Tag: utah
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Federal judge tosses class-action lawsuit over poor Vail Resorts experience during strike
A federal judge dismissed a plaintiff’s proposed class-action lawsuit last month that sought compensation from Vail Resorts after a ski patrol strike turned a family vacation into a “colossal disaster.” U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang concluded plaintiff Christopher Bisaillon entered into a valid agreement with Vail when he bought his ski pass, and…
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AI data center plans baffle small southern Colorado town
In the nondescript business parks of the Front Range’s largest metros, data centers are cropping up. According to the industry catalog Data Center Map, there are currently 46 planned or built in the Denver area, while Colorado Springs has the second most at six. The map has one outlier, however, deep in the heart of…
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Dead women found on Utah hiking trail leads to arrest of triple-homicide suspect in Colorado
On March 4, the Utah Department of Public Safety reported that two women, age 30 and 60, had been found dead on an unidentified Wayne County hiking trail, with a third deceased female, 80, found in a nearby residence. This prompted a search for a homicide suspect, with multiple scenes being investigated in the area…
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Missing Utah teen found in Colorado Springs six weeks after disappearance
A missing teenage girl was found in Colorado Springs following a nationwide search. Alisa Petrov, a missing 15-year-old girl from South Jordan, Utah, was found after walking into Stetson Hills Police Department and reporting child abuse on Sunday. On April 21, Petrov was reported missing after walking away from her school and boarding an Amtrak…
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‘I feel an obligation’: Monument painter finds purpose in capturing roadside Americana
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vacant motels, deserted gas stations and vintage marquee signs dot the highways and byways of America. Proof that entropy is always lurking, waiting to claim what humans have left behind. While most of us speed on by those rusty, leftover, forgotten buildings, antique cars and…
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‘I feel an obligation’: Monument painter finds purpose in capturing roadside Americana
Vacant motels, deserted gas stations and vintage marquee signs dot the highways and byways of America. Proof that entropy is always lurking, waiting to claim what humans have left behind. While most of us speed on by those rusty, leftover, forgotten buildings, antique cars and dilapidated eateries without a second thought, they still sparkle for…
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‘I feel an obligation’: Monument painter finds purpose in capturing roadside Americana
Vacant motels, deserted gas stations and vintage marquee signs dot the highways and byways of America. Proof that entropy is always lurking, waiting to claim what humans have left behind. While most of us speed on by those rusty, leftover, forgotten buildings, antique cars and dilapidated eateries without a second thought, they still sparkle for…
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New ‘swamp dweller’ discovered in Colorado
In 2016, John Foster was walking around the sandstone countryside that defines northwest Colorado when he stopped at something peculiar ingrained in the rock. It was a fossil — a jaw about an inch long, Foster recalled in a recent news release. “Holy cow,” he thought, “that’s huge.” Not so huge to an untrained eye,…
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Squeezing through southern Utah’s slot canyons is an ideal fall adventure
ESCALANTE, Utah • There’s not a single cloud in the sky. I’m certain of this because my eyes are locked upward as I breathe in all of the expansiveness above while attempting to squeeze through a 10-inch sliver of red ochre–hued rock. For the past two hours, I’ve been hiking along a loop of three…
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DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver. Little else is known about the details of the operation, which tallied one of the biggest seizures of the drug so far this year. Authorities told…