Tag: Mountains
Rider injured when ejected from Tennessee mountain coaster
<p>GATLINBURG, Tenn. — A rider was ejected from a mountain coaster in Tennessee and hospitalized with head, wrist and ankle injuries, according to state...
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
<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The wreckage of a helicopter that crashed last weekend, killing five people, will have to be hoisted off a mountain by...
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
<p>KEENE, N.Y. — State officials, grappling with how to handle growing crowds of hikers in the Adirondack High Peaks, announced a new reservation system...
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
<p>CAMPOHERMOSO, Colombia — When customers enter his hardware store Nelson Avila asks them to wear a mask and wash their hands. He sprays alcohol...
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...