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  • Kimberly Palmer: How to prepare for your next emergency

    January 02, 2023 - 6:02 AM

    When a power outage knocked out electricity to a multistate region in 2003, Gabriella Barthlow , a financial coach in the Detroit area, was prepared. She had enough money on hand to buy food for herself and her two young children, plus put gas in her car in case they needed to leave home.

  • WHO Syria boss accused of corruption, fraud, abuse, AP finds

    October 20, 2022 - 9:27 AM

    LONDON (AP) — Staffers at the World Health Organization’s Syrian office have alleged that their boss mismanaged millions of dollars, plied government officials with gifts -- including computers, gold coins and cars -- and acted frivolously as COVID-19 swept the country.

  • Off-grid living beckons more than just hardy pioneer types

    June 08, 2022 - 7:54 AM

    Living off-grid conjures images of survivalists in remote places and a rustic, “Little House on the Prairie” lifestyle with chores from morning to night. Yet only a tiny fraction of people living off-grid do it like that, and fewer still live more than an hour from any town.

  • Seattle hits record high amid Pacific Northwest heat wave

    June 26, 2021 - 4:12 PM

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Government officials, wildlife managers and utility workers across the Pacific Northwest were trying to keep people and animals safe as a historic heat wave scorched the region Saturday.

  • Celebrate Mother's Day by upping your gift game this year

    April 28, 2021 - 10:01 AM

    NEW YORK - Mother's Day is here again and, yes, we're still in a pandemic. Keep those handmade cards, bouquets or breakfasts in bed coming, but up your game in celebration of brighter days with one of these store-bought gifts:

  • L.L. Bean sees sales boom amid pandemic's push to outdoors

    March 19, 2021 - 8:41 AM

    FREEPORT, Maine - With Americans hunkering down and hankering to get outdoors during the pandemic, L.L. Bean recorded its best annual sales growth in nearly a decade, the company said Friday.

  • No sweat: Dick's crushes 2Q as consumers focus on fitness

    August 26, 2020 - 12:03 PM

    At home workouts and outdoor athletic activities are shaping up to be good business for Dick's Sporting Goods. The retailer's second-quarter results easily beat Wall Street's expectations as consumers continue to focus on health and wellness while stuck at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

  • What it's like to do the Everest Base Camp trek

    May 07, 2019 - 7:37 AM

    Whenever I told someone I was planning to climb to Mount Everest Base Camp this spring, I received the same shocked and wide-eyed response: "Be careful!" While that's good advice for any adventure, it was difficult to convince friends and family that this trip would not at all be the same thing as actually climbing Mount Everest.

  • 5 survival strategies for camping on a budget

    May 08, 2018 - 7:04 AM

    Exploring nature and sleeping under the stars can be viewed as an economical vacation. But buying gear and booking campsites or renting an RV can add up.

  • Outdoor trade show opens in Denver with public land politics

    January 25, 2018 - 1:01 PM

    DENVER - The Outdoor Retailer and Snow Show debuted in Denver on Thursday after the multimillion-dollar international gathering of industry brands made a high-profile departure from its longtime Utah home in a dispute over preserving public lands.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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