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Dog saved from the great abyss

retriever slips into deep hole near Andrews Lake

Full return may be centuries away

Today, it is all pink, black and green, with the burned sticks of the spruce trees hanging above a carpet…

‘Debt’ the word, say Colorado lawmakers

Immigration reform expected to take back seat after recess

A good day

Mitch and Billie Baker of Cuero, Texas, found their way to Andrews Lake to do some fishing under partly cloudy…

Standing up, backing down

concerns prevent fast attack on two Southwest Colorado blazes

Sweet life on collegiate time

“There isn’t anything else to do ’til classes start,” said Fort Lewis College sophomore business administration major Scott Siegle, who…

Crew ruptures gas line; residents evacuate

Emergency over after 45 minutes

West Fork fires caught in time-lapse video

City could pay more for fire services

$4.3 million in added fees would pay for new station, bonds

In the West, an unkind budget cut for overgrown forests

of funding makes strange bedfellows in U.S. Congress

The Colorado Trail, my way

486 miles of toil done by myriad methods

County temporarily bans retail pot

Residents blast commissioners for ignoring voters

Hanging them high

Doug Dowers, with the city of Durango, stretches a banner across Main Avenue on Monday, welcoming the expected thousands of…

All West Fork Fire-related closures are lifted

some areas may still be dangerous

Lessons in the debris

Front Range fires show the benefits, limits of forest thinning

Mandated statewide fire code proves controversial

But local governments and homebuilders are fighting the effort. Hickenlooper created a task force on wildfire and insurance issues at…

Art program unveils new work

students, two semesters of work leads to sculpture gracing library garden

Two-hotel project provokes backlash

Planning Commission recommends approval

A bird! A plane! It’s Ron LeBlanc!

dresses officials as comic superheroes

Can’t see the forest for the homes

wildfire comes to town, home values trump forest values

July DUI’s/DWAI’s

These are convictions made in July 2013 for driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent or…

Local Boy Scout Troop 501 celebrates its 75th birthday

changes, but life’s virtues remain bedrock of group

Tour de Farms bicyclists hit the road

During Tour de Farms, Colorado State University Extension Agent and horticulturist Darrin Parmenter shows a variety of peppers from his…

Firefighters see changing climate

Wildland firefighters usually cite three main reasons for the recent increase in large, costly fires. In addition to the buildup…