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Arizona: hiker missing Superstition Mountains

Search and rescue crews returned Tuesday morning to continue the search for a missing hiker in the Superstition Mountains, east of the Valley. Kenny Clark of Gilbert is in his late 50s and has been missing since 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Search crews returned to base camp around 5 a.m. Tuesday after ending the overnight search […]

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Polish tourist missing Provo Utah

Jakub Gorowski traveled from Poland to Provo on May 11. He told his family and friends he’d be gone for two weeks, but on May 18 he silently walked out of his friends’ home and never returned. Police have been searching for the 38-year-old man ever since. Gorowski traveled on a tourist visa and was […]

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Lake Mead: Child presumed drown

National Park Service Rangers today discovered the body of child presumed to have drowned in the Lake Mead area. National Park Service Rangers responded to a 911 call regarding a missing toddler in the area of the Las Vegas Boat Harbor at around 11:15 a.m. today. The child was located around noon by divers assigned […]

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Lake Mead: man remains missing after jumping off boat

The National Park Service has downgraded its search for a missing man near Boulder Basin from a search and rescue to a search and recovery operation. The man went missing from Boulder Basin near Lake Mead Saturday afternoon. Park Service officials say he jumped from a boat into the water to go swimming. Wind, however, […]

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Wildfires in Colorado impacting tourist areas

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Wildfires moved in on some of Colorado’s most popular summer tourist destinations over the weekend, demolishing nearly two dozen homes near Rocky Mountain National Park and emptying hotels and campgrounds at the base of Pikes Peak. Read Article

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Payson Arizona: Second bear attack on human in past month

A Glendale man, asleep in a cabin under construction near Payson, was bitten by a bear Thursday night. Jason Amperse, 29, has a bite mark on his right leg and claw marks on his left leg. “I was in a dead sleep and woke up to something just squeezing me,” said Amperse. “It felt like […]

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Colorado deaths rise due to not using seatbelts

Despite a continuous decline in the number of people killed in traffic crashes in Colorado over the past decade, the number of people who died without seat belts increased for the first time since 2002. Last year, 187 drivers and passengers died unrestrained, up from 164 in 2010. This is the highest level since 2007 […]

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al Qaeda may use fire in U.S. as terrorist tactic

In a recent terror threat advisory a number of U.S. intelligence and security organizations warn that terrorist organizations have demonstrated a keen interest in using fire as a tactic against the U.S. as a mechanism to create economic loss, fear, resource depletion, and humanitarian hardship. Read Article

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Hawaii: tourist ticketed for entering closed Sacred Falls State Park to rescue friendd

State officials say there will be zero tolerance for entering Sacred Falls State Park on Oahu’s windward side, which has been closed for about 13 years. The Department of Land and Natural Resources cited an 18-year-old tourist for entering the park last week. She was hiking with two juvenile boys when one of them slipped […]

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