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Wolf Creek Pass set to reopen

South Fork residents return home; haze expected to linger over Durango

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local smoke may be from N.M.

(12:30 p.m. Thursday) The National Weather Service said today that smoke in the Durango area appears to be coming from fires smoldering in New Mexico, but it is uncertain of the exact origin...

DATE: Jun 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Haze, service assures, is smoke, but no blaze

West Fork Complex remains active; fire danger high today

DATE: Jun 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

West Fork Complex fires

West Fork Complex continues to burn

DATE: Jun 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gallery

Fires close Divide, Colorado trails

(4:30 p.m. Wednesday) – Emergency closures in place due to the West Fork Complex currently affect long sections of the Colorado Trail and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, the Fo...

DATE: Jun 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Crews focus on homes

West Fork blazes keep Wolf Creek Pass closed for 7th day

DATE: Jun 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Officials to ‘do what we can’ to open Hwy. 160

DEL NORTE (Tuesday 11:45 a.m.) – Fire and law enforcement officials on both sides of the Continental Divide plan to meet today to discuss the possibility of reopening Wolf Creek Pass. ...

DATE: Jun 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gentler winds help fight

Blaze now is nation’s highest wildfire priority

DATE: Jun 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Heavy rain or other weather needed at West Fork fire

DEL NORTE (AP) – Tourists and business owners forced to flee a popular summer retreat in the southwestern Colorado mountains resigned themselves to a long wait as fire officials declined to ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango, Pagosa: ‘Still open for business’

The wildfires have made Scott Fehrenbacher anxious about his summer vacations plans. The Phoenix man would like to go to a Colorado Rockies game in Denver next week and then drive...

DATE: Jun 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News