Brooke Baitinger

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The body of a missing boater was recovered from a Colorado reservoir after a three-day search, wildlife officials said. “Difficult weather conditions, strong winds and dense vegetation made the three-day search challenging” for the several agencies and dive teams involved in the search, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in an April 14 news release.

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Authorities are searching for a couple who spray-painted their initials inside a heart on a rock in a Colorado national forest, officials said. “This is really frustrating,” Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 14 post on Facebook. “There are many ways to express love. Spray painting a rock at beautiful St. Mary’s Glacier in the Arapaho National Forest is NOT one of them.”A photo shows the bright red graffiti on a rock at the edge of a frozen lake.

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Brooke Baitinger

A man bought a one-day pass to a southern Utah state park — then vanished, officials said. Neal Mower, a man in his 60s from Ivins, bought the day pass to Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park about 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 10, the Kane County Utah Sheriff’s Office said in an April 14 post on Facebook. Three days later, campers in the area realized that while they had seen his vehicle there, they hadn’t seen him, the department said.

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A hiker was injured by falling about 30 feet into a drainage area in Zion National Park, rescuers said. At about 7 p.m. Sunday, April 13, Hurricane Valley Fire & Rescue was called to help park rangers rescue the fallen hiker from the Pine Creek drainage area, the agency said in an April 14 post on Facebook. They were in stable condition but had suffered multiple injuries, the agency said. The agency did not elaborate on the hiker’s injuries.

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Brooke Baitinger

A hiker fell down a canyon wall in Utah and got his leg wedged — leaving him hanging upside down for more than three hours as rescuers tried to free him, authorities said. The 32-year-old man was hiking near the “Lizard Head Wall” in Little Cottonwood Canyon with friends when he stumbled and fell a bit down the canyon, getting his leg wedged into the wall on his way down, Detective Arlan Bennett with the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office told McClatchy News over the phone on Monday, April 14.