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McPhee Reservoir experiences big gain in traffic

McPhee Reservoir is seeing increased use this summer because of decreased opportunities for motorized boating on other Southwest Colorado reservoirs that have been closed to guard against the introduc...

DATE: Jun 27, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News

Lightning fire in San Juan Forest grows to 5 acres

A small wildfire in a remote section of the San Juan National Forest near the Divide Road (564) has burned five acres and triggered road and trail closures. The 412 Fire was reported on Jun...

DATE: Jun 27, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos events raise funds for July Fourth fireworks

Funds from several weekend events in Mancos will go toward the town’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display. The roughly $8,000 show is funded entirely by donations, fundraising organizer...

DATE: Jun 27, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News

Classmates finish first, second in Mancos half-marathon

Sydney Gidabuday, of Adams State, won the Mancos Cowboy Half-Marathon on Saturday with a time of 1 hour, 25 minutes, 9.69 seconds. He edged out schoolmate Ro Paschal, a Mancos High School graduate, by...

DATE: Jun 27, 2017 CATEGORY: High School Sports

Neighbors clash over a Colorado chicken farm

After years of wrangling and weeks of trial, a jury says a huge chicken farm can stay put in western Colorado. This complicated trespass case pitted Susan Raymond, a local veterinarian, against her ne...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News

West La Plata County residents one step closer to water

West La Plata County residents are one step closer to receiving water after the La Plata West Water Authority entered the final design phase of engineering this month on the construction of a pipeline...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News

Tribal nations fight removal of grizzly protections

On an early October day last fall, members of the Cheyenne, Blackfeet, Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes gathered in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where a large piece of parchment lay unfurled on ...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News

EPA looks to drilling to solve mystery of American Tunnel

This summer will be the first full work season since the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site was declared last September, and the Environmental Protection Agency is wasting no time trying to fi...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News

Energy Office funding cut reveals split on state vision

DENVER – Funding for the Colorado Energy Office was cut off recently – but not for budget reasons. Instead, it was about the vision for the office. The Energy Office is an execu...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News

Suspected drug kingpin fails to show up for jury trial

An Arizona man suspected of importing and distributing large quantities of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine in La Plata County was a no-show this week at his scheduled jury trial. Distri...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News