Author: The Associated Press
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Power restored after fearsome dust storm rips through Phoenix area | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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ARIZONA Dust storm rips Phoenix area PHOENIX — Crews cleaned up downed trees and got electricity mostly restored for thousands of people on Aug. 26 after a powerful dust storm roared through the Phoenix area. The wall of dust towering hundreds of feet high dwarfed the city’s neighborhoods. Called a haboob, the wind-driven phenomenon blackened…
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The Latest: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is fatally shot in Utah and a suspect is on the loose
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Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was fatally shot Wednesday at an event at a Utah college, officials said. President Donald Trump said Kirk was shot and killed at the event at Utah Valley University. Videos posted to social media show Kirk speaking into a handheld microphone…
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Grand Canyon mascot Brighty the Burro recovered from rubble after wildfire | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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ARIZONA Grand Canyon mascot recovered Missing an ear and his front legs detached, Brighty the Burro certainly has seen better days. The 600-pound bronze statue used to greet visitors at the Grand Canyon Lodge on the national park’s North Rim. The nearly century-old building was reduce to rubble this summer when a wildfire swept through…
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Ground squirrels are taking over a North Dakota city, and officials are not amused | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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NORTH DAKOTA Ground squirrels taking over city MINOT — The Richardson’s ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains. The little creature also is a ferocious tunneler, and it’s exasperating the people of Minot, North Dakota, where it’s burrowing everywhere from vacant lots to…
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Another round of flash flooding prompts rescues in New Mexico mountain village | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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NEW MEXICO Flash flooding prompts rescues RUIDOSO — Another afternoon of heavy rainfall on July 25 prompted flash flooding in the mountain village of Ruidoso, forcing the closure of roads and the rescue of at least five people who were trapped by the rushing water. The southern New Mexico community has been reeling this summer,…
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Trump administration weighs new coal sales from public lands in Montana, Wyoming | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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New coal sales on public lands weighed DENVER — Federal officials on July 7 took a first step toward reopening vast areas of public lands in two Western states to new coal sales as part of President Donald Trump’s push to expand U.S. fossil fuel production. The Interior Department proposal comes after the Biden administration,…
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South Dakota wants Trump’s statue garden near Mount Rushmore despite opposition | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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SOUTH DAKOTA State wants statues at Mt. Rushmore SIOUX FALLS — Officials in South Dakota are pushing hard to build President Donald Trump ‘s proposed National Garden of American Heroes in the Black Hills near Mount Rushmore, but the effort has sparked a backlash from Indigenous groups who see the area as sacred. A mining…
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Supreme Court clears way for temporary nuclear waste storage in New Mexico, Texas | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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Supreme Court OK’s nuclear storage plans WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on June 18 restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution. The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed a federal appeals court ruling that invalidated…
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Crew abandons Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned ship attacked in the Red Sea, UK military says
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Crew members aboard a Liberian-flagged ship set ablaze by a series of attacks in the Red Sea abandoned the vessel Sunday night as it took on water, marking the first serious assault in the vital corridor for trade after a monthslong campaign by Yemen‘s Houthi rebels there. Suspicion for the attack…
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Montana Supreme Court declares 2021 abortion restrictions unconstitutional | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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MONTANA Abortion restrictions declared unconstitutional HELENA — Montana’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional several laws restricting abortion access, including a ban beyond 20 weeks of gestation. The measures approved by Republican lawmakers in 2021 had been blocked since a judge issued a preliminary injunction against them that year.…
