Software engineer Jennifer Kolar is to be sentenced this week in federal court for her role in Earth Liberation Front arsons, including one at the University of Washington. Her time in prison will be reduced because she turned state's witness, but that doesn't mitigate the fact she is now regarded a
Like every one else over the age of 40 who lived in Seattle during 1979, I can remember that glorious spring when the Sonics dominated the NBA. Similar to the Mariners in 1995, the Sonics run to the championship created a sense of greater community in Seattle. The night they won, I was sitting in th
Wild Sky in Washington's Cascades is just one of a number of areas designated for protection that are not, in the strictest sense, primeval environment. But they are wild, and in modern times they're worth preserving, say environmentalists — even if unprecedented compromise is necessary.
Beltane [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane] is a Gaelic holiday marking the beginning of summer. The first communique sent by the Earth Liberation Front [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Liberation_Front] (ELF), in 1997, stated it was sent on Beltane. And now two days before the summer solstice
The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department is considering a ban of beach fires at Alki and Golden Gardens parks — not this year, as first announced, but next year [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004463452_beach07m.html] — stating that beach fires contribute to global warming. If
