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Warm ocean water delays sea ice for Alaska towns, wildlife

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The U.S. research vessel Sikuliaq can break through ice as thick as 2.5 feet. In the Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska this month, which should be brimming with floes, its ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products

The American Medical Association on Tuesday called for an immediate ban on all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. The group adopted the sweeping stance at a policy-making m...

DATE: Nov 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Native Americans honor 50th anniversary of Alcatraz takeover

Southern Ute was one of the original occupiers

DATE: Nov 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Mercy Regional Medical Center announces Fort Lewis College partnership

Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center and Fort Lewis College have announced Mercy Sports Medicine is the official sports medicine provider for Fort Lewis College Athletics. ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Will you get dementia? Many may not understand their risk

Many older American adults may inaccurately estimate their chances for developing dementia and do useless things to prevent it, new research suggests. Almost half of adults survey...

DATE: Nov 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

3rd record tide enters Venice as Italy hit with snow, rain

VENICE, Italy – Venice was hit Sunday by a record third exceptional tide in the same week while other parts of Italy struggled with a series of weather woes, from rain-swollen rivers to high...

DATE: Nov 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Photo: Ignacio parade

DATE: Nov 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Gunnison sage grouse struggle in Southwest Colorado

Threatened species missing from Dove Creek population

DATE: Nov 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

China aims to build its own Yellowstone on Tibetan plateau

XINING, China – There’s a building boom on the Tibetan plateau, one of the world’s last remote places. Mountains long crowned by garlands of fluttering prayer flags are newly topped with spr...

DATE: Nov 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Escape tunnel: Secret passageway under Berlin Wall opens to public

BERLIN – An escape tunnel underneath the Berlin Wall opened to the public this month for the first time amid celebrations of the 30-year anniversary of the opening of communist East Germany’...

DATE: Nov 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Heartwood Cohousing to host potluck

Heartwood Cohousing will host its fourth Friday potluck dinner 6:30 p.m. on Friday at 800 Heartwood Lane. Heartwood Cohousing is a close-knit community near Bayfield on 361 acres of pine fo...

DATE: Nov 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Community

Wethington Holistic Arts to host body scrub workshop

Wethington Holistic Arts will host a make-and-take body scrub workshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the Home2 Suites Conference Room, 777 S. Browing Parkway, Farmington. Attendees will...

DATE: Nov 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Community