Unlike big-city bankers, Stan Wilmoth didn't make lots of dumb loans during the boom. After the crash, he accepted not a dime of taxpayer money for his bank. His salary is "substantially less" than the $1 million the former head of Merrill Lynch spent remodeling his office, he says. He credits his grandfather, a Protestant minister, with giving him "moral fiber." ...more

December 29, 2009

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — A Nevada couple letting their SUV's navigation system guide them through the high desert of Eastern Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road. ...more

December 28, 2009

For those wondering about Jennifer Frances' book tour around the country, she's doing fine. ...more

July 8, 2009

In 1964 I was commissioned a second lieutenant and navigator in the U.S. Air Force. I was assigned to the Strategic Air Command, and my first training assignment was to the Arctic Survival Escape & Evasion School at Stead AFB, Reno, Nev. ...more

May 14, 2009

On a quiet road in Dover, in the middle of 21/2 acres with a lake out back, 54-year-old Merle McAlpin puts the finishing touches on another batch of elegant walking canes. It is a pastoral scene. ...more

March 11, 2009

Yet another snowstorm pummeled parts of the West, snarling holiday traffic and briefly darkening lights on Christmas trees, and freezing rain covered some Midwest highways with a dangerous sheet of ice. ...more

December 26, 2008

Utah is BCS bound once again. Brian Johnson passed for 303 and four touchdowns and the eighth-ranked Utes completed a perfect regular season by beating No. 16 BYU 48-24 Saturday, winning the heated state rivalry and taking the undisputed Mountain West Conference title away from the two-time defending champion Cougars (10-2, 6-2). ...more

November 23, 2008

A Clearwater airport equipment manufacturer is providing runway testing equipment to support operations of Air Force 1, air defense alert, and myriad other flight activities at Andrews Air Force Base just outside Washington, D.C. ...more

October 9, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama outspent Republican John McCain by more than 3-1 on TV advertisements in Florida last week, with Tampa representing his second-busiest target market for ads nationally, a study shows. ...more

October 9, 2008

A Nevada lawyer who has helped arrange Hulk Hogan's media appearances was allowed by a judge Monday to assist with Hogan's impending divorce from Linda Bollea. ...more

September 9, 2008