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Wolf Creek, Winter Park ski areas to open Wed.
November 12, 2012 8:36 PM
PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Wolf Creek ski area in southwest Colorado plans to open for the season Wednesday after reporting 20 inches of snow from a recent storm. Wolf Creek was reporting an 18-inch base at mid-mountain as of Monday. Winter Park Resort also plans to start its... more » -
Bubonic plague traced to CO campground
August 29, 2012 9:20 PM
PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A camper near Pagosa Springs has contracted bubonic plague, Colorado's first case since 2006. The Durango Herald reports that the person contracted the plague during a family outing in the Cimarrona Campground. The San Juan Basin Health Department did not give the victim's age or... more » -
Camper in Colorado diagnosed with bubonic plague
August 29, 2012 7:18 PM
A camper near Pagosa Springs has contracted bubonic plague, Colorado's first case since 2006. The Durango Herald reports that the person contracted the plague during a family outing in the Cimarrona Campground. The San Juan Basin Health Department did not give the victim's age or gender. Warning signs are being... more » -
Fire grows more than 600 acres near Pagosa Springs
May 31, 2012 4:05 PM
PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A nearly six-square-mile wildfire in southern Colorado has grown more than 600 acres but is now 4 percent contained. Fire managers said Thursday about 250 personnel are battling the blaze. The potential for growth remains high as crews work to monitor and hold containment lines.... more » -
Wildfires burn 7,000 acres in western Colorado
May 27, 2012 2:55 PM
MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) - Gusty winds have spread two wildfires in western Colorado that have burned more than 7,000 acres and prompted the evacuation of several campgrounds. U.S. Forest Service spokesman Steve Segin says crews are battling a wildfire that has scorched at least 5,000 acres of rugged canyon land... more » -
Lamar police arrest murder suspect
March 23, 2012 6:21 PM
Lamar police officers today arrested a man wanted for murder in southwestern Colorado. The Lamar Police Department reported a request from the Pagosa Springs Police Department to arrest Charles Stane, 56. Stane was found in a vehicle and arrested without incident. He was taken to jail in Lamar to... more » -
Smoke health advisory for southwestern Colorado
June 4, 2011 6:01 PM
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued a Smoke Health Advisory for Southwestern Colorado. This advisory will be valid from 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4, 2011 until 2 a.m. Sunday, June 5, 2011. Cities in this area include but are not limited to, Delta, Montrose, Gunnison, Telluride,... more » -
Couple's suicide pact ends in Colorado cabin
August 5, 2010 1:34 PM
Authorities say an elderly Arizona couple found shot to death at a scenic cabin in southern Colorado died as part of a decades-old plan to end their lives before age took its toll. Lansing C. Holden, 83, and Carol Holden, 78, were found lying side by side July 26... more » -
Colorado jail escapee killed in New Mexico
July 23, 2010 9:34 AM
New Mexico authorities say an escaped inmate from a southern Colorado jail has been fatally shot and the search continues for another man who's on the run. A spokesman for the New Mexico Department of Public Safety says state and tribal police found the two escaped inmates in an... more » -
Civil Air Patrol Academy in Colorado
June 15, 2010 4:15 PM
The Civil Air Patrol will hold a National Flight Academy in Colorado this summer. The Academy in Pagosa Springs will focus on learning to fly gliders. It will be held July 10-25. CLICK HERE for more information. more » -
Chimney Rock on track to becoming monument
January 17, 2010 9:34 AM
The Chimney Rock Archaeological Area may soon become a national monument. Congressman John Salazar's office says he's working on crafting a bill. President Harry Truman in 1949 signed legislation protecting the archaeological rich area, which contains ruins thought to be the northernmost settlements of the Chacoans, a Native American tribe... more » -
Conservation easement signed on Colorado ranch
December 31, 2009 8:28 AM
A Pagosa Springs group has secured a conservation easement on a ranch where owners once floated plans to build a private club called Piano Creek Ranch, with ski runs and a golf course. The Southwest Land Alliance signed a conservation easement Dec. 23 with the McCarthy family, which owns the... more »
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