Home - Zachary gets $9.3 million for sewage upgrades
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Zachary will be getting a $9.3 million upgrade to its sewer collection lines and pumping stations thanks to a loan from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
- DUI checkpoints to be set up in Grand Canyon
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Travelers heading to the Grand Canyon during the holiday weekend should expect to go through safety stops.
New Mexico wildfire spreads smoke across state
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters are battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico that has destroyed a dozen cabins and spread smoke across the state, prompting holiday weekend air-quality warnings.
Weakened storm Bud brushes Mexico's Pacific coast
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Driving rain pelted Mexico's Pacific coast early Saturday as a weakened Tropical Storm Bud moved by a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages south of Puerto Vallarta.
- Summer's NC arrival heralded by lifeguards return
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The sure sign of the coast's peak tourism season may very well be that lifeguard stands on the beaches are occupied once again by red swimsuit-clad women and men keeping watch over swimmers in the ocean.
Yvon Chouinard receives conservation award
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lifetime devoted to conservation has earned a prestigious environmental award for Yvon Chouinard, the pioneer climber and founder of outdoor apparel maker Patagonia Inc.
Bud weakens to tropical storm off Mexico's coast
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Bud weakened to a tropical storm Friday as heavy rain began to pelt a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast south of Puerto Vallarta.
Fast-moving Michigan wildfire burns 17,000 acres
NEWBERRY, Mich. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire fed by dry conditions in Michigan's Upper Peninsula continued to burn Friday, consuming 17,000 acres and prompting evacuations of homes and sections of a state park, officials said.
- Boy, uncle carried off NH mountain
ALTON, N.H. (AP) — Rescue workers had to carry a boy and his uncle off a New Hampshire mountain after they fell down a rock face.
Climber, 73, finally felt old at summit of Everest
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The oldest woman to climb Mount Everest said she finally felt she had gotten old when she scaled the world's highest peak last weekend.
Climber, 73, finally felt old at summit of Everest
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The oldest woman to climb Mount Everest said she finally felt she had gotten old when she scaled the world's highest peak last weekend.
- US: Seney refuge fire in UP 70 percent contained
SENEY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Department of the Interior says a fire in the Seney National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has burned 3,400 acres.
Is China poor? Key question at climate talks
BONN, Germany (AP) — Another round of U.N. climate talks closed without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor.
Shell nearly finished modifying Arctic drill ship
SEATTLE (AP) — From the air, the Arctic drill ship Kulluk looks like a giant bowling pin seated on a shallow bowl.
- Wildfire controlled near Soap Lake, Wash.
SOAP LAKE, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters near Soap Lake in central Washington have controlled a wildfire that burned across about 140 acres of grass, sagebrush and hay.
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