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Bi-lingual Sweetheart to the Rescue at Gate A-4
Wandering around the Albuquerque Airport Terminal, after learning my flight had been detained four hours, I heard an announcement: “If anyone in the vicinity...
Gardeners Team Up to Grow 60,000 Pounds of Produce for New Mexico Food Pantries
In 2008 Leslie Davis suggested to her mother, a Master Gardener in New Mexico, that in addition to cultivating flowers for worthy causes, she...
Endangered Green Sea Turtles Make Comeback
In one of nature's best comeback stories, endangered green sea turtles have multiplied in Florida during the past two decades and are now thriving...
United Airlines Holds Plane So Passenger Can Say Goodbye To Dying Mother
Kerry Drake needed to get to Lubbock, Texas, and fast. His mother was dying, so he booked the next flight from San Francisco. “I...
Tucson Kindness Project Hangs 1000 Bells Around Newtown, In Solidarity With Shooting Victims
A project that hangs small wind chimes with bells is becoming a healing remedy for grieving communities following tragic mass shootings.
An Arizona mom in...
Bringing Civility to Congress on GNN’s 15th Anniversary: Good News Goes to Washington!
"Can't they all just get along?" was the cry going out from a chartered yacht on Sept. 9, 2012, sailing up the Potomac River...
“Good News Goes to Washington” (on an 85-foot yacht)
To counter the barrage of negative campaigning in 2012, "Good News Goes to Washington"
An 85-foot yacht has been chartered to sail up the Potomac,...
Happstr, the App That Finds Your Happy Place … Literally
Looking for happiness? Now there’s a map for that.
Mobile web app Happstr lets users mark the locations at which they’re happy on a map...
Rare Wild Giraffe Population Makes a Comeback
The last West African giraffe population living in the wilds of southwestern Niger is making a comeback with numbers reaching 310 last year, up...
Georgia Farmers Set Out to Bring Back Homegrown Olive Oil to the US
Georgia may be best known for peaches and peanuts. But olives were once a homegrown commodity along the state’s 100-mile coast. They were introduced...
7 Leading US Airlines to Use BioMass Fuel Made From Waste in California
Seven of the leading U.S. airlines announced this week they've signed up to purchase jet fuel made from recycled urban and agricultural waste to...
Startup Airlines Seek to Offer ‘A Better Way’
Everybody talks about the deplorable state of air travel, but some airline startups are hoping do something about it.
At 90 years old, Ted Vallas...
US Plucks Tiny Daisy from Brink of Extinction
The tiny Maguire daisy, which grows in the desert southwest of the United States, has been plucked from the edge of extinction after a...
Thriving Coral Reefs Discovered in Puerto Rico
With the overall health of Puerto Rico's shallow coral reefs in decline, the recent discovery of abundant reef fish farther out brings hope that...
Pilot Refuses to Depart Until Funeral-bound Man Delayed by Security Can Board
A man stuck in airport security gridlock was finally able to say farewell to his murdered grandson after a Southwest Airline pilot refused to...
US Aid Worker Released After 105 Days in Darfur
A Christian relief organization says its aid worker kidnapped in May in Sudan's Darfur region was freed Monday. Samaritan’s Purse relief worker Flavia Wagner...
Schools Turn to Solar and Wind for Energy Savings and Profit
While three Illinois school districts have formed the School Wind Consortium to provide power and generate income, one California elementary school joins a growing...
Football Player Overcomes Darn Near Everything to Sign Pro Contract
Over the years, a lot of hopeful rookies have overcome many hardships to earn a crack at a National Football League roster spot. I'm...
Airline Service and Performance Improves; One of Best Years Ever
Airlines with fewer flights and fewer passengers have translated into better performance for the customer. For the second consecutive year, the performance of...
First Ted Turner Backed Solar Project Slated For New Mexico
Media mogul and long-time environmentalist Ted Turner is making good on his intentions to invest in a large-scale solar utility project in the Southwest...