Agitated black bear with cubs spotted near Dredge Lake
JUNEAU, Alaska - A mother black bear and her three cubs have been spotted roaming around the Mendenhall Valley.
View ArticleGlacier to see its 100 millionth visitor this month
COLUMBIA FALLS, Montana - Glacier National Park is on track to see its 100 millionth visitor this month.
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Mexican climbers find another mummified body on mountain
MEXICO CITY - Mountaineers have discovered another mummified body on Mexico's tallest peak, making it the third cadaver found there in recent months.
View ArticleSearch for missing Utah climber on Mount Rainier suspended
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Washington - The search for the missing Utah climber on Mount Rainier was called off Saturday afternoon after a helicopter spotted the body of a deceased male climber near...
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Searchers comb Alaska glacier for GIs killed in 1950s crash
COLONY GLACIER, Alaska - Scientists and volunteers tethered in safety gear and ice cleats painstakingly scoured the frozen dirt and ice to see if a glacier had given up any more of its dead before they...
View ArticleWildfire burning in northern Montana
KALISPELL, Montana - Firefighters are working to suppress a 30-acre wildfire in northern Montana.
View ArticleAs other glaciers retreat, glacier at Mount St. Helens grows
MOUNT ST. HELENS, Washington - Ray Yurkewycz perched on the rim of the Northwest's most restless volcano and marveled at the primordial forces at work.
View ArticleFire in Olympic National Park raises concerns
PARADISE CREEK, Olympic National Park - Fire crews call them "cat faces," deep holes that flames have burned into the trunks of the centuries-old Sitka spruce and hemlock growing here in the Queets...
View ArticleGlacier Park sees busiest June on record
KALISPELL, Montana - Attendance at Glacier National Park soared in last month, making it the busiest June on record.
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Trapping restrictions imposed near parks to help Canada lynx
BILLINGS, Montana - Montana wildlife officials have tightened trapping regulations outside Yellowstone and Glacier national parks to reduce the chances that threatened Canada lynx accidentally will be...
View ArticleGlacier Airport passengers set June record
KALISPELL, Montana - Glacier Park International Airport has set a record for passenger numbers in June.
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Hot weather impacting climbing on Mount Rainier
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Washington - Seattleites without air conditioning aren't the only ones suffering from record-setting temperatures this summer.
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Quadriplegic missionary receives $26M settlement after crash
HELENA, Montana - Insurers for the Southern Baptist Convention have agreed to pay $26 million to a South Carolina man who was paralyzed and suffered brain damage in a rollover crash during a 2009...
View ArticleFirm objects to delay in drilling on land sacred to Indians
BILLINGS, Montana - A Louisiana company seeking to drill for natural gas on Montana land held sacred by some American Indians objected to a 75-day review period sought by a federal panel considering...
View ArticleNature preserve planned at site where glaciers stopped
NINEVEH, Indiana - A land preservation group plans to open a nature preserve at a central Indiana site where glaciers stopped some 12,000 years ago.
View ArticleSan Diego hiker airlifted from Juneau glacier after fall
JUNEAU, Alaska - A hiker visiting Juneau from San Diego has been airlifted to Bartlett Regional Hospital after he fell and fractured his leg while climbing the Mendenhall Glacier.
View ArticleWildfires near Townsend, Helena prompt evacuations
HELENA, Montana - Wildfires broke out Tuesday in central and northwestern Montana, leading to the evacuation of homes near Helena and Townsend and the closure of Glacier National Park's most popular...
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Wildfire closes popular Glacier Park roadway
HELENA, Montana - Wildfires in Montana have forced the closure of Glacier National Park's most popular roadway and prompted the evacuation of homes in the central part of the state.
View ArticleMore evacuations ordered ahead of Glacier park fire
HELENA, Montana - Authorities have begun evacuating homes near Glacier National Park's eastern boundary ahead of a growing wildfire.
View ArticleGlacial melt blamed for flood in Central Asian city Almaty
MOSCOW - Officials in Kazakhstan say a flood that forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from the outskirts of the country's largest city was due to the rapid melting of a glacier in the nearby...
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