SALT LAKE CITY -- Snowmelt will raise half-empty Lake Powell by 50 feet, opening a notable shortcut for boaters for the first time in five years, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said.
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Humane Society of the United States wants a federal judge to head off the capturing or killing of the salmon-eating sea lions at Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.
With renewed legal and grassroots efforts under way to free convicted murderer Barry Beach whose claims of innocence have persisted throughout his 25-year imprisonment the inmate's potential path to freedom is getting more attention, advocates say.
SILVERTHORNE, Colo.-- The chemicals local towns and neighborhoods are spraying to prevent the spread of the pine beetle could be contaminating local water supplies, according to the Silverthorne/Dillon Joint Sewer Authority.
BELEN, N.M. -- Marlene Chavez stood before a hushed courtroom, acknowledging the consequences of her second drunken-driving offense. Among the spectators were hundreds of teenagers who hung on her every word.
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) -- The Yellowstone Club, a millionaires-only gated community south of Big Sky, is no longer for sale, and the owners will apparently have more oversight in decisions that affect the club.
SALT LAKE CITY -- Federal regulators failed to protect workers at Utah's Crandall Canyon mine, where nine people died last summer, a U.S. Labor Department watchdog said Monday.
ALAMOSA, Colo. -- Marsha and Shawn Cody joined hundreds in long grocery lines for bottled water after learning that salmonella had contaminated this farm town's water supply.
DENVER -- After three months of debate over a preliminary plan, state officials Monday released a draft rewrite of Colorado's oil and gas regulations that yanked or modified parts that drew the most fire from the industry.
PARIS, Idaho (AP) -- Developers of the planned Black Bear Resort are gearing up for a public hearing next month on the first phase of their large-scale planned urban development in Bear Lake County.
WASHINGTON -- Ten years ago, almost to the day, Jamie Rappaport Clark walked through the snow in Arizona's Apache National Forest to release 11 Mexican wolves into the wilderness. At the time, Clark directed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
It might be that in the dark, you reconcile yourself to the idea that your light is the only one in the darkness, and that it must be hidden behind your eyes because the winds would blow it out...
Ahead of NATO's summit in Bucharest this week, one thing seems very clear to many in the Balkans: the United States continues to play a crucial role in the region's stability.
There is no doubt that the Chinese government has been trying very hard to make sure that the Tibet flap does not get out of hand. Regular press briefings and statements on the issue, and now the allowing of journalists...
MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti said Tsvangirai had won 50.3 percent of the vote to President Robert Mugabe's 43.8 percent, so there will be no need for a run-off and Tsvangirai should be inaugurated as president...
The two survivors of a sealing vessel that capsized while being towed by an icebreaker said they knew they would die unless they managed to escape their water-filled boat.
