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  • 'River Dave' arrested after returning to live at cabin site

    January 04, 2022 - 3:02 PM

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former hermit in New Hampshire whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on the property that he was ordered to leave has been charged with trespassing there once again, turning a shed that survived the fire into a makeshift home outfitted with a wood stove.

  • 'River Dave' doesn't think he can go back to being a hermit

    August 11, 2021 - 9:51 AM

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An off-the-grid New Hampshire man's days living as a hermit appear to be over. “River Dave,” whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on property that he was ordered to leave, says he doesn't think he can return to his lifestyle.

  • 'River Dave' grateful for help after fire ravaged his home

    August 09, 2021 - 4:58 PM

    CONCORD, N.H (AP) — An off-the-grid New Hampshire hermit known to locals as “River Dave,” whose cabin burned down on the wooded property where he was squatting for 27 years, says he's grateful and overwhelmed by fundraising efforts and offers for a place to live.

  • Colosseum tourists can go underground to see 'backstage'

    June 25, 2021 - 7:46 AM

    ROME (AP) — After 2 1/2 years of work to shore up the Colosseum’s underground passages, tourists will be able to go down and wander through part of what what had been the ancient arena’s “backstage.”

  • Historic river crossing in West Texas is filled with death

    November 21, 2020 - 10:01 PM

    HORSE HEAD CROSSING, Texas - As state historical sites go, few can rival this remote muddy ford on the Pecos River for rank obscurity.

  • New Mexico tribe loses claim to national preserve

    September 18, 2019 - 7:20 PM

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal judge has rejected an effort by a Native American tribe to reclaim Valles Caldera National Preserve.

  • Brew the years: Beer fans 'CANvention' opens in New Mexico

    August 29, 2019 - 4:59 PM

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In middle school, Dan Scoglietti rode his bike through Chicago, picking up old beer cans with his twin brother, Ed. It was an odd hobby for a pre-teen in the 1970s that turned into a lifetime pursuit.

  • Butterflies abound in mountainous Mexican winter habitat

    March 06, 2019 - 7:03 AM

    CERRO PEL\XD3N MONARCH BUTTERFLY SANCTUARY, Mexico - As the group made its way up the rugged mountain path toward the clearing, their heavy, crunching bootsteps turned to near-silent tiptoeing, their friendly chitchat dropped to whispers, giddy smiles appeared on faces and eyes brimmed with tears. The first-time visitors to this mountain monarch butterfly reserve were, in a word, gobsmacked.

  • Alaska city honours Guardsmen killed in crash after '64 quake

    June 23, 2018 - 5:40 PM

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A month after the second most powerful earthquake ever was recorded, the Alaska port community of Valdez remained in ruins.

  • High toxin level delays California's recreational Dungeness season, closes rock crab fishery

    November 05, 2015 - 6:38 PM

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Wildlife authorities delayed the recreational Dungeness crab season and closed the rock crab fishery for most of California on Thursday, just days after warning of dangerous levels of a neurotoxin linked to a massive algae bloom off the West Coast.
  • 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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