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Nature lesson: Leave wildlife where you find it

Outdoors

With the Memorial Day weekend now behind us, most folks will be actively engaging in their favorite summertime outdoor recreations. This is also the time of year to remind everyone not to remove any young wildlife you might encounter in the forests or fields of Pennsylvania from where you ...

Talks are on to save Grand Canyon fishing

Outdoors

As the Colorado River and its once massive reservoirs shrink from overuse and climate change, officials are faced with a decision that pits conservation against ratepayer costs for electricity. To fight off predators of the humpback chub, a threatened fish native to the river, Glen Canyon Dam ...

Great horned owl on the mend in Utah

Outdoors

An adolescent owl that was found stuck in a concrete mixer in southwestern Utah is finally on the mend, flying free and maybe a bit wiser from the ordeal. The great horned owl somehow made his way into the truck-mounted mixer in late October and was discovered by workers pouring concrete at a ...

Bucs come apart late in loss to Cubs

Professional Sports

PITTSBURGH — Ian Happ homered for the second consecutive game and the Chicago Cubs handed Paul Skenes his third straight loss with a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. The win came one night after the Cubs ended a 10-game losing streak. Happ hit a tiebreaking three-run ...

Steelers coach re-unites with RB

Professional Sports

PITTSBURGH — Leslie Dowdle called it. Months before her son Rico entered free agency after running for more than 1,000 yards for Carolina, Leslie Dowdle rang Rico just minutes after the Pittsburgh Steelers announced that Mike McCarthy would replace Mike Tomlin as head coach in ...