – leading to an epic family fight
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s falsehood on Biden’s health care plan Updated 12:34 pm
LiveUS to ship millions of tests in push to reopen K-12 schools WATCH Updated 12:46 pm
Record temperatures lure ‘heat tourists’ to Death Valley National Park Updated 11:56 am
Joe Montana, wife block attempted kidnapping of grandchild VIEW

Coronavirus

Mississippi: ‘Fake’ letter claims mask mandate abolished

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A letter circulating on social media claiming to be from the office of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and abolishing the statewide mask mandate is fake, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency officials said Sunday. “The letter is a FAKE,” the agency wrote on its Facebook page, adding that all of the governor's executive...