Falling earnings and the weak economy are taking their toll on internet search giant Yahoo. The company reported a 23 percent drop in fourth quarter profits over the previous year’s results. For the full year profits were down 12 percent. Yahoo also gave a mild outlook for 2008. CEO Jerry Yang is confident of better [...]
Located in southeastern Utah, Zion National Park was dedicated in 1919 making it the oldest national park in the state. Zion, in ancient Hebrew, means place of refuge or sanctuary. It is home to unique geographic regions that harbor over 280 different species of plants and animals. Included in the list are bats, mountain lions, [...]
The winter storms in California this week added to the death toll due to avalanches as three back-country skiers were killed in three separate slides near Wrightwood Friday.
The area, the San Gabriel Mountains, rarely experiences avalanches. However, it also rarely receives three to four feet of snow in such a short period of time.
Avalanches are [...]
In Sandy, Utah, local authorities are asking residents to help dig out around fire hydrants in their neighborhoods. This request comes after a storm Monday covered 90 percent of the city’s 4500 hydrants.
The problem is when firefighters arrive at an emergency, such as a house fire, and can’t find a hydrant, it takes an extra [...]
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The United States has again found favor with using horses to patrol the border with Mexico. Horses have been an integral part of the Border Patrol since 1924 when the agency first began. However, with large amounts of activity occurring in mountainous terrain in recent years, horses have become even more relied upon by agents.
“Most of the [...]
