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This article was originally published by High Country News.On a hot, dry August day in 2002, air tankers swooped over a small wildfire south of Bend, Oregon. The Forest Service hoped to suppress the flames by dropping at least 1,000 pounds of fire retardant on and around the fire—but the pilots missed. Instead, the red liquid cascaded into the nearby Fall River, a tributary of the Deschutes. Soon after, at least 22,000 trout died—virtually all the fish living in a six-mile stretch.Retardant contains ammonium phosphate, which is highly toxic to fish. In the years following the accident, Forest Service Employees...

Peak to Peak sophomore Sydney Lewis powered through a pair of three-set victories over her final two rounds at the Class 3A state tournament in Colorado Springs, winning one of three state titles for the Pumas Saturday. Lewis bounced back from an opening-set loss to beat Colorado Academy senior Katherine Pulido in the No. 2 singles finals. Peak to Peak’s 1-doubles pairing of Sydney Parkinson and Ranye Ezenekwe and 3-dubs team of Rorie West and Josie Adams followed suit, also winning their championship matches in three sets. “I knew we had a really good team from Day 1,” Pumas coach...

By Brian Wish Colleen O’Brien is an accomplished marketing executive with over a decade of experience leading strategic internal and external communications for companies of all sizes—from Fortune 500 corporations to early-stage startups. Currently, she is the chief communications officer for high-end clothing rental startup Armoire. Previously, Colleen led brand marketing, content creation, and communications strategy for Microsoft’s venture fund M12, which invests globally in early-stage enterprise software companies.  Prior to joining M12, Colleen held several marketing and communications roles across Microsoft, and led product marketing initiatives for Windows and Office, driving growth, engagement, and partnerships globally. Colleen produced and...

With networking and communication happening almost exclusively online, the way you present yourself digitally has a huge impact on how people perceive you, which can ultimately determine your success. That’s why it’s important to take every opportunity to showcase yourself and your brand through each digital touchpoint – including email signatures. Not only do email signatures serve as digital business cards, but they can also be used to promote your personal brand and help you stand out from the crowd. It’s estimated there are more than 347 billion emails sent and received every single day, so it pays to make...

E. Jean Carroll is considering filing a third defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, after he called her allegation of sexual assault "fake" and a "made-up story" during a CNN town hall on Wednesday, her lawyer told The New York Times on Thursday. On Tuesday, a federal jury in Manhattan found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll, a former Elle columnist, in the 1990s and defaming her when he wrote on his Truth Social platform that her case was "a complete con job" and "a Hoax and a lie." The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. Carroll has another...