Air Quality

Durango a great college town

Durango has received yet another accolade. The 2015 Niche Rankings have named Durango No. 4 on the Best College Towns in America list. The title means the town needs to be home to...

DATE: Jun 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Talk about Town

Longing for Snowdown?

It’s the official start of summer, and most Durangoans are thinking about golf, picnics and lazing in the hammock. But for the organizers of Snowdown, who start working on the next year shor...

DATE: Jun 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Talk about Town

Wildfire contained in Durango Hills

Blaze started with vehicle fire

DATE: Jun 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado is ready for ‘Zombie Apocalypse’

Blog ranks our state second-least likely in couch potatoes

DATE: Jun 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Haze from California fires

Air currents bringing it our way

DATE: Jun 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rollover leads to an arrest

Driver arrested for under the influence in rollover

DATE: Jun 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Methane blob goes under microscope

Study probes cloud over region’s skies

DATE: Apr 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Grants to help area students study local air pollution

Two local groups will work with researchers over the next year to monitor pollution and spread awareness about new air-quality regulations. Their work will be made possible thanks...

DATE: Feb 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sierra Club says Colo. voters want action on climate change

69% want Gardner to support move in this direction

DATE: Nov 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ahh ... fresh mountain air ... or is it?

Researchers surprised by ozone levels

DATE: Aug 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah fires bring haze to Western Slope skies

The U.S. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center reports that smoke in western Colorado is drifting in from numerous wildfires in Utah and the Pacific Northwest. ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Crews make slight progress in battling Navajo fire

ALBUQUERQUE – Firefighters have made some progress in containing a wildfire on the Navajo Nation that has consumed more than 21 square miles, including grazing lands that tribal livestock ow...

DATE: Jun 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

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