Author: The Associated Press
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Phoenix notches driest monsoon season since record-keeping began in 1895 | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
ARIZONA Phoenix has driest monsoon season since record-keeping began in 1895 PHOENIX – After a summer of extreme heat, Arizona’s most populous city is in the record books again. This time Phoenix is notching a record for dry heat. The National Weather Service said on Oct. 1 that the monsoon season this year in the…
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Lawsuits dismissed, ending fight over Arizona’s shipping container border wall | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
ARIZONA Lawsuits over Arizona’s shipping container border wall dismissed PHOENIX – Two federal lawsuits filed over former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s decision last year to place thousands of shipping containers along the U.S.-Mexico border have been dismissed after the state said it would pay the U.S. Forest Service $2.1 million to repair environmental damage. The…
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Montana man mauled by grizzly bear doing well but faces long recovery | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
MONTANA Man mauled by grizzly bear doing well but faces long recovery A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off his lower jaw is doing well at a hospital in Salt Lake City but has a long recovery ahead, his family said on Sept. 11. Rudy Noorlander, the owner of…
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Great Salt Lake is shrinking and Utah has failed to stop it, new lawsuit says | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
UTAH State failed to stop Great Salt Lake’s rapid shrinking, lawsuit says Utah officials have pushed the Great Salt Lake to the brink of an ecological collapse because they allowed upstream water to be diverted for decades to farmers growing alfalfa, hay and other crops, according to a lawsuit filed on Sept. 6 by a…
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Asphalt remains in Yellowstone River, even after cleanup from train derailment | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
MONTANA Petroleum asphalt remains in Yellowstone River after train derailment cleanup REED POINT – Two months after a railroad bridge collapse sent carloads of hazardous oil products plunging into Montana’s Yellowstone River, the cleanup workers are gone and a mess remains. Thick mats of tarry petroleum asphalt cover portions of sandbars. Oil-speckled rocks and bushes…
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Wildlife managers to review plight of Western bird linked to piñon forests | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
Wildlife managers agree to review the plight of pinyon jay ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. wildlife managers announced on Aug. 16 that they will investigate whether a bird that is inextricably linked to the piñon and juniper forests that span the Western United States warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act. The pinyon jay’s numbers have declined…
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Suicide deaths in El Paso County hit all-time high, follow U.S. trend
About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the United States, the highest number ever, according to government data released in August. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which posted the numbers, has not yet calculated a suicide rate for the year, but available data suggests suicides are more common in the…
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No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise is diagnosed with blood cancer and undergoing treatment
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2-ranking House Republican, said Tuesday he has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer known as multiple myeloma and is undergoing treatment. Scalise, 57, said he will continue to serve in the House. He described the cancer as “very treatable” and said it was detected early. The Louisiana…
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Carcinogens found at Montana nuclear missile sites as cancer reports surface | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
MONTANA Carcinogens found at nuclear missile sites as cancer reports surface WASHINGTON – The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen at underground launch control centers at a Montana nuclear missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses. A new cleanup effort has been ordered. The…
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Travel guide’s warning to avoid Lake Tahoe could lead to managing tourist crowds | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
NEVADA Travel guide alerts Lake Tahoe to dangers of overcrowding SAND HARBOR – Lake Tahoe tourism officials were surprised, and a bit miffed, when a respected international travel guide put the iconic alpine lake straddling the California-Nevada line on its list of places to stay away from this year because of the harmful ecological effects…