1 Utah ski resorts offer fun escape from heat
When the snow melts and tourists have packed up their ski gear and left town, Utah's 13 ski resorts have an economic... Source: Deseret News
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2 Aspen Skiing Co. reverses decision on skier visit information
ASPEN — The Aspen Skiing Co. announced Wednesday that it will release its skier visits, a reversal of its recent decision to keep the information confidential. Source: The Aspen Times
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3 SkiCo decides to release skier visit numbers
Aspen Skiing Co. officials have reversed a recent policy of not releasing skier visit numbers and have now provided last winter’s figures for each of the company’s four ski areas. In all, SkiCo counted 1,338,210 skier visits in the 2009-10 winter season, which was 4.3 percent above the 1,283,348 visits tallied in the 2008-09 season. read more Source: Aspen Daily News
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4 Increased crime dims luster of California's state parks
Things can get a little rowdy at some of Monterey County's best-known attractions — state parks. Source: The Salinas Californian
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5 In Germany, the economic crisis weighs heavily on the poor
Those lucky enough to still have jobs must settle for fewer benefits and stagnant wages. Meanwhile, the government has reduced taxes on the rich, and critics see growing economic class polarization. The town that produces some of the world's most expensive and luxurious sports cars is a staid hamlet with weedy, trash-littered stretches. Source: Los Angeles Times
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6 Boulder County cleans up Nederland-area roadways after foot-deep hailstorm
Boulder County crews cleaned up Thursday morning following Wednesday s wild summer storm that brought as much as 4 inches of rain and a foot of hail to areas west of Nederland. Source: Colorado Daily
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7 Lake Tahoe Prosperity Plan: Economists say health and wellness is one leg
Olympic gold and silver medalist Julia Mancuso, of Olympic Valley, is among many world-class athletes who can groom their winter sports careers in the region's high-altitude environment. Source: Sierra Sun
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8 Be aware of coyotes
The Ministry of Natural Resources is warning those who enjoy the area's nature trails that they're also sharing those trails with nature. A woman was walking her two dogs early Monday on the cross-country ski trails in Hiawatha Park when both dogs chased a coyote into the bush.[...] Source: The Sault Star
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9 Road to Artist Point opens Friday at Mt. Baker
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will open the road to Artist Point at 8 a.m. Friday, July 30, after three weeks of snow-clearing work on the road above the Mt. Baker Ski Area. In order to open the road, crews had to clear snow that in some areas was nearly 20 feet deep. Source: Washington State Department of Transportation
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10 UPDATE: North Carolina issues swimming advisory for Corolla ocean side, sound areas of Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills
The North Carolina Department of Health and Natural Resources has issued an additional swimmers' advisory today, bringing to five those areas along the northern sounds under advisement. Today's advisory covers the ocean-side of Corolla Village Road near the lighthouse in Corolla. Source: CBS 6 Richmond
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