A big weekend for bird watchers in Southern Colorado. It's the 9th Annual Snow Goose Festival in Lamar. Tens of thousands of geese and other waterfowl have been spotted in recent weeks, but at times the snow geese are a rare sight.
John Martin Reservoir in Bent County is... more »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A tornado watch has been extended through much of New Year's morning in parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida.
At least six people died and dozens were hurt as tornadoes pounded the South and Midwest yesterday and early today.
Three died in... more »
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Transportation Security Administration says all 197 airlines that fly to the U.S. are now collecting names, genders and birth dates of passengers so the government can check them against terror watch lists before they fly.
Getting all air carriers that travel to or through the... more »
Philanthropist George Soros has announced a 10-year, $100 million grant to Human Rights Watch.
The organization said Tuesday that it is receiving the funding from Soros' Open Society Foundations. The grant challenges Human Rights Watch to raise an additional $100 million in matching private contributions. It will require Human... more »
A hurricane warning has been issued for the North Carolina coast as powerful Hurricane Earl approaches the East Coast.
A hurricane watch has been extended into Delaware.
Visitors have been taking ferries off Ocracoke Island and told to leave neighboring Cape Hatteras in North Carolina's Outer Banks, and... more »
After a day of violent weather in eastern Colorado, the conditions are right for more. Yesterday a tornado touched down for ten minutes near Springfield and baseball-size was reported in Baca County.
Now a Tornado Watch is in effect for Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Prowers,... more »
A Tornado Watch is in effect for the eastern plains of Colorado until 8 p.m. Thursday night. The National Weather Service says conditions are right to spawn tornadoes in a large area of Kansas and Colorado.
Colorado counties in the watch area are Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa,... more »
Pueblo residents can now join those in Colorado Springs with easy access to Offender Watch , a comprehensive sex offender database.
At a news conference Thursday, Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk Taylor and Police Chief Jim Billings announced each organization had chipped in $3,500 to get Pueblo city and county... more »