November 21, 2016 Restaurants lure in diners with exclusive food collaborations Turns out, farm-to-restaurant collaborations are all the rage these days.
November 21, 2016 Ben & Jerry's announces plans to become GMO-free Vermont-based ice cream maker, Ben & Jerry's, announced last week that it will remove genetically-modified organisms, more commonly known as GMOs, from its products.
November 2, 2016 Police deploy pepper spray in clashes with pipeline protesters Officers in riot gear clashed again Wednesday with protesters near the Dakota Access pipeline, hitting several dozen with pepper spray as they waded through waist-deep water in an attempt to reach property owned by the pipeline's developer.
October 10, 2016 Families reach $60 million in Washington landslide settlements Survivors and family members of people killed in the nation's deadliest landslide have reached $60 million in settlements with the state of Washington and a timber company that logged an area above the site of the collapse.
June 23, 2016 Woman banned from national parks during 2-year probation for defacing rock formations A San Diego woman who pleaded guilty to defacing several treasured national rock formations at national parks across the west and was sentenced to two years of probation was also banned from all national parks and federal lands during her probation.
June 4, 2016 Young bear found near California highway with gallbladder, paws missing Authorities in California said Thursday that a young bear killed by a vehicle was found by highway workers to have been mutilated, possibly so parts of the animal could be sold.
May 10, 2016 Hunters, hikers warned after spike strip found on Pa. trail The Pennsylvania Game Commission is warning hunters, hikers and others to be careful after officials found a "spike strip" on a state game lands trail in south-central Pennsylvania.
May 3, 2016 Federal land management to blame for out-of-control fires, say critics With wildfires continuing to plague drought-stricken California and federal funding to fight them dried up like parched El Dorado County farmland, some critics say the real problem lies nearly 3,000 miles away, in Washington.
April 28, 2016 South Carolina Gov. Haley says feds agree to remove some plutonium Gov. Nikki Haley says the federal government has agreed to remove some of the plutonium being stored in South Carolina.
April 27, 2016 Crowds gather to gawk at rotting whale carcass washed up on Calif. beach The massive, reeking carcass of a 40-foot gray whale rotted Tuesday at a popular California surfing spot, luring dozens of gawkers while authorities decided whether to tow it out to sea or cut it into pieces and load them on trucks.
