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A bird! A plane! It’s Ron LeBlanc!

City dresses officials as comic superheroes

Soldiers to suds

Iraq veterans join craft beer biz craze

Calif. city looks to seize loans to help homeowners

Mayor, activists want to use eminent domain

Can’t see the forest for the homes

When wildfire comes to town, home values trump forest values

July DUI’s/DWAI’s

DUI Convictions These are convictions made in July 2013 for driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08…

Local Boy Scout Troop 501 celebrates its 75th birthday

World changes, but life’s virtues remain bedrock of group

Silicon Valley keenly awaits latest Lego robot kit

Will Gorman demonstrates a Track3r Lego Mindstorms robotic unit.Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. – Few are more excited…

Suspects face judge in alleged plot to kill Las Vegas police

Devon Campbell Newman, shown, and Allen Brutsche, were arrested in Las Vegas. They planned to kill police officers in an…

Wind pushes Sierra inferno

Blaze imperils mountain towns, S.F.’s power, water

‘Hyperloop’ gains attention

Tesla founder proposes plans for Calif. public transportation

U.S. overhauls Native American tribe-recognition process

Alan Russell, chairman of the Schaghticoke tribe, walks in the burial ground on tribal land in Kent, Conn. Rusell is…

Syria OKs UN chemical weapons investigation

White House official: ‘Too late to be credible’

Pilots’ focus is under scrutiny

Automated flight controls in airline cockpits have become so reliable that safety experts say pilots could become inattentive to rare…

’13 calmest for tornadoes since 2002

The United States is seeing its quietest year for tornadoes in more than a decade. Of course, for the victims…

Bee mites threaten keeper’s supply

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Dennis Arp downshifts his aging flatbed truck and slows to a crawl as he points across a…

Duo bets on apple cider in town known for beer

Matt Fater picks apples in a backyard for Branch Out Cider in Fort Collins. Fater and Aaron Fodge last year…

Tour de Farms bicyclists hit the road

During Tour de Farms, Colorado State University Extension Agent and horticulturist Darrin Parmenter shows a variety of peppers from his…

Firefighters see changing climate

No doubt about it, firefighters say. It’s getting hotter. Wildland firefighters usually cite three main reasons for the recent increase…

Losing the war on wildfire

National attitude toward fire creates indefensible space

Rangers tread tricky path when deciding to let fires burn

Every time a lightning storm rumbles through a forest, the rangers in charge have to decide how to handle the…

More armed security at schools after Newtown

Dara Van Antwerp, school resource officer at Panther Run Elementary School in Pembroke Pines, Fla., walks the hallways of the…

Colo. adds alternate drug for executions

DENVER – Colorado’s instructions for putting prisoners to death by lethal injection have been revised to include an alternate drug,…

Suds with buds

Local fire authority touts consolidation ballot measures

The Durango Fire & Rescue Authority said consolidating the district would eliminate redundancy and allow for long-term planning – something…