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Crew works to contain 20-acre Cat Fire in Archuleta County

Firefighters worked to contain a 20-acre fire discovered Sunday afternoon Southern Ute Indian Tribe land just off County Road 500 in Archuleta County. No structures were threatene...

DATE: Jul 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Painstaking care, honor for 19 fallen firefighters

Prescott in silence for men who died in prime of life

DATE: Jul 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Do beetle-killed forests burn faster?

Colorado’s 4.3 million acres of beetle-decimated forests represent a catastrophe in the making during another devastating wildfire season. Or do they? That is the conve...

DATE: Jul 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Weather limits fire on West Fork Complex

The area burned by the three fires northeast of Pagosa Springs known as the West Fork Complex stood at 110,000 acres Friday, with 20 percent containment reported. “There was not m...

DATE: Jul 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Papoose Fire leaves Durango in haze

West Fork Complex at 106,637 acres

DATE: Jul 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Burns, breathing issues killed firefighters

Result of autopsies, done Tuesday, won’t be released for another three months

DATE: Jul 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Regional News

West Fork fires grow; Papoose may intensify

Ash fallout reported in Pagosa Springs

DATE: Jul 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango’s fireworks ready for liftoff

Area around launch will be wet down with foam before show

DATE: Jul 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Containment of blazes up to 7 percent, smoke down

On a relatively slow day, the West Fork Complex fires grew to 94,476 acres Tuesday. “There was low activity,” said Laura McConnell, a spokeswoman for the Rocky Mountain Type 1 Inc...

DATE: Jul 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Stricter fire rules go into effect today

Despite rains, ‘risk is still high’

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Firefighters pause for Ariz. hot-shot victims

Dry weather could hamper containment

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Arizona fire chief called tent shelters a ‘last-ditch effort’

YARNELL, Ariz. – The wildfire that killed 19 firefighters came at the start of Arizona’s monsoon season – a weather phenomenon that brings lightning strikes, gusty winds, dust storms and som...

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World