Rainbow Gathering planned in Colorado sparks fire concerns

DENVER (AP) – The Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes plans to return to Colorado this summer to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The weekslong confab that draws tens of thousands of hippie campe...

DATE: Apr 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Forest Service to burn 1,500 acres near Vallecito Reservoir

Operations will depend on weather and firefighters, but could start as soon as April

DATE: Apr 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Residents return home after fleeing Boulder wildfire

Nearly 20,000 people who were forced to flee a wildfire in northern Colorado were back home Monday after firefighters were able to stop the spread of the fire at 190 acres. The fire that bro...

DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

As drought outlook takes shape, preparations begin for wildfire season in Southwest Colorado

Dry and warm weather projected this summer

DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado wildfire forces evacuation orders for 19,000 people

Evacuation orders cover 8,000 homes

DATE: Mar 26, 2022 | CATEGORY:

D&SNG to settle civil lawsuit filed by local landowners, businesses

Details have yet to be released as sides finalize agreement

DATE: Mar 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango railroad agrees to pay $20 million for 416 Fire damages

D&SNG also must make ‘substantial’ operational changes over the next 10 years

DATE: Mar 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coloradans worried about water, wildfires and cost of living, new poll shows

Telephone and online interview polled 3,440 residents of eight Mountain West states

DATE: Feb 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Charges for Dane in Colorado wildfire will likely be dropped

DENVER (AP) — Criminal charges will probably be dropped against a mentally ill Danish man accused of starting a large 2018 Colorado wildfire, who can no longer be forcibly medicated, a prosecutor said Monday.

DATE: Feb 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

From local hot shot to a federal forest director, back to La Plata County

Shawna Legarza didn’t plan for a life of firefighting, but that’s what she found

DATE: Feb 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Deadly Colorado blaze renews focus on underground coal fires

DENVER – A fire raging in an underground Colorado coal field in 1883 sent so much smoke pouring from cracks in the ground that the scene was likened to burning volcanoes and the state’s firs...

DATE: Jan 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bone fragments found in search for woman missing in wildfire

DENVER – Investigators are working to determine whether some small bone fragments found during the search for a 91-year-old woman who tried to save her dogs from a wildfire that destroyed mo...

DATE: Jan 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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