Wildfire - The Durango Herald

Radio system troubles top safety issues, Roberts says

Firefighters sometimes need 2 or 3 communicators

DATE: Sep 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Full return may be centuries away

WOLF CREEK PASS – To anyone who could have withstood the thousand-degree heat on June 20, a ravine above the Big Meadows Campground would have been a blur of orange, yellow and red as the We...

DATE: Aug 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Standing up, backing down

Safety concerns prevent fast attack on two Southwest Colorado blazes

DATE: Aug 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

West Fork fires caught in time-lapse video

While residents of southwest Colorado dealt with road closures and smoke from the West Fork fires complex, Mesquite, Texas cinematographer Matt Johnson captured the fires with time-lapse pho...

DATE: Aug 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

In the West, an unkind budget cut for overgrown forests

Lack of funding makes strange bedfellows in U.S. Congress

DATE: Aug 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

All West Fork Fire-related closures are lifted

But some areas may still be dangerous

DATE: Aug 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lessons in the debris

Big Front Range fires show the benefits, limits of forest thinning

DATE: Aug 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mandated statewide fire code proves controversial

DENVER – Several members of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration are pushing for a statewide code to require homeowners in wildfire-prone areas to create defensible space around their hou...

DATE: Aug 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Can't see the forest for the homes

When wildfire comes to town, home values trump forest values

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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 in large, costly fires. In addit...

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Losing the war on wildfire

National attitude toward fire creates indefensible space

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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 multitude of little fires that start: Smother them quickly, or let them burn out...

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.