Backcountry mail pilot helps preserve a way of life

Last backcountry, air-mail route wins 11th hour reprieve from government axe

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

FRANK CHURCH-RIVER OF NO RETURN WILDERNESS, Idaho—In the small airport lounge, his former wife and business partner rattles off the weather report and frowns as a surge of wind blows open the door and invites in the morning chill.

Ray Arnold slumps in a chair holding the side of his mouth...