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Farmers, ranchers can apply for loans Farmers and ranchers in La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel and Archuleta counties may be eligible for low-interest emergency loans to h...

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Wind turbines to rise off Ore. coast

PORTLAND, Ore. – A Seattle company is being given the green light to develop plans to build the West Coast’s first offshore wind energy farm – five floating turbines off Oregon’s Coos Bay, f...

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Bears, eagles and owls: How are they faring?

BILLINGS, Mont. – The U.S. government has spent billions of dollars trying to save more than 1,500 animal and plant species listed as endangered or threatened. A group of House Re...

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Climate hubs to help rural residents

Obama administration says farmers hurt

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Tapping sun’s power

Solarize La Plata begins panel project in Bayfield

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Mexican gray wolf population growing

Numbers have doubled since 2009 in Southwest

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Gene-silencing pesticides raise fears, hopes

Scientists and biotechnology companies are developing what could become the next powerful weapon in the war on pests – one that harnesses a Nobel Prize-winning discovery to kill insects and ...

DATE: Jan 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Florida’s mangroves marching north

Warmer world helps tropical tree grow its presence

DATE: Jan 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Monarch butterfly migration could stop

Genetically modified crops, urban sprawl may be to blame

DATE: Jan 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Broomfield residents asked to harass coyotes

Study in Colorado aiming to reduce conflict with humans

DATE: Jan 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Oh, winter, where are you?

Ranchers’ profits dry up, along with soil; hikers disturb wildlife

DATE: Jan 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

China soils skies in U.S.

Pollution travels across the ocean

DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

About a dozen cutbow trout thrown from a Colorado Parks and Wildlife truck

Durango High School baseball defeats Montrose 8-4 on Saturday

Photos: Senior day for Durango High School boys lacrosseDHS boys lacrosse defeats Montrose High School 17-7

DHS boys lacrosse defeats Montrose High School 17-7

Photos/video: Galloping alongThe Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose No.5

The Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose No.5

Photos: It’s all about sportsmanship at annual Bowker Games

Play ball: Demons in action at homeDurango High School baseball wins over Montezuma-Cortez on Tuesday

Durango High School baseball wins over Montezuma-Cortez on Tuesday

Photos: Hands Off! RallyAbout 1,000 people participate on Saturday in the Hands Off! Rally in Durango

About 1,000 people participate on Saturday in the Hands Off! Rally in Durango

Photos: Hadestown Durango High School Troupe 1096 rehearse Hadestown Teen Edition

Durango High School Troupe 1096 rehearse Hadestown Teen Edition

DHS lost to Grand Junction High School 10-4 on Friday afternoon