Winter X Games Sarah Burke Tribute:
Today’s Newsire:
PowMow Road Kills Another Car
An 18-year-old Syracuse man was driving up the road to the ski resort when he heard a pop under the dashboard around 2:30 p.m… More at Standard Examiner Save your car, use Powder Mountain’s Shuttle Service
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Proposed Alton Coal Expansion Ignites Environmental Backlash
Opponents to a proposed expansion of Utah’s only coal strip mining operation on federal lands delivered more than 210,000 comments to public land managers Thursday, decrying the pollution and other effects if the project receives approval… More at Deseret News
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Shaun White Sprains Ankle During X Games Practice
Shaun White sprained his left ankle Thursday, aggravating a pre-existing injury, and was treated by X Games medical staff during practice for the Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe event at Winter X Games Aspen 2012… More at Transworld Business. Shaun, we need you healthy for your Snowbasin appearance! __________________________________________________________________________
Travis Rice is Rich, Announcing Three New Sponsorships
T. Rice just announced sponsorships with Union Binding Company, Contour, and hOme. Three new sponsors in one week; life is good for this man… More at Transworld Business
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Top X Games Snowboarders Down with Injuries
Maine snowboardcross rider Seth Wescott is at the X Games in Aspen, Colo. again. But this time, instead of watching the event from the snowboardcross course he’s viewing it from the ESPN broadcast booth… More at First Tracks
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Top 25 North America Deepest Snowpacks, Hint: Northwest
A strong pattern has emerged this winter season. “The North is where the snow is.” Just have a look at the list below. Notice the pattern? Almost all of the deepest snowpacks are in the Pacific Northwest and for good reason… More at Unofficial Networks
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Kennedy and Kruk Recall Their “Fair Means” Ascent of Cerro Torre
If you are lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Cerro Torre on a rare clear day, you will understand why many consider it the most beautiful and compelling mountain in the world. Messner called it ‘a shriek turned to stone’… More at Climbing
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Biggest Winter Outdoor Retailer Show Ever
Amid the new year’s first big winter storm in Utah, more than 21,000 attendees gathered in Salt Lake City to see the latest in winter gear and connect with peers at the outdoor industry’s largest semi-annual gathering, Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2012… More at SNEWS
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New Forest Rules
The Obama administration says new rules to manage nearly 200 million acres of national forests will protect watersheds and wildlife while promoting uses ranging from recreation to logging… More at Standard Examiner
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Deer, Student Collision Inside Junior High School
Students and parents watched at dismissal time Wednesday as a doe ran through the main doors of Red Lion Area Junior High School and collided with an eighth-grade student, knocking them both to the ground… More at The Times Leader
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“He (traveling wolf) better bring a canteen and a backpack…”
Just under a month after becoming the first known wild wolf in California in nearly 90 years, an Oregon-born wolf has been exploring territory close to Nevada in recent weeks. If OR-7 again crosses a state line, he’d be the first wild wolf known to be in Nevada since the 1930s… More at The Bulletin
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