There really isn't a whole lot to say about the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico—except that it doesn't appear to have any fear of radiation.

Shasta Lake provides recreation, irrigation and power for a large chunk of California—and if it doesn't start raining a lot very soon it looks like a lot of Californians are going to have to make some rather harsh lifestyle changes.

The family of the late, great Waylon Jennings is putting a whole bunch of his stuff up for auction next month in Phoenix—and you'll probably want to take out another mortgage or two for this one because among the items up for bid will be Buddy Holly's goddamn motorcycle.

When Colorado and Washington State voters legalized marijuana in 2012, cannabis enthusiasts from across the nation were thrilled by the prospect of easy access to hassle-free weed–just hop on a flight to Denver or Seattle, cruise on into a safe and legal pot retailer and walk out with enough high-grade marijuana to keep you more or less permanently stoned.

The biggest day in the life of any child is that very first day of school, where they leave their parent's side for the first time and enter the big, sometimes scary world on their own. It's a next step in their evolution into an identity separate from their parents. It's the day when they finally become big boys or big girls, forever.

A couple of dudes armed with a hockey stick tried to get a pair of shoes off a high-tension electric line in Jackson, Wyoming, over the weekend–with unshockingly shocking results.

Firefighters battling a fast-moving wildfire in western Montana made a miraculous rescue last week, saving a pair of adorable newborn mountain lions trapped under a burning log.

It might be a good time for the homeless, or teenagers, or Latinos, or African-Americans, or…actually, shit, pretty much everybody in Albuquerque to get out of town because about 500 cops from across the nation and beyond are set to descend on New Mexico's largest city to play with their guns.

Authorities say that a Centennial, Wyoming, pastor was shot and seriously wounded with his own gun after he allegedly interrupted a burglar at his rural church—which is a bit of a puzzler as authorities say they have yet to find evidence of any break-in at all.

If the GOP wanted to show just how attuned they are to the hopes, dreams and concerns of Colorado's electorate, perhaps they could have started by using pictures of the right goddamn state for a change.

Two happy young people, enjoying a nice afternoon at a state fair, decide to take a ride on a carnival ride that sends them high into the air and leaves them hanging upside down.

Terror struck a peaceful southern Oregon hemp expo last weekend, as an agitated, naked hulk wreaked havoc across the festival grounds—smashing cars, scaring event-goers and picking fights with state police.

Forty years after she shot and killed her husband and dumped his body in an abandoned gold mine, Alice Uden is going to jail.

Republicans and Democrats in the Oregon legislature are set to square off to see who has the strongest—yet most loving—hands when it comes to goats.

Authorities in Arizona say that a 9-year-old girl accidentally shot her shooting instructor in the head at a shooting range on Monday.

A New Mexico woman who came down with flu-like symptoms after returning home from West Africa has tested negative for the Ebola virus, health officials announced on Thursday.

Gymnast Dylan Schuetz's life depended on him sticking the landing, which he did—more or less, anyway...

The history of law enforcement in New Mexico—dating back to the days of the Wild West, if not earlier—is littered with the names of men who, in a just society, would have been run out of the state on a rail instead of given a badge and a gun.

In a new report that's sure to eventually set your Facebook feed all aflutter with fresh volcanically-charged paranoia, scientists say that the risk for damaging earthquakes in the Yellowstone region is greater than originally thought.

Owls are one of nature's pure killing machines—and in Idaho they are apparently learning how to open doors and gorge themselves on mankind's innocent and beloved pets.