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Cyclists take a break on Glacier National Parks Going-To-The Sun road. Millions of people will flock to Montanas Glacier National Park this summer after last years pandemic-caused tourism skid, and they will once more be able sightsee and camp nearby on the recently reopened Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The tourists return is a relief to the owners of the restaurants, campgrounds and hotels forced to shut down last summer when Blackfeet tribal leaders closed the roads leading to the eastern si...

Submitted by paula on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 8:09am SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Prosperity Center (TPC) was dismissed, with prejudice, from the lawsuit brought against the nonprofit, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), Verizon and others to stop a cell tower from being added in South Lake Tahoe. Plaintiffs Monica Eisenstecken, Ben Lebovitz of Tahoe Stewards LLC, Robert M. Aaron of Tahoe for Safer Tech, and the Wyoming-based Environmental Health Trust had filed the lawsuit a...

Blackfeet Nation reopens after strict pandemic closures NORA MABIE, Great Falls Tribune April 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Ann Magee, left, manages the Junction Cafe in Browning, Mont. She says that business has been good since the tribal councils decision to reopen the reservation. She says that despite the reopening, ownership and employees are still in favor of take-out service only for the time being. (Rion Sanders/The Great Falls Tribune via AP)Rion Sanders/APShow MoreS...

Montana Public Radio A photo from June 06, 2020 show the closed St. Mary entrance into Glacier National Park, which borders the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The Blackfeet Nation has maintained travel closures longer than Glacier Park or the state of Montana. A full year into the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses on or near the Blackfeet Indian Reservation are waiting to hear if the east gates of Glacier National Park will reopen. MTPR’s Aaron Bolton reports on how the Blackfeet Tribe is navigat...

  Local Enterprise Week is going virtual this year with a full programme of online events designed to help Donegal businesses spring back into action. Kicking off on Monday, the week-long series of events is collaboration between Local Enterprise Office Donegal and its partners. Spring Back is the theme for the week, which runs until Friday, 5th March. Michael Tunney, Head of Enterprise Donegal says theres no question that this past year has been one of the toughest times for business, so the...

Tributes for County Kildare man who died in Kenya Rest In Peace );  ); Tributes have flowed in for a County Kildare man who died while climbing in Kenya last week. Piers White, originally from Blackhall Castle, Calverstown, was climbing when he fell victim to altitude sickness. The 40 year old was rescued from the Mount Kenya mountain and taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead on Thursday, The Irish Times reported. Mr White was commercial director of Mondello Park, the Co Kildar...

Irish climber who died in Africa named as charity run founder Piers White Tributes paid to ‘Run in the Dark’ organiser and Mondello Park commercial director Sun, Jan 31, 2021, 11:02   Tributes have been paid to Piers White, the Irishman who died while climbing in Africa last Thursday. His family said the 40-year-old died of altitude sickness. The Kenyan Wildlife Service said a rescue team airlifted a man from a stopover hut on Mount Kenya, the highest mountain in Kenya and the second high...