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• BLM pulls drilling parcels near national monument

  January 28, 2013 12:03 PM

  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - The federal Bureau of Land Management has pulled three parcels east of Dinosaur National Monument from an oil and gas lease sale after concerns were raised by the National Park Service and conservation groups. The agency deferred the three parcels, totaling more than 5,000 acres,... more »

• Man convicted of damaging US Forest Service land

  December 8, 2012 8:19 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A Gunnison County property owner who prosecutors say treated U.S. Forest Service property as his own has been convicted of federal charges. Joseph Scott Wagner of Broomfield was convicted this week of two counts of damaging U.S. property and one count of removing U.S. property. Court documents... more »

• New law deals with building on tribal lands

  July 30, 2012 6:50 PM

  President Barack Obama has signed a bill designed to expedite home building and energy development on tribal lands. The law enables tribes to approve trust land leases directly, rather than waiting for approval from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Navajo Nation already has that authority. The so-called HEARTH Act... more »

• Drought forcing ranchers to sell cattle

  July 24, 2012 7:45 AM

  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Cattle are streaming into auctions across the country as ranchers sell animals amid a spreading drought that has shriveled pastures and driven up the price of feed corn. Beef from those animals will start showing up in grocery stores in November and December, temporarily driving down... more »

• Satellite makes landfall

  September 24, 2011 8:38 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Details are still sketchy. But NASA's dead six-ton satellite fell to Earth early today, starting its fiery death plunge somewhere over the vast Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Air Force's Joint Space Operations Center and NASA say the 35-foot satellite fell sometime between 11:23 p.m. EDT and... more »

• Roadless rules could protect land

  June 17, 2011 2:40 PM

  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - U.S. Forest Service officials say proposed Colorado roadless rules will provide the chance to protect 4.2 million acres from development. Regional forester Rick Cables said Thursday that exceptions would apply to less than 5 percent of the total acreage. Those exceptions include ski areas,... more »

• Arbitrators rule county grossly over-billed in clean-up

  October 5, 2010 1:54 PM

  An arbitrator has ruled Pueblo County was over-billed nearly $5.4 million for the clean-up of an old warehouse. The building at 6th St. and Elizabeth St. in Pueblo burned in October 2007. The property owner, Omar Maaliki hired Qualiclean to clean up the site, but when Maaliki stopped paying the... more »

• National Guard busy in Pueblo Tuesday

  October 5, 2010 10:39 AM

  You may see a National Guard helicopter flying over Pueblo today. No worries. It's not responding to a natural disaster or terrorist incident. Rather, its helping kids say no to drugs. Pueblo is gearing up for Red Ribbon Week, when schools and communities join together to promote healthy, drug-free... more »

• Rafters, landowners start river negotiations

  September 23, 2010 12:21 PM

  A Colorado panel to settle rafting disputes between landowners and paddlers has begun sorting through ideas to calm the waters. A task force set up after a rafting bill died in the state legislature held its first meeting Wednesday in Salida. Task force member Bob Hamel says the... more »

• Colorado BLM plans roundup of 138 wild horses

  September 15, 2010 9:10 AM

  The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says it will gather an estimated 138 wild horses in northwest Colorado and place most of them up for adoption. The BLM says the horses southwest of Meeker are outside an area designated for managing wild horses. The roundup is set for... more »

• Crews contain wildfire in NW Colorado

  August 20, 2010 9:52 AM

  Crews have contained a wildfire in northwest Colorado that quickly spread to thousands of acres. The fire charred about 12 square miles after a lightning strike Wednesday 10 miles north of Maybell in Moffatt County. Crews declared the fire 100 percent contained Thursday afternoon. The U.S. Bureau of... more »

• Colorado wildfire blackens 10 square miles

  August 19, 2010 3:22 PM

  Crews are battling a wildfire in northwest Colorado that has grown quickly after being sparked by lightning. The fire was first reported 10 miles north of Maybell in Moffat County on Wednesday afternoon and spread to about 1,000 acres by nightfall. On Thursday the U.S. Bureau of Land Management... more »

• Small fire starts on Fort Carson

  June 24, 2010 5:48 PM

  A small fire is burning on Fort Carson land near Penrose. The fire started on a training range and Fort Carson fire crews are working to control it. The size is estimated at about 10 acres, though smoke is visible from Penrose and Pueblo. more »

• Civilian arrested at Army base had a land mine in his vehicle

  June 16, 2010 1:26 PM

  Prosecutors say a civilian who was arrested in uniform on an Army base in Georgia had a land mine in his vehicle along with several grenades, night vision devices and a military laser targeting device. The federal prosecutors also say in a criminal complaint that Anthony Saxon falsely pretended... more »

• Pueblo City Council to vote on Black Hills plant

  June 14, 2010 2:26 PM

  Tonight-June 14, city council is expected to vote on a deal that could bring a $450 million power complex to Pueblo. Last month the project almost came to a halt--but now it appears a compromise has been made. Black Hills Energy has selected Pueblo as its preferred site to build... more »

• New fireworks proposed on public lands

  May 10, 2010 7:17 PM

  The Bureau of Land Management is proposing a new rule to prohibit the use of fireworks and other explosive devices on all public lands in Colorado. This new rule would bring BLM regulations in line with other land management agencies in the state in an effort to reduce wildfires. ... more »

• Congressman wants to keep Army from seizing land

  April 21, 2010 1:52 PM

  Colorado congressman Mike Coffman says he's trying to help the Army expand a training site in southeast Colorado by banning the military from seizing the land it needs. The Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would prohibit acquiring land through condemnation to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.... more »

• Deadline extended for Hollywood sign land purchase

  April 14, 2010 12:22 PM

  The effort to preserve the land beside the world-famous Hollywood sign has taken a typical Tinseltown twist: "To be continued." The Trust for Public Land said Wednesday it has received a 16-day extension to finish raising the $12.5 million it needs to buy and preserve the hilltop property from private... more »

• Human remains found in Pueblo County

  April 6, 2010 12:24 PM

  The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspicious death in eastern Pueblo County. Sheriff Kirk Taylor says last week a rancher discovered human bones on his private property. Sheriff deputies, including mounted patrols, searched the land Monday. They recovered a skull, pelvis bone, and several other bones according to... more »

• Web designer sells lot for $1 per sq. inch

  February 14, 2010 10:17 AM

  A Web designer is hawking square inches of an empty lot in Detroit for a dollar each to show what can be done with vacant spaces. Jerry Paffendorf says nearly 600 "inchvestors" have bought some of the 10,000 plots for sale in the "Loveland" art-and-real-estate project on Detroit's east... more »

• Pueblo approves agreement for $500 million plant

  December 29, 2009 11:20 AM

  City council has approved a deal that could bring a $500 million power complex to Pueblo. On Monday night, council voted 5-0 to pass the agreement, which will annex 30 acres of land near the airport into the city of Pueblo. Black Hills Energy purchased the land to build two... more »

• Forest Service blocks Crested Butte ski expansion

  November 10, 2009 1:38 PM

  The U.S. Forest Service has blocked a western Colorado ski area's plans to expand onto national forest land. Federal officials have rejected Crested Butte Mountain Resort's application for an environmental review, a required first step. The resort wanted to increase its terrain by 276 acres. Charlie Richmond, supervisor of the... more »

• Salazar OKs some drilling on disputed Utah lands

  October 8, 2009 4:43 PM

  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will permit oil and gas drilling on 17 of the 77 Utah land parcels that were hurriedly readied for leasing in the waning days of the Bush administration. Salazar also said at a news conference Thursday that leasing will be prohibited on eight parcels.... more »

• Firefighters continue work on blaze north of Nucla

  September 1, 2009 1:56 PM

  Firefighters in southwest Colorado are still battling a lightning-sparked blaze that's threatening three cabins and an outbuilding. Fire officials say the nearly 2-square-mile wildfire had only moderate burning Monday with weaker than expected winds. The fire is on national forest land about 10 miles north of Nucla, 340 miles southwest... more »