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Thailand to give the beach from ‘The Beach’ movie a breather

Too many tourists cause environmental damage

DATE: Mar 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Legal woes beset ‘serial stowaway’ who sneaks on flights

CHICAGO – What to do with Marilyn Hartman? That’s the question at a hearing Thursday for a 66-year-old woman dubbed the “serial stowaway” for a history of trying to sneak onto com...

DATE: Mar 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

California ‘pot resort’ asking people to toke up privately

LOS ANGELES – Nipton’s new swimming hole is under construction, booze is returning to the restaurant and lottery tickets are being sold again at the ghost town’s general store. Bu...

DATE: Mar 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Forest, BLM remind public of electric bike rules

Popular e-bikes not allowed on non-motorized trails

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

United gives $10,000 travel voucher to ‘bumped’ passenger

A passenger who was bumped off a full flight has scored the maximum prize – a $10,000 travel voucher. A spokesman for United Airlines confirmed Friday that a passenger got the big...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Forest, BLM remind public of electric bike rules

Popular e-bikes not allowed on non-motorized trails

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango nurse aids disabled African children aboard Mercy Ship

‘My faith definitely is the core and the center of why I do it’

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Valencia’s largest festival is a blazing sight to behold

It is 2 p.m. March 11 in Valencia and loud booming can be heard throughout the city and into the countryside. A massive plume of blueish smoke rises above the old town and sprea...

DATE: Mar 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: An American in Spain

Are you allowed to take pictures on planes? Yes and no.

On a recent American Airlines flight from Santiago, Chile, to Dallas, Natalie Root had a front-row seat for an unpleasant confrontation. The aircraft she boarded happened to be a ...

DATE: Mar 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Burro racing tests human, animal endurance

Sport built on Colorado’s mining heritage celebrates 70 years

DATE: Mar 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

‘Black Panther’ fans can find glimpses of Wakanda in Africa

Blockbuster movie has created new image of continent

DATE: Mar 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Leonard Bernstein, social activist, is focus of new exhibit

PHILADELPHIA – In October 1979, Leonard Bernstein received a fan letter from a high school humanities teacher. Helen Morgan wrote to the celebrity composer-conductor-pianist in hopes he coul...

DATE: Mar 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel