Items by Betsy Marston

"Bear with me," he said, and meant it
"Bear with me," he said, and meant it
Mishaps and mayhem from around the West.
I love guns and coffee
I love guns and coffee
Mishaps and mayhem from around the West.
Let’s all fire our machine guns at once!
Let’s all fire our machine guns at once!
Mishaps and mayhem from around the West.
Hikers face assorted hazards, bull elk get revenge on hunters, and more
Mishaps and mayhem from around the West.
Mountain goats, cats, glampers -- that's short for glamorous campers -- and more
Mountain goats, cats, glampers -- that's short for glamorous campers -- and more
Aggressive mountain goats and more oddities from around the West.
What's the nerdiest roadtrip you can think of?
What's the nerdiest roadtrip you can think of?
News of flash floods, radon huffing and more.
River tubing mishaps and more
River tubing mishaps and more
Heard Around the West for August 19, 2013: river rafting mishaps, retraining drug sniffer dogs, and more.
Smokey the Bear gets cuddly
Smokey the Bear gets cuddly
River guide jokes, Smokey the Bear's latest makeover, and more
My solar panel is bigger than yours
And more oddities from Heard Around the West
Shooting yourself in the foot--literally
And more oddities from Heard Around the West
Beavers battle oil and gas spills
And more oddities from Heard Around the West.
Have a ponytail? Watch out for owls!
And more oddities from Heard Around the West
The coming Hairpocalypse
And other oddities from Heard Around the West.
A goat walks into a bar...
And other oddities from Heard Around the West
Billionaires for energy conservation
And more oddities from Heard Around the West
Do spoons make you fat?
And more oddities from Heard Around the West
Football players and other thugs
And more oddities from Heard Around the West.
Scaredy-cats and dogs
And more oddities from Heard Around the West
Bright bears
And more oddities from Heard around the West
Gun gluttony
And more oddities from Heard around the West
Don't eat the yellow snow
And more oddities from Heard around the West
Tonopah, Nev. and its "Fighting Muckers"
And more oddities from Heard around the West
A coyote chorus
Nieman Marcus high end chicken coops
Deer assaults
Reporter assaults too
Pussycat kill kill!
Bird-killers run amok
Western Colorado wingnuts?
Church attendance incentives
China and coal
Too many electric car drivers in Colorado
Zombies and zombees
People are still feeding bears, too
National Park air fresheners
Hipster beards and hallucinating pot growers
Death Valley wins heat contest
Surprising football love in Northern California
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