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Helicopter with 5 Marines aboard goes missing over California
The Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 were flying a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from southern Nevada to San Diego.
Festivals in Nevada towns near ‘Storm Area 51’ event get final OK
The plan adopted by the commission involves a music festival for 5,000 people in tiny Hiko, and projections by Connie West, owner of the Little A'le'Inn motel in Rachel for as many as 10,000 people camping on her property for another event in the town closest to Area 51.
Rural Nevada not equipped for big ‘storm Area 51’ turnout
At first, the co-owner of the quirky alien-themed motel down a Nevada highway from the mysterious Area 51 site didn’t take a posting for a prank Facebook event too seriously.
Search scaled back for Marine lieutenant missing in Sierra Nevada mountain range
The search for Lt. Matthew Kraft has been scaled back to a limited continuous search.
By Shawn Snow
Avalanches reported in area where missing Marine lieutenant was believed to be hiking
Lt. Kraft is an experienced hiker who graduated from Infantry Officer Course and Winter Mountain Leaders Course.
By Shawn Snow
Marine lieutenant missing after backcountry hike and ski trip in Sierra Nevada mountain range
The Sierra High Route is a nearly 195-mile trail that cuts through the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.
By Shawn Snow
Marine Corps steps up winter-warfare training as global threat shifts
Hunkered down behind a wall of snow, two U.S. Marines melt slush to make drinking water after spending the night digging out a defensive position high in the Sierra Nevada. Their laminated targeting map is wedged into the ice just below the machine gun.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press