Suter claims World Cup super-G, ends Goggia’s winning streak
December 4, 2022 GMTLAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Corinne Suter picked up her first Lake Louise victory by winning a World Cup super-G race on Sunday, while Sofia Goggia’s winning streak on the mountain ended with a fifth-place finish.
Goggia wins downhill for 2nd straight day at Lake Louise
December 3, 2022 GMTLAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Sofia Goggia of Italy captured a World Cup downhill race for a second straight day at Lake Louise.
Goggia only got stronger Saturday, finishing with a time of 1 minute, 28.96 seconds.
Land Between the Lakes adds areas for archery deer hunters
December 1, 2022 GMTGOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — Land Between the Lakes will open additional areas for archery deer hunting, officials said.
The select areas, which are typically off-limits to hunting, will be open Dec.
Drying California lake to get $250M in US drought funding
November 29, 2022 GMTSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government said Monday it will spend $250 million over four years on environmental cleanup and restoration work around a drying Southern California lake that's fed by the depleted Colorado River.
About 200 people rescued from ice chunk on Minnesota lake
November 28, 2022 GMTRED LAKE, Minn. (AP) — Officials in northern Minnesota said roughly 200 people were rescued Monday after they became trapped when an ice chunk broke free on Upper Red Lake.
The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office said on its Facebook page that it got a 911 call about midday Monday from people who were ice fishing who reported that a large chunk of ice broke free from the shoreline, stranding about 100 people.
Two men from India drown at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks
November 28, 2022 GMTLAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have identified two men who drowned at Lake of the Ozarks as natives of India who were students at St. Louis University.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Sunday that the victims were 24-year-old Uthej Kunta and 25-year-old Shiva Kelligari, of Telangana, India.
Lawsuit looms over tiny rare fish in drought-stricken West
November 24, 2022 GMTRENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists have notified U.S. wildlife officials that they will sue over delinquent decisions related to protections for two rare fish species that are threatened by groundwater pumping in the drought-stricken West.
Land Between the Lakes offers free Christmas trees
November 22, 2022 GMTGOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is offering permits for free cedar Christmas trees.
Permits, along with maps and cutting guidelines, are available beginning Friday and must be obtained online. A permit allows each family to cut one tree through Dec.
Masters concedes Senate race, Hobbs celebrates governor win
November 15, 2022 GMTPHOENIX (AP) — Republican Blake Masters called Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly Tuesday to concede in the Arizona Senate race, joining other vanquished Republicans around the country who cast doubt on the 2020 election but still acknowledged their own defeat.
Republican Kari Lake narrows gap in Arizona governor race
November 14, 2022 GMTPHOENIX (AP) — The nation's last undecided race for governor got even closer Sunday as Democrat Katie Hobbs' lead shrank against Republican Kari Lake in the race to lead Arizona, but it was too early to call.
Democrat Katie Hobbs keeps lead in race for Arizona governor
November 13, 2022 GMTPHOENIX (AP) — The release of ballots on Saturday from Arizona's largest county netted Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake a few thousand votes, but she's still trailing Democrat Katie Hobbs by tens of thousands of ballots.
Police: No powder found in envelopes in candidate’s office
November 12, 2022 GMTPHOENIX (AP) — An envelope that had been reported by the campaign of the Republican candidate for Arizona governor as containing a white powder was thrown away before it could be analyzed, and no powder was found in two other letters the campaign turned over to authorities, officials said.
Detroit church to remember sailors lost on the Great Lakes
November 10, 2022 GMTDETROIT (AP) — Sailors who lost their lives in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and Michigan waterways will be remembered at a historic church in downtown Detroit.
The annual Great Lakes Memorial service will be held at 3 p.m.
3 bodies recovered after an airboat flips on Oklahoma lake
November 9, 2022 GMTGUTHRIE, Okla. (AP) — Divers have recovered the bodies of three people missing in an Oklahoma lake since their airboat flipped Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
The boat overturned on Country Club Lake in Guthrie, about 50 miles north of Oklahoma City, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
In Minnesota, GOP eyes grab of rare Midwest Dem stronghold
November 3, 2022 GMTTONKA BAY, Minn. (AP) — As Andrew Myers knocked on doors in a neighborhood with stunning views across Lake Minnetonka, the Republican state House hopeful got an earful from residents worried about crime in their far west Minneapolis suburb: a woman's body had washed up on shore a few doors down earlier in the week, and authorities hadn't said if it was foul play.
US Supreme Court won’t consider Lake Michigan beach case
November 2, 2022 GMTPORTER, Ind. (AP) — The public will keep the right to use Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline for recreation as the U.S. Supreme Court won’t consider arguments from nearby property owners who claimed they also owned the beach.
New US plan could lead to federal action on Colorado River
October 28, 2022 GMTFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Interior Department announced Friday that it will consider revising a set of guidelines for operating two major dams on the Colorado River in the first sign of what could lead to federal action to protect the once-massive but shrinking reservoirs behind them.
Divers find bone believed to be human at receding Lake Mead
October 27, 2022 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Divers have found more human remains at drought-stricken Lake Mead near Las Vegas, authorities said Thursday.
A National Park Service dive team confirmed Oct. 18 that a bone found a day earlier at Callville Bay was part of “human skeletal remains” on the Nevada side of the Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam, according to a statement from the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Arizona’s Sen Kelly slams California on Colorado River use
October 26, 2022 GMTPHOENIX (AP) — California communities exposed to hazardous dust by a drying lake bed have found themselves at the center of tensions between Arizona and California over how to conserve water along the overtaxed Colorado River.
New Saddleback pastor sees women clergy in church’s future
October 24, 2022 GMTLAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — On a recent Sunday morning, in the sanctuary of Saddleback Church, Lead Pastor Andy Wood opened with a shout-out to the congregation’s newest female teaching pastor – his wife Stacie Wood.
Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet
October 17, 2022 GMTLifelong Cleveland resident Steve Gove recalls when the Cuyahoga River symbolized shame — fetid, lifeless, notorious for catching fire when sparks from overhead rail cars ignited the oil-slicked surface.
New debate drama emerges in race for Arizona governor
October 13, 2022 GMTPHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for Arizona governor, blasted a Phoenix PBS affiliate Wednesday for scheduling an interview with her Democratic rival, Katie Hobbs, saying the move makes it easier for Hobbs to avoid a debate.
Body of California man recovered from Arizona’s Lake Havasu
October 9, 2022 GMTLAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — The body of a California man who jumped from a boat in Lake Havasu and didn't resurface has been recovered, authorities said Sunday.
Mohave County Sheriff's officials said the man was positively identified as 47-year-old Michael Dean Phan of Garden Grove.
Mixed results for Idaho sockeye salmon return this year
October 5, 2022 GMTBOISE, Idaho (AP) — More imperiled Snake River sockeye salmon returned to central Idaho this year than in nearly a decade, but biologists are disappointed that few of them came from fish that spawned naturally in the wild.
Ann Arbor sends partially treated wastewater into river
October 5, 2022 GMTANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The City of Ann Arbor says an estimated 1.38 million gallons (5.2 million liters) of partially treated wastewater flowed into the Huron River during maintenance Tuesday at its treatment plant.
Boat flips after recreational shrimp trawl snags; 1 dead
September 22, 2022 GMTSLIDELL, La. (AP) — A 62-year-old man died Thursday and another man was injured after their recreational shrimping skiff overturned in a lake north of New Orleans while he and a friend were out trawling.
AP FACT CHECK: Lake distorts Hobbs’ education votes in Ariz.
September 22, 2022 GMTArizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is misrepresenting the voting record of her opponent, Democrat Katie Hobbs, charging in a video released this week that her work in government shows Hobbs is “Anti-American and Un-Arizonan.”
Minnesota Ojibwe harvest sacred, climate-imperiled wild rice
September 20, 2022 GMTON LEECH LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — Seated low in her canoe sliding through a rice bed on this vast lake, Kendra Haugen used one wooden stick to bend the stalks and another to knock the rice off, so gently the stalks sprung right back up.
State cracks down on Flint company after Flint River spill
September 19, 2022 GMTFLINT, Mich. (AP) — State regulators on Monday ordered a Flint chemical company to truck wastewater to a water treatment plant, weeks after it was blamed for an oily discharge in the Flint River.
On the Colorado River, growing concern for trout and chub
September 17, 2022 GMTDENVER (AP) — To guide fishing trips for a year or two, that's what brought Terry Gunn to the red canyons of northern Arizona. The chance to hike, raft and fly fish drew Wendy Hanvold, a retired ski bum, who took a job there waiting tables at an anglers lodge.
Uganda reacts angrily to EU resolution slamming oil pipeline
September 16, 2022 GMTKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's leader warned Friday that his government could “find someone else to work with” as French partner TotalEnergies faced mounting pressure to pull out of a partnership to construct a pipeline opposed by climate activists.
Idaho sells only 1 of 5 island parcels on Payette Lake
September 14, 2022 GMTEAGLE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials on Wednesday sold only one of five parcels at an auction involving a 14-acre island in Payette Lake near the vacation and second-home town of McCall in west-central Idaho.
Tennessee Park of the Year is Nashville’s Radnor Lake
September 14, 2022 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville's Radnor Lake State Park has been named Park of the Year by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
In the past year the park hosted a Junior Ranger Intern Program with 51 youth participants, according to a news release Tuesday.
Natural gas pipeline fire in water SE of New Orleans
September 9, 2022 GMTNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal agencies are investigating a natural gas pipeline explosion that started a towering blaze in a lake southeast of New Orleans.
Authorities rename 28 Wisconsin sites to remove racist word
September 9, 2022 GMTGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The government has renamed more than two dozen lakes and other sites on federal land in Wisconsin to remove a racist term for a Native American woman.
UN refugee agency rushes aid to Pakistan amid raging floods
September 5, 2022 GMTISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency rushed in more desperately needed aid Monday to flood-stricken Pakistan as the nation's prime minister traveled to the south where rising waters of Lake Manchar pose a new threat.
Boater reports body 12 miles off Lake Michigan shore
September 5, 2022 GMTSHOREHAM, Mich. (AP) — Investigators were working to identify the person whose body was pulled from Lake Michigan after being spotted about 12 miles from shore, authorities said Monday.
A sailboat captain saw the body Sunday offshore from the Berrien County village of Shoreham and reported the discovery to the Coast Guard, the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department said.
Pakistan’s hope as lake fills: Flood villages to save a city
September 4, 2022 GMTISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani engineers cut into an embankment for one of the country's largest lakes on Sunday to release rising waters in the hopes of saving a nearby city and town from flooding as officials predicted more monsoon rain was on the way for the country's already devastated south.
Man drowns in Lake Mohave near the Nevada-Arizona border
September 4, 2022 GMTBOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — A 44-year-old man has drowned in Lake Mohave near the Nevada-Arizona border, according to authorities.
National Park Service rangers located and recovered the body Saturday near the Cottonwood Cove area of Lake Mohave within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Dead fish in San Francisco Bay Area blamed on toxic red tide
August 31, 2022 GMTOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An unprecedented red tide in the San Francisco Bay Area is killing thousands of fish and other marine life whose carcasses are washing ashore, creating a foul odor that experts say could get worse during this weekend’s expected heat wave.
Police: Teen drowns in NY lake, 2 family members critical
August 29, 2022 GMTBETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — A New York City teenager drowned in a lake in upstate New York and his sister and uncle were in critical condition after trying to save him, police said Monday.
Basir Amin, 18, of Bellerose, Queens, was swimming in White Lake in Sullivan County at 2 p.m.
Missouri man dies after being struck by his own boat
August 28, 2022 GMTLAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man died after being thrown from the boat he was riding in and struck by the same boat in the Lake of the Ozarks.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the incident happened around 4:30 p.m.
Rare Nevada fish to get full review for possible US listing
August 26, 2022 GMTRENO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials say there’s enough evidence a rare fish along the California-Nevada line may be at risk of extinction to warrant a yearlong review to determine if it should be listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Water deliveries halted to farmers in Oregon, California
August 24, 2022 GMTKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — The Klamath Irrigation District in southern Oregon has reversed course and now says it has complied with a U.S. government order to stop delivering water to farmers in the drought-stricken area.
Oregon officials defy order to halt farmer water deliveries
August 23, 2022 GMTKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — The Klamath Irrigation District in Southern Oregon plans to defy a U.S. government order issued last week for a halt to water deliveries to farmers in the drought-stricken basin.
Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops
August 23, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — With China's biggest freshwater lake reduced to just 25% of its usual size by a severe drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to one of the country's key rice-growing regions.
Southern California lake closed because of toxic algae bloom
August 21, 2022 GMTLAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Southern California's Lake Elsinore has been closed to swimming, boating, kayaking and fishing due to an algae bloom that produces toxins that could be harmful to people and animals, officials said.
Idaho wildfire burning near Lake Cascade forces evacuations
August 19, 2022 GMTBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Evacuations are in place ahead of a west-central Idaho wildfire that continues to grow despite a full-suppression effort by firefighters that includes water-scooping aircraft skimming Lake Cascade, a popular boating and fishing destination.
Chicago officials urge lakefront caution after drownings
August 19, 2022 GMTCHICAGO (AP) — Public safety officials are urging Chicago residents to exercise caution along the city’s lakefront after incidents spanning less than a week saw three people apparently drown and a woman lose her feet in a boating mishap.