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Woman Fined $6,000 After Improper Food Storage in Grand Teton NP, WY Attracted Bear

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Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that Belinda J. Arvidson, 50, of  Idaho was ordered to pay $5,826.99 in restitution for improper food storage, a misdemeanor offense, in Grand Teton National Park, WY. The sentence was handed down by United States Magistrate Judge Mark L. Carman in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, on July 20, 2021. Arvisdon will also […]

SnowBrains | July 26, 2021
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American Man Facing $750,000 Fine and/or 6-Months in Jail for Crossing Canadian Border

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An American man who allegedly violated a quarantine order in the Alberta Rockies is facing a fine of $750,000, or six months in jail. Related: Canada’s COVID-19 Border Closure is Being Violated By Americans John Pennington, 40, of Kentucky, was given a $1,200 ticket on June 25 after staff at the Banff hotel he was staying at called the RCMP […]

SnowBrains | August 21, 2020
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Riverside County, CA Will Fine Residents $1,000 for NOT Wearing a Mask Outdoors

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Residents in Riverside County, CA could face a fine of $1,000 per violation per day if they don’t abide by the mandate to wear a face mask while outdoors. The county has had 1,016 confirmed cases and 28 deaths so far. Related: San Diego County, CA First in the Country to Order Mandatory Wearing of Masks “While more and more Riverside […]

SnowBrains | April 9, 2020
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Californian Men Arrested for Skiing in Closed Area at Aspen, CO Just 90-Mins Before Avalanche Killed Man in Same Area

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Three men were lucky they were caught and escaped with just a fine when Snowmass Village police arrested them on Sunday for skiing in an area that was closed due to avalanche danger. Just an hour and a half later a Mountain Rescue Aspen volunteer died in an avalanche in the same area, reports the Aspen Times. A ski patroller […]

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SnowBrains | April 13, 2018
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Kirkwood Mountain Resort Fined $750k for Contaminating Nearby Creek and Wetland

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Kirkwood Mountain Resort was fined $754,732 this July for contamination to a nearby creek reported last spring, reports the Tahoe Daily Tribune. During routine snow removal on an unpaved parking lot during the 2015/16 ski season, asphalt grindings found their way into the snow and then made their way to the sensitive wetlands around nearby Kirkwood Creek. The investigation began […]

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Steven Agar | September 25, 2017
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Wolf Creek, CO Fined $14,000 for Avalanche Death of Ski Patroller & 5 Criminal Charges Filed Against Owner

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Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO has been fined $14,000 by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the death of on-duty ski patroller, Colin Sutton. That on-duty ski patroller died in an avalanche in March 2014 while studying snowpack outside the ski area’s boundary. OSHA claims […]

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SnowBrains | September 21, 2014
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