Settlement blocks Yosemite from continuing development, opens Merced River plans to publicSeptember 30th, 2009 Settlement blocks Yosemite commercial developmentFRESNO, Calif. — Ending a lengthy legal battle with environmentalists, the federal government agreed Wednesday to halt all commercial development in Yosemite National Park's most popular stretch and to consider limiting access to its wilderness.
Storied Yosemite hotel reopens after rock avalanches forced evacuationAugust 29th, 2009 Yosemite hotel reopens after boulders strikeYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Yosemite's historic Ahwahnee Hotel has reopened following rockslides that forced its evacuation.
Landmark Yosemite lodge shut as geologists assess risk of more rockfallsAugust 28th, 2009 Geologists assess Yosemite hotel rockfall riskYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Scientists worked Thursday to determine if a boulder avalanche that forced the closure of a landmark Yosemite lodge was a one-time event or a precursor of more rockslides to come. The Ahwahnee Hotel remained closed following a series of landslides Wednesday that peppered the storied building's parking lot with boulders — one the size of two SUVs.
300 guests of Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel evacuated after boulders fall on parking lotAugust 27th, 2009 Yosemite rockfall forces Ahwahnee evacuationYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Geologists are monitoring the cliffs behind Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel after tumbling boulders from the Royal Arches formation forced the evacuation of all 300 guests beginning at about noon Wednesday.
Wash. man indicted for alleged threat against family of Colo. abortion clinic employeeAugust 27th, 2009 Wash. man accused of abortion clinic threatDENVER — A Washington man has been indicted for allegedly threatening the family of an employee at one of the few clinics in the country that performs late-term abortions. Seventy-year-old Donald Hertz of Spokane, Wash., faces a charge of making an interstate threat and a charge of violating a 1994 law that protects access to reproductive health services.
Landmark hotel at Yosemite park evacuates 300 guests after boulders fall on parking lotAugust 27th, 2009 Yosemite rockfall forces hotel evacuationFRESNO, Calif. — Yosemite National Park's majestic Ahwahnee Hotel will remain closed until at least noon Friday after tumbling boulders from the Royal Arches formation forced the evacuation of all 300 guests Wednesday.
Woman believed to be victim of '54 unsolved Boulder murder found living in AustraliaAugust 21st, 2009 Woman believed killed in '54 living in AustraliaBOULDER, Colo. — Investigators say a woman they believed might have been killed in 1954 and found along a Boulder creek actually has been living in Australia for the last 46 years.
Colorado police say man stole a city steamroller for a late-night joyrideJune 24th, 2009 Man takes steamroller on a late-night joyrideBOULDER, Colo. — Boulder police are looking for a man they said stole a city steamroller for a late-night joyride.
Florida man dies in Yosemite National Park; rangers believe he fell from cliffJune 16th, 2009 Florida man dies in Yosemite National ParkYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Yosemite National Park has suffered its second fatality in recent days.
Hiker falls to his death while climbing Yosemite's iconic Half Dome in CaliforniaJune 14th, 2009 Hiker falls to his death from Yosemite's Half DomeYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A male hiker fell to his death on Saturday while climbing Yosemite's famed Half Dome, park rangers said.
Body of second missing US mountain climber found in ChinaJune 8th, 2009 Body of second US climber found in ChinaBEIJING — Rescuers struggling through high winds and blizzards recovered the body of a second American climber Monday after an avalanche buried a team of three U.S. mountaineers in southwestern China last week, an official said.
Bad weather hampers search for missing US mountain climbers in ChinaJune 8th, 2009 Weather hampers search for US climbers in ChinaBEIJING — High winds and blizzards hampered the search Monday for two U.S. mountain climbers after the body of a third American climber was found buried in an avalanche in southwestern China, an official said.
Body of American climber found after avalanche in southwest China; 2 others missingJune 7th, 2009 Body of US climber found after China avalancheBEIJING — The body of an American mountain climber has been found after an avalanche in an isolated part of southwestern China, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday. Rescue workers were still searching for two other American members of the group who went missing on Mount Gongga in Sichuan province, Li Zhixin, an official with the Chinese Mountaineering Association, told Xinhua.
Hall of Fame goalie Roy meets with Avalanche president; no word on what they discussedMay 9th, 2009 Retired goalie Roy meets with Avalanche presidentDENVER — Retired Colorado Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy has met with club president Pierre Lacroix, and team officials won't reveal the topic. Avalanche spokesman Jean Martineau has confirmed the Thursday meeting to The Associated Press.
Rescue workers find bodies of 6 hikers killed by avalanche in Austrian AlpsMay 3rd, 2009 6 hikers killed in avalanche in Austrian AlpsINNSBRUCK, Austria — Six people were killed when an avalanche trapped them under eight feet (2.5 meters) of snow as they hiked in the Alps of Western Austria, according to authorities. A 45-year-old man was the sole survivor when the group was hit by the avalanche at an altitude of about 3,000 meters (9,850 feet), rescuers said Sunday.
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