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Colorado sees more avalanche deaths than any other state. A training course at this mountain park hopes to change that

At a park just outside of Minturn, now open for its third season, there are eight transmitters that people can practice finding with their beacons

DATE: Jan 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado’s paid family leave program kicking off Jan. 1

Employers are required to start collecting premiums for the new FAMLI program

DATE: Dec 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

This Colorado scientist fled the Marshall fire, then returned to study how it happened

In 2021, the devastating Marshall fire showed wildfire can strike Colorado in almost any place or season. Scientists now hope to glean lessons from it for communities across the West.

DATE: Dec 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Boards and Commissions newest members announced

The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners on Dec. 19 appointed new members and reappointed existing members to several of the county’s citizen advisory boards and commissions. Newly...

DATE: Dec 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Foundation announces $626,641 in donations on Colorado Gives Day

This year’s Colorado Gives Day on Dec. 6, resulted in $53 million donated to nonprofit organizations statewide and more than $626,641 donated to organizations in the southwest corner of the ...

DATE: Dec 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Bear cubs on the loose

Colorado Parks and Wildlife released two successfully rehabilitated black bear cubs after their mother was killed

DATE: Dec 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado River water users convening amid crisis concerns

Experts say system is in ‘dire condition’

DATE: Dec 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Bluff International Balloon Festival is Jan. 13-14

The 24th annual Bluff International Balloon Festival will kick off Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13 and 14, as balloons fly across the morning skies of Bluff, Utah, then soar over Valley of the ...

DATE: Dec 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Colorado’s soil moisture is better than in recent years. But that’s not saying much

Relationship between dry soil conditions in the fall and spring runoff has gained more attention

DATE: Dec 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

To weed whack Colorado’s ozone problems, environmentalists urge switch to electric lawn equipment

Environmental groups argue for swift changeover as regulators face a December decision on a clean air plan

DATE: Dec 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights

Garnett Querta slips on his work gloves as he shifts the big rig he’s driving into park. Within seconds, he unrolls a fire hose and opens a hydrant, sending water flowing into one of the pla...

DATE: Oct 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

On the Colorado River, growing concern for fish as waters warm

DENVER – To guide fishing trips for a year or two, that’s what brought Terry Gunn to the red canyons of northern Arizona. The chance to hike, raft and fly-fish drew Wendy Hanvold, a retired ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News