Tag: Mountains
Growers fret as Mexico moves to legalize marijuana
BADIRAGUATO, Mexico — For the first time that María can remember, half of her marijuana harvest is still in storage on her ranch in...
Stone Mountain Park denies permit for Confederate event
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The Stone Mountain Memorial Association has denied a gathering permit from the Sons of Confederate Veterans, who were looking to...
Alaska snowstorm strands 5 on North America’s tallest peak
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Five people had to ski through a heavy Alaska snowstorm to a mountain chalet after abandoning their airplanes on a glacier...
Rider injured when ejected from Tennessee mountain coaster
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — A rider was ejected from a mountain coaster in Tennessee and hospitalized with head, wrist and ankle injuries, according to state...
Feds: Owners must get helicopter wreckage off Alaska slope
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The wreckage of a helicopter that crashed last weekend, killing five people, will have to be hoisted off a mountain by...
Popular Adirondack trailhead will require reservations
KEENE, N.Y. — State officials, grappling with how to handle growing crowds of hikers in the Adirondack High Peaks, announced a new reservation system...
Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski dies in avalanche at 40
PARIS — Julie Pomagalski, a former Olympic snowboarder from France, has died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. She was 40.
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Colombian town uses discipline, speakers to stay virus-free
CAMPOHERMOSO, Colombia — When customers enter his hardware store Nelson Avila asks them to wear a mask and wash their hands. He sprays alcohol...
DISPATCH: When home burns, and your job is to cover it
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains had not burned in decades. But they burned the year I lived...
Colombian town uses discipline, speakers to stay virus-free
CAMPOHERMOSO, Colombia — When customers enter his hardware store Nelson Avila asks them to wear a mask and wash their hands. He sprays alcohol...