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Niagara Falls is the latest natural wonder to add zip line

Niagara Falls is the latest natural wonder to add a zip line, offering honeymooners and everyone else the chance to take an adrenaline-pumping plunge toward churning mist at speeds topping 4...

In the Animas Valley, old-growth’s last stand?

Small patch may be last untouched forest

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Aztecs thought to be descended from Scandinavian race: One of a pair of locally discovered mummies had red hair, indicating the Aztecs must have been a blonde race. Noted...

Best reason to read? Book lovers live longer, scientists say

Good news book readers: A chapter a day might keep the Grim Reaper away – at least a little longer. A recent study by Yale University researchers, published online in the journal ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Two men were killed instantly while placing a smokestack on the roof of a boarding house near Vanadium when they came into contact with a high tension line carrying 10,00...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The impending railroad strike and complete tie-up of all the roads prompts us to suggest you protect yourself by having on hand enough sow bosom and beans to carry you ov...

Can insurance help if you cancel a trip out of fear?

NEW YORK – Spooked by headlines about Zika, terrorism and mass shootings? Maybe the news is so bad you’re ready to cancel your vacation and stay home. But can you recoup what you paid for fl...

Studies shine light on mysterious placenta, how it goes awry

It nourishes fetus, acting as its lungs, kidneys and liver

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mrs. James Moore, who underwent an operation for varicose veins yesterday at Mercy Hospital, is doing nicely.” 75 YEARS AGO: “Elite Beauty Shoppe – ‘Where H...

Indianapolis celebrates Kurt Vonnegut with opera premiere, festivals

Indianapolis to premiere opera novelist finished before his death

Teens help flood recovery on North Fork of the Big Thompson River

DRAKE – Canyon resident Brendan Chenoweth described a two-year, $500,000 project to restore a flood-damaged portion of the North Fork of the Big Thompson River as a gift – a way to return pr...

And the West is History

25 YEARS AGO: “Colorado residents, foundations and companies have donated $125,000 to help save four Anasazi cliff dwellings in southwestern Colorado. The funds have come from the Adop...