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Today Snow this evening will diminish to a few snow showers late. Low 27F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 90%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches.. Tonight Snow this evening will diminish to a few snow showers late. Low 27F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 90%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches. Updated: April 15, 2021 @ 4:22 pm Getty Images Courtesy of Fred Mosqueda Courtesy of Fred Mosqueda

Water lily at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge. Photo by David Small While I don’t mind a little walk from a parking lot to take photos and enjoy the breathtaking views, I am not someone you would consider an “avid hiker.” I think the last mountains I climbed were Mount Blue, close to 35 years ago (I remember coming down the mountain and putting a hole in the toe of my shoe) and Bradbury Mountain with my church youth group in the 1980s. I have been the webmaster at the Natural Resources Council of Maine for more than 20 years. During that time, I have had the opportunity to share hundreds of bea...

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names has received four proposals to change the name of Mount Evans, the 14,265-foot peak that honors John Evans, Colorado’s second territorial governor — and the man who created the climate that made the Sand Creek Massacre possible, according to an investigation of his actions by the University of Denver, which Evans founded in 1864. At dawn on November 29 of that year, approximately 675 U.S. volunteer soldiers commanded by Colonel John M. Chivington attacked a peaceful village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians camped along Sand Creek; about 200 were killed,...

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Too much of a good thing? Analysts of higher-education trends are predicting that the aftermath of COVID-19 may bring the closure of hundreds of colleges, perhaps 10 to 20% of our 4,200 or so colleges. Read Article National trends often start on the coasts and move inland. Craft brewing first got big in Oregon, Maine and Vermont. Now it’s everywhere, and Maine is a major craft-beer state. Another trend may have started in Vermont but hasn’t spread much, though it well might. And maybe it should. In the past two years, four colleges in Vermont have closed and tw...