Some Madera Canyon Areas Remain Closed
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 22--Parts of Madera Canyon remain closed after heavy rains swept rocks and debris into campgrounds and onto trails.   The areas are considered unsafe because the rocks and debris create hiking hazards.
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Israelâs closing of its border crossings with Gaza remained in effect Sunday, and Gazaâs only electricity plant shut down because of a shortage of imported fuel needed to run it.
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By Hillary Borrud, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Sep. 20--HESPERIA -- For years, pressure to build a Ranchero Road underpass has come from frustrated motorists funneled through Main Street, the only east/west corridor across the BNSF Railway in the city.
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A California community limits the number of new art galleries
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By Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 1--When the 147-acre Marine Corps Support Activity base at the former Richards-Gebaur Airport closes in 2011, 27 acres could be set aside for the homeless.
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By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald  Feb. 25--Two proposals to build homes on less than a full acre on properties touching the county's urban development boundary were unanimously rejected by the Redland Community Council on Wednesday.
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By ERICA MELTZER, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Pima County is taking the State Land Department to court in an attempt to overturn a decision allowing mining in Davidson Canyon.  Last month, the Land Department rejected an administrative appeal filed by the county in December.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  --  Before the space shut
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Part of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington has been evacuated and closed to tourists after suspicious items were found, a park police officer said on Monday.
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By Haider Rizvi* - Tierramrica  NEW YORK, Sep. 15, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Despite strong objections from environmental groups, the U.S. government wants to allow off- road vehicles in protected areas of sand dunes in the southern California desert.
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Near a rock formation twisting into the Arizona sky, the desert floor has been torn up by off-road vehicles. A tattered VCR and a bullet-riddled washing machine further scar the landscape. Tonto is one of many national forests that suffer environmental damage caused by thoughtless, even unscrupulous, visitors. And the U.S. Forest Service doesn't have the cash or manpower to tackle the problem.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 24--The road into Sabino Canyon, now closed most of the way due to storm damage, could reopen for more than half of its length in a few weeks, Forest Service officials said Saturday.
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GLENWOOD CANYON - Karl Mendonca unexpectedly got the day off Friday, thanks to a massive rockslide that kept part of Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon closed for nearly two days.
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By Dana M. Nichols, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 8--SAN ANDREAS -- The proposed Tuscany Hills project on Lake Tulloch might have finally cracked the impasse over how to resolve speedboat traffic jams on the popular lake.
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Long sections of three major highways are still closed a day after a string of accidents during an ice storm.
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By S.J. Komarnitsky, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 8--WASILLA -- The Matanuska Maid dairy, the iconic Alaska company with roots in the Matanuska Valley colonist project, will shut down early next month, ending a colorful 71-year history.
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By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jan. 30--Federal wildlife officials have halted review of a $110 million water project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, effectively sending planners back to the drafting table on a project they considered vital to water quality.