In the desiccated climate of New Mexico's San Juan Basin, a land of red sandstone mesas peppered with pinon trees, water is so precious that Navajo tradition regards it as a living .
Speaking of the eight deaths on the Navajo Reservation, Presbyterian Missionary Harold Borhauer, 45, said: "I bury more than that at the opening of the pinon season"the .
The main sanctuary, fashioned from brown adobe and perched on a small hill, is warmed by burning pinon and scented by freshly baked bread.
Pinon Hills woman rescued from aqueduct A passing motorist rescued a 62-year-old woman who had fallen into the California Aqueduct in Pinon Hills on Tuesday.
June 12, 2013 - San Bernardino Sun
Man saves woman from drowning in aqueduct PINON HILLS A 62-year-old Pinon Hills woman was saved from drowning in the California Aqueduct after a passing motorist pulled her from the water Tuesday afternoon, San Bernardino County Fire Department officials said. At approximately 3 p.m., a local man spotted the woman in the aqueduct near...
June 12, 2013 - Victorville Daily Press