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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A group of U.S.-based scientists is rushing to document indigenous sites along Puerto Rico’s coast dating back a couple of thousand years before rising sea levels linked to...
DATE: Dec. 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – For generations, people in Alaska’s far-north villages have relied on hand-built ice cellars dug deep into the permafrost to age their whale and walrus meat to perfection and...
DATE: Dec. 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
Long before they were covered in luxury condos, boutique outdoor clothing stores and latte-spinning coffee shops, good ski hills needed two things: a lift and a lodge. While many of those simple...
DATE: Dec. 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
Beware the high cost of a travel deal mistake. “It is not just about the dollars saved,” says Michal Strahilevitz, an associate professor of marketing at St. Mary’s College of California. “It’s the...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2019 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
Be prepared for a wild commute Friday evening. The National Weather Service in Grand Junction expects a cold front to move into Southwest Colorado on Friday afternoon, which will intensify snowfall...
DATE: Nov. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A dusting of snow Tuesday morning in Durango marked the start of what will likely be a snowy Thanksgiving week in Southwest Colorado, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Junction. A...
DATE: Nov. 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
SAQQARA, Egypt – Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities on Saturday revealed details on recently discovered animal mummies, saying they include two lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds and cats....
DATE: Nov. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
DENVER – Southwest Airlines has received $12.5 million in tax credits for a major expansion that could bring 1,000 new jobs to Denver International Airport over the next eight years. The...
DATE: Nov. 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Every year, millions of tourists around the world venture to some of the unhappiest places on Earth: sites of atrocities, accidents, natural disasters or infamous death. From Auschwitz to...
DATE: Nov. 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
Airline passengers can be so annoying. How annoying? Just ask Retha Charette, a tour guide from Arlington, Vermont. On a recent flight from Newark to Amsterdam, her seatmate opened her tray table,...
DATE: Nov. 23, 2019 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
PORTLAND, Ore. – The carcass of a giant blue whale that has been submerged off the Oregon coast for more than three years was hauled to the surface so it can be reassembled, studied and put on...
DATE: Nov. 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The U.S. research vessel Sikuliaq can break through ice as thick as 2.5 feet. In the Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska this month, which should be brimming with floes, its limits...
DATE: Nov. 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
Fort Lewis College is updating about a dozen panels at the Clock Tower in the center of campus to better recognize the past, "in a way that's fully inclusive of our Native American community on campus and the families directly affected by Indian boarding schools."
