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Seven Wonders of Ransom County: North Dakota’s only recognized waterfall and other wonders hidden in Sheyenne State Forest
On the Zambezi River in southern Africa, a sheet of water more than a mile wide plummets farther than the length of a football field to create Victoria Falls, a spectacular sight recognized by CNN in 1997 as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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On the Zambezi River in southern Africa, a sheet of water more than a mile wide plummets farther than the length of a football field to create Victoria Falls, a spectacular sight recognized by CNN in 1997 as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Seasonal firefighters seek health care coverage
DENVER (AP) — They work the front lines of the nation's most explosive wildfires, navigating treacherous terrain, dense walls of smoke and tall curtains of flame. Yet thousands of the nation's seasonal firefighters have no health insurance for themselves or their families.
Tuesday, July, 10, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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DENVER (AP) — They work the front lines of the nation's most explosive wildfires, navigating treacherous terrain, dense walls of smoke and tall curtains of flame. Yet thousands of the nation's seasonal firefighters have no health insurance for themselves or their families.
Tuesday, July, 10, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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No new parts, support for critical wildfire system
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The closure of a California company has cast doubt on a system that sprays fire retardant from the back of C-130 military transport planes.
Saturday, July, 07, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The closure of a California company has cast doubt on a system that sprays fire retardant from the back of C-130 military transport planes.
Saturday, July, 07, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Forest Service: Fireworks banned on grasslands
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says fireworks are prohibited on national grasslands and forests.
Wednesday, July, 04, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says fireworks are prohibited on national grasslands and forests.
Wednesday, July, 04, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Military: 4 crewmen dead in C-130 air tanker crash
DENVER (AP) — Air Force C-130 tankers will resume firefighting flights Tuesday after the crash of another tanker plane over the weekend that left four crew members dead and two others seriously injured, the military said.
Tuesday, July, 03, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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DENVER (AP) — Air Force C-130 tankers will resume firefighting flights Tuesday after the crash of another tanker plane over the weekend that left four crew members dead and two others seriously injured, the military said.
Tuesday, July, 03, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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'War room' type effort places firefighting assets
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Flames eat through the second story of a home in Colorado as a car sits in the driveway. In the background, an entire neighborhood glows orange as it goes up in flames.
Saturday, June, 30, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Flames eat through the second story of a home in Colorado as a car sits in the driveway. In the background, an entire neighborhood glows orange as it goes up in flames.
Saturday, June, 30, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Record heat hampers efforts to fight wildfires
WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (AP) — Air Force Academy officials were evacuating roughly one-third of households on the school's grounds Tuesday night as heavy smoke billowed from a wildfire that has burned homes near Colorado Springs.
Wednesday, June, 27, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (AP) — Air Force Academy officials were evacuating roughly one-third of households on the school's grounds Tuesday night as heavy smoke billowed from a wildfire that has burned homes near Colorado Springs.
Wednesday, June, 27, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Vicious wildfires spread to Colo. tourist centers
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Wildfires damaged more than a dozen Colorado homes over the weekend and forced evacuations for thousands more while shrouding top state tourist destinations in smoke and emptying hotels and campgrounds ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Wildfires damaged more than a dozen Colorado homes over the weekend and forced evacuations for thousands more while shrouding top state tourist destinations in smoke and emptying hotels and campgrounds ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Vicious wildfires spread to Colo. tourist centers
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Wildfires moved in on some of Colorado's most popular summer tourist destinations over the weekend, destroying nearly two dozen homes near Rocky Mountain National Park and emptying hotels and campgrounds at the base of Pikes Peak.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Wildfires moved in on some of Colorado's most popular summer tourist destinations over the weekend, destroying nearly two dozen homes near Rocky Mountain National Park and emptying hotels and campgrounds at the base of Pikes Peak.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Debate over fire retardant toxicity rages in West
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Add another concern for the tanker plane pilots who bomb fire retardant around the wildfires raging in the West this summer — endangered species.
Friday, June, 22, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Add another concern for the tanker plane pilots who bomb fire retardant around the wildfires raging in the West this summer — endangered species.
Friday, June, 22, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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House takes up waiver of border environmental laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House moved toward approval Tuesday of a bill that would allow the Border Patrol to circumvent more than a dozen environmental laws on all federally managed lands within 100 miles of the borders with Mexico and Canada.
Tuesday, June, 19, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House moved toward approval Tuesday of a bill that would allow the Border Patrol to circumvent more than a dozen environmental laws on all federally managed lands within 100 miles of the borders with Mexico and Canada.
Tuesday, June, 19, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Roosevelt’s ranch, park need state’s protection
Swap the mineral rights, move the proposed bridge and protect Teddy Roosevelt’s ranch in the park that bears his name. That’s the way to honor TR’s legacy, save a priceless American landmark and discourage a federal land grab, all at the same time.
Tuesday, June, 19, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Opinion
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Swap the mineral rights, move the proposed bridge and protect Teddy Roosevelt’s ranch in the park that bears his name. That’s the way to honor TR’s legacy, save a priceless American landmark and discourage a federal land grab, all at the same time.
Tuesday, June, 19, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Opinion
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Wildfire destroys most homes in Colo. history
DENVER (AP) — Additional crews were joining the fight Saturday against a wildfire in northern Colorado that has scorched about 85 square miles and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in state history.
Sunday, June, 17, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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DENVER (AP) — Additional crews were joining the fight Saturday against a wildfire in northern Colorado that has scorched about 85 square miles and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in state history.
Sunday, June, 17, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Letter to the editor: North Dakota Badlands are no place for a gravel pit
Two new projects being considered would be in the very heart of the North Dakota Badlands. An out-of-state owner of the mineral rights, on land purchased by the U.S. Forest Service, for protection of the nearby Elkhorn Ranch portion of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, has applied to the Forest Service for a permit to operate a gravel pit for the purpose of mining gravel.
Wednesday, June, 13, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Opinion
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Two new projects being considered would be in the very heart of the North Dakota Badlands. An out-of-state owner of the mineral rights, on land purchased by the U.S. Forest Service, for protection of the nearby Elkhorn Ranch portion of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, has applied to the Forest Service for a permit to operate a gravel pit for the purpose of mining gravel.
Wednesday, June, 13, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Opinion
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Smoke from wildfire 60 miles away blankets Denver
LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — A northern Colorado wildfire 60 miles away wrapped Denver in a pungent cloud of smoke for several hours Tuesday, complicating the aerial offensive against the spreading mountain blaze and prompting officials to urge children and the elderly to stay indoors.
Tuesday, June, 12, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — A northern Colorado wildfire 60 miles away wrapped Denver in a pungent cloud of smoke for several hours Tuesday, complicating the aerial offensive against the spreading mountain blaze and prompting officials to urge children and the elderly to stay indoors.
Tuesday, June, 12, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Western wildfires forcing evacuations
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Crews in Colorado and New Mexico battled wildfires Sunday that were moving fast through parched forests, forcing scores of evacuations and destroying or damaging numerous structures.
Sunday, June, 10, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Crews in Colorado and New Mexico battled wildfires Sunday that were moving fast through parched forests, forcing scores of evacuations and destroying or damaging numerous structures.
Sunday, June, 10, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Planned mine threatens quiet of Roosevelt ranch in badlands
The site of the Elkhorn Ranch in the badlands of North Dakota looks and feels much as it did when Theodore Roosevelt retreated there to raise cattle following the deaths of his wife and mother in 1884. The cattle are gone, as the ranch is now part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, but the sweeping views of wind-carved buttes, cacti and colorful rock formations remain pristine and are a major draw for the more than half-a-million visitors to the park each year.
Friday, June, 08, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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The site of the Elkhorn Ranch in the badlands of North Dakota looks and feels much as it did when Theodore Roosevelt retreated there to raise cattle following the deaths of his wife and mother in 1884. The cattle are gone, as the ranch is now part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, but the sweeping views of wind-carved buttes, cacti and colorful rock formations remain pristine and are a major draw for the more than half-a-million visitors to the park each year.
Friday, June, 08, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Planned mine threatens quiet of ND Roosevelt ranch
Theodore Roosevelt's great-grandson wants to stop development near the site of former president's badlands ranch in western North Dakota.
Thursday, June, 07, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Theodore Roosevelt's great-grandson wants to stop development near the site of former president's badlands ranch in western North Dakota.
Thursday, June, 07, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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1,200 firefighters battle record New Mexico blaze
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A wall of smoke advances across a vast swath of rugged country in southwestern New Mexico where the nation's wilderness movement was born nearly a century ago.
Sunday, June, 03, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A wall of smoke advances across a vast swath of rugged country in southwestern New Mexico where the nation's wilderness movement was born nearly a century ago.
Sunday, June, 03, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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