They are evaluating damage that vandals did to the Cape Meares Lighthouse last month.

In the cave chambers once used for winter hibernation by more than 2,000 bats, there are now mere dozens.

"If you're not winning, you're not making that much money," said Erik Fisher, a first-time Olympian who lives in Middleton, Idaho.

Lots of people like to say they were there at the beginning. Jake Burton really was.

World champion snowboarder Max Schairer of Austria had a nasty wipeout in the Winter X Games snowboardcross semifinals Saturday that left him with a mild concussion. He also fractured his ribs and bruised his chest.

Daron Rahlves took a nasty tumble in a quarterfinal race, two days after Casey Puckett, skiing alone in a less-harrowing qualifying run, hit a bump awkwardly and aggravated his already injured shoulder.

Already so good in the aerials and moguls, the Canadians found another freestyle event to dominate.

Olympic champion Tanja Frieden has retired because of an injury three weeks before she was to defend her snowboardcross title at the Vancouver Games.

If you'd like to ski or hike a Wisconsin trail lit by hundreds of candles at night, you'll have a number of chances over the next two weekends.

After being cooped up in the winter months it can do your soul some good to spend time out of the house - and out of the city, even if it is just for the day.

It's the third year in a row Tahoe has topped the annual Orbitz Insider Index.

The Belize Barrier Reef is the longest unbroken reef in the Western Hemisphere.

"I've never heard of such a case before," said police spokesman Jean-Marie Bornet. "It's already very difficult to survive more than 45 minutes beneath an avalanche."

Lifeguard Daniel Lund says that attack left him unable to walk for several months. He says he remembered it while he was pulling Stephen Schafer from the water but knew he had a job to do.

Four environmental groups in Oregon and California have notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that they intend to sue over the failure of the service to list the Pacific fisher as an endangered species.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Littlejohn says the Astoria Coast Guard station responded to a Thursday afternoon call from Cannon Beach police about a male surfer who appeared to be in distress at the north end of the beach in Ecola State Park.

A ship's crew noticed the slick Tuesday morning.

The government said it would take 25 actions to slow the advance of the carp, which can reach 4 feet long and 100 pounds.

Hunters in California are currently limited to killing 1,700 black bears each year.

So far, 146 wolves have been killed by hunters in Idaho since the state's first wolf hunt began Sept. 1.

It's a classic man vs. nature conflict.

The move comes after nearly three decades of research and opposition from animal-rights advocates.

A wolf advocate has used a public records request to get the names of hunters who reported killing a wolf in Idaho.