A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish.

South Carolina is the only state to designate a tax-free weekend during two of the year's biggest shopping days.

Crews have installed giant antennas in nearly two dozen rivers and streams across the region to track fish.

"We've all floated almost all of the sections at one time or another, but never the whole Rogue at one time," says White-Hoppe, 25, of Corvallis.

Ski Sauna is the name of the box and the business, and it's starting to catch on among skiers, snowboarders and ski shops.

Winter Trails will celebrate its 15th year Jan. 9 at locations throughout the U.S. with free snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.

Crater Lake officials have announced the annual closure of Rim Drive and the North Entrance due to anticipated ice and snow.

This is the earliest opening for Skibowl since 1994, according to Hans Wipper, operations manager of the mountain. 

Mount Hood Meadows opened for the ski season on Wednesday - one of the earliest starts in its entire 42-year history.

Outside magazine's November issue scopes out the best ski resorts in North America, from Alaska to Vermont.

The Nevada Commission on Tourism has launched a new winter ad campaign it hopes will lure winter enthusiasts to northern Nevada and the ski slopes around Lake Tahoe.

The new protection follows a law enforcement crackdown the past two summers along the river. Supporters say their aim is to nurture economic development through tourism and family recreation along the Molalla River.

The federal judge overseeing the balancing act between salmon and Columbia Basin dams said he doesn't think he can consider new steps the Obama administration wants to take.

The area is Dubbed the Upper Las Vegas Wash. It's more than 10 miles northwest of downtown Las Vegas.

Sgt. Dave Reagan says the man and his wife were "geocaching" when the man apparently slipped on wet pine needles and fell.

Veteran Slovenian climber Tomaz Humar was found dead in the Himalayas on Saturday, days after he was injured and stranded on a 23,710-foot (7,227-meter) mountain, a mountain rescue company and a close friend said.

Idaho wildlife officials are thinking about extending the wolf hunting season in certain hunting zones across the state.

A reward of up to $1,000 is offered by the Oregon Hunter's Association for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case.

Government scientists have come up with their recommendation for next year's allowable catch of Bering Sea pollock — the nation's largest commercial fishery.

Montana is shutting down its first public hunt for gray wolves since their removal from the endangered species list after state officials said they expected to meet the season's quota of 75 by Monday evening.

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife plans to deliver an extra 250,000 spring chinook smolts to Clatsop County's Youngs Bay net pens next March, a move expected to improve survival and catch rates of salmon throughout the Columbia River and its tributaries.

Expert snake hunters snared 37 pythons in South Florida during a trial hunting season to eradicate the invasive species.