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Colorado Springs enacts fire ban after series of fires

COLORADO SPRINGS – Colorado Springs is enacting a fire ban after a series of fires have spread quickly in hot and dry conditions, including a fatal one caused by smoking. Under the ban takin...

DATE: May 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ute Pass Fire northeast of Durango is 80% contained

Pre-evacuation alert lifted for residents of the Ute Pass subdivision

DATE: May 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico governor seeks more US aid for wildfire response

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s governor is asking for additional federal assistance to respond to wildfires burning across the state’s north, including one that is the second-largest in the state’s...

DATE: May 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Ute Pass Fire forces residents to flee homes northeast of Durango

Blaze is estimated to be 20-30 acres; evacuations lifted Friday night

DATE: May 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

100 bills debated at the Colorado Legislature this year that you should know about

Roughly 650 pieces of legislation were introduced this year at the Capitol

DATE: May 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Democrats abandon pursuit of wildfire building code as Colorado legislative session ends

Dozens of pending bills are held up by Republican stall tactics on last day of session

DATE: May 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Spring winds reach 56 mph in Durango, last longer than usual

Red flag warning triggers burn ban in La Plata County

DATE: May 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Artificial intelligence tapped to fight Western wildfires

Lockheed Martin Space is working to generate on-the-ground conditions more quickly to predict a fire’s path

DATE: May 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

As drought and wind plague Southwest Colorado, one family finds too much water

Creeks and rivers are rising fast from snowmelt, creating hazardous conditions

DATE: May 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fire-ravaged New Mexico villages cling to faith, ‘querencia’

Eileen Celestina Garcia raced down the mountain that overlooks her parents’ ranch home in northern New Mexico where friends and family have gathered for decades and where she has sat countl...

DATE: May 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico