Cloudy and breezy with rain and fog today. Highs in the mid 40s.

The air contains water. We call it humidity. Even in the desert, there is water in the air. Scientists have been working on ways to squeeze water out of the air to produce clean drinking water. They have developed a number of sorbent materials that harvest water from the air. The process is called atmospheric water harvesting, or AWH.

Once upon a time the decision to be made was go out or stay home. Nowadays, most venues time their vents to end around 10 pm so you can do both.

NewsChannel 13 Meteorologist Reid Kisselback provides the regional weather summary for Sunday, December 28, 2025.

A holiday season “evergreen,” a story that you can roll out year after year, at least during these tumultuous times, involves political differences among friends and family members and tips on how to defuse or avoid them.

NewsChannel 13 Meteorologist Reid Kisselback provides the regional weather summary for Saturday, December 27, 2025.

Each weekday morning, The Roundtable's Joe Donahue is joined by various experts, journalists, educators, and commentators to discuss current events. On Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review, we feature your favorite panelists discussing news items from the previous week.

The heirs of deceased playwrights can be finicky about new productions—Samuel Beckett, Arthur Miller—but Jonathan Bank, the head of the Mint Theater, has a different experience. “What I tend to run into from estates is, Really? You’re interested in that old play? Great!” How to revive neglected plays. Music: Sean Hagerty.

(Airs 12/26/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul signs an A-I safeguard bill into law, we’ll speak with Paul Wolf, President Emeritus of the New York Coalition for Open Government, about why Governor Hochul ending up on this year’s naughty list, and Gold Star families are now able to apply for license plates in honor of the soldiers who died while serving.

After more than three decades promoting live music in the Capital Region, Greg Bell is preparing to retire. But not after one last blow-out at Albany’s Palace Theater.

Albany Community Police Review Board Malik Dare says optimistic about board's future even after appointment of Michael Logan.

(Airs 12/26/25 @ 3 p.m. & 12/28/25 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of The Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Barbara talk look at the future of journalism in the new year and beyond, and more.