#american-west

#american-west

The Big Melt is finally underway in the Sierra Nevada range, and soon there will be few wild places beyond the reach of water sounds: dripping, gurgling and roaring as runoff flows from lofty peaks to sage plains below.But the whiplash change from extreme drought to epic snowpack is having very different consequences for a variety of species.

The horse is symbolic of the American West, but when and how domesticated horses first reached the region has long been a matter of historical debate.A new analysis of horse bones gathered from museums across the Great Plains and northern Rockies has revealed that horses were present in the grasslands by the early 1600s, earlier than many written histories suggest.

Human remains discovered in Lake Mead in October have been identified as a 39-year-old man who is believed to have drowned in the reservoir nearly five decades ago, officials announced Tuesday.Medical examiners determined the remains belong to Donald Smith, a Las Vegas resident who reportedly drowned in April 1974, the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner said in a release.

Zelda is back!Should you care?The answer is yes.There's just been a brand new and very detailed trailer for The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom, which arrives on the Nintendo Switch on May 12th, 2023.But, since Zelda games have been coming out since 1986, why does this one suddenly matter?Is the buzz on the newest Zelda game real?

THE FAREWELL TOUR, by Stephanie Clifford The Farewell Tour, by Stephanie Clifford, is the story of Lillian Waters, a fictional country music singer in the vein of Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn.I loved Clifford's debut novel, Everybody Rise, a vibrant explosion of a book set among graduates of elite prep schools in 2006 Manhattan, so I was eager to follow Clifford into the world of what one character calls hillbilly music.

The new Amazon series The English bears all the external signs of the classic westerns of yore, with scenes that could have been pulled straight from a 1950s Technicolor epic.There are horseback riders silhouetted against retina-singeing vistas, desolate outposts appearing like sunbaked hallucinations, and low-angle shots that magnify people into mythic figures.

Oregon's statewide mask mandate  has been lifted, venues may have their own health guidelines in place.We advise directly checking the specific protocols for an event before heading out.LIVE MUSIC
Eight-string shredmeister Tosin Abasi started DC new age-y prog-metal band Animals as Leaders as a solo venture before recruiting a couple of like-minded noodlers to expand the band's sound.