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And the West is History

100 years ago: “With her clothing burned from her body and the flesh of her arms and back literally cooked by 24,000 volts of electricity from a high tension line of the Western Colorado Pow...

Red, black, green: Hawaii’s rainbow of sand

KALAPANA, Hawaii – Go ahead, sink your toes in the sand on Hawaii’s famous beaches. But you might be surprised by the color of that sand – it’s not always golden. You’ll find black sand, red...

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Hawaii’s Waimanalo Bay Beach Park tops list

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Lucky Four Mining Co. is at work setting things in order to resume shipments to the smelter. These properties were closed during the winter only for lack of accommodation...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “With the past few warm days the snow in the mountains is being rapidly turned into water and as a result the Animas is showing a desire to get above the former high-water mar...

Oregon women soon can get a year’s supply of birth control

SALEM, Ore. – It’s like a ritual for women across the nation: frequent treks to the pharmacist to refill birth control prescriptions. It’s a hassle for busy students, a headache...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Phil Dentenger, the old-time prospector and manager, who recently returned from old Mexico, has opened up his mine in the Needles, and already has about a carload of ore sack...

Cervical cancer vaccine might work after just 1 shot, not 3

LONDON – Protecting girls from cervical cancer might be possible with just one dose of the HPV vaccine rather than the three now recommended, a new analysis suggests. The authors...

Common heartburn medications linked to greater risk of heart attack

A novel data-mining project reveals evidence that a common heartburn medication taken by more than 100 million people every year is associated with a greater risk of heart attacks, Stanford ...

Study: Rape prevention training works, cuts sex assault risk

A program that taught college women ways to prevent sexual assault cut in half the chances they would be raped over the next year, a Canadian study found. It was the first large, scientific ...

Course focuses on first aid for mental health

Training lay people could save lives

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Lloyd Huntsman, of the Kirkpatrick Ranch in the Vallecito, came in to take out Jim Haviland and Charley Dowdell, state spawn takers, who go to Emerald Lake today to take appr...