A busy and bustling Iron Horse Weekend, bringing an influx of visitors to town and boosting propects for a good summer season

The safe return of a lost trail runner after a harrowing and cold night spent on Missionary Ridge

The City of Los Angeles enacting a ban on single-use plastic bags at supermarkets, making it the largest city to do so
 

The start of what could be an active fire season, with fires breaking out near Pagosa and Gateway, and larger fires burning unchecked in Arizona and New Mexico
 

Radioactive tuna found off the coast of California, proving the aftereffects of Fukushima continue to be felt halfway across the globe

 
Drought and ongoing war contributing to another devastating famine in Africa, with 1 million children younger than 5 facing starvation