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Pine River Library to host annual Friends of the Library meeting

The annual Pine River Library Friends of the Library meeting will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 17. The group is looking for new members to help support the library. Membership dues a...

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Pueblo Alliance to host annual Feast Day

Fort Lewis College’s Pueblo Alliance will host its seventh annual Feast Day from 12 to 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Student Union Building. This year’s theme is “Family, Farming, Feast: Planting ...

DATE: Mar 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Hunting faces numerous challenges as Southwest Colorado grows

Demand for licenses, population growth are just two questions amid booming popularity

DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Animas Valley Grange to host seed exchange

The Animas Valley Grange will host a free seed exchange from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 5. Darrin Parmenter will have a display table with seed-starting information from noon to 2 p.m. Particip...

DATE: Feb 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

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

Mapmakers combine science and art to show us the world

Using data and creativity, cartographers create vital tools

DATE: Jan 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado coal town grapples with future as plant shuts down

CRAIG – In a quiet valley tucked away from Colorado’s bustling ski resorts, far from his hometown in northern Mexico, Trinidad Loya found a way to support his family’s American dream: Coal. ...

DATE: Jan 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Phoenix among those voluntarily losing Colorado River water

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The city of Phoenix this week outlined how it will voluntarily contribute water to a regional plan to shore up the country’s largest reservoir that delivers Colorado River...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dry January offers a gateway to better health

More energy, better sleep, weight loss among benefits of a month of sobriety

DATE: Dec 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

As visitor pressure rises, public land managers face new challenges

Education, partnerships are vital tools for handling recreation growth in Southwest Colorado

DATE: Dec 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

In Colorado’s rivers, genetic research helps rainbow trout rebound

CPW’s approach to fighting whirling disease could be a model for the future

DATE: Nov 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Fight over wolf protections goes before federal judge

BILLINGS, Mont. – A U.S. government attorney urged a federal judge Friday to uphold a decision from the waning days of the Trump administration that lifted protections for gray wolves across...

DATE: Nov 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life