Alturas

"Alturas") (TSX VENTURE: ALT) (BVLAC: ALT) is pleased to announce that it has now increased its share in the Huajoto Polymetallic Project in southern Peru to 100%.

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

VARNEY: Still, Miller says the one thing voters here hate more than taxes is the thought of being stranded in Alturas or on a ranch with no ambulance service and no place to spend the night when felled by pneumonia or a hip fracture.

In Rural Calif., A Debate On How To Save A Hospital 2010

But it's no exaggeration to say that the county hospital in Alturas, even with its limited services, is a lifeline to the people who live here.

In Rural Calif., A Debate On How To Save A Hospital 2010

(Soundbite of door) VARNEY: Doug Knox retired with his wife to a small ranch outside of Alturas.

In Rural Calif., A Debate On How To Save A Hospital 2010

The hospital in Alturas, though, is not just a lifeline, it's an economic engine, even if it is just sputtering along.

In Rural Calif., A Debate On How To Save A Hospital 2010

In 1876, the town was renamed Alturas, which means "The Heights" in Spanish.

Steve Anderson: Bush's War: A Small Town, 3000 People, All Dead 2008

A reasonable guess would be that by today, the population of Alturas might be 3000 souls.

Steve Anderson: Bush's War: A Small Town, 3000 People, All Dead 2008

George W. Bush's Iraq war has killed every resident of the town of Alturas.

Steve Anderson: Bush's War: A Small Town, 3000 People, All Dead 2008

Eastern Cuba shows strong plant relations with Hispaniola and like western Cuba Occidental is rich in strict endemisms and in centers of local endemism, particularly Moa-Toa, followed by the Alturas del Pico Turquino, the Nipe plateau, and the Sierra Cristal.

Cuban moist forests 2008

Alturas is the seat, and only incorporated city, in Modoc County.

Steve Anderson: Bush's War: A Small Town, 3000 People, All Dead 2008