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The Plateau and West Guard Fires burning north of Dolores have rapidly expanded, in part because of back-burning efforts by firefighters. The Plateau Fire, in Plateau Canyon north of McPhee...

The Bureau of Land Management is considering bait trapping to manage the Spring Creek Basin wild horse herd between Dove Creek and Norwood. BLM’s Tres Rios Field Office is seeking public comment on...

Colorado’s unaffiliated voters participated for the first time in last month’s primary election at higher rates than nearly anyone had anticipated. The backers of the ballot measure that...

SALT LAKE CITY – Harsh drought conditions in parts of the American West are pushing wild horses to the brink and spurring extreme measures to protect them. For what they say is the first time,...

The position of secretary of state isn’t typically a politically charged office, but it’s looking like the race has been caught in the crosshairs of this year’s November midterm elections....

TELLURIDE – A hiker missing in Southwest Colorado for over two weeks died of an apparent fall. San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters said the body of 55-year-old Tim Cannon was found July 26 on...

A high-speed chase in Durango ended in a manhunt that resulted in the arrest of two individuals a few miles north of Bayfield on Saturday evening. Christopher Sowder, 24, and Dillon McCarthy, 23,...

Heat waves are setting all-time temperature records across the globe, again. Europe sustained its deadliest fire in more than a century, and one of nearly 90 large fires in the U.S. West burned...

Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who at age 27 successfully argued Roe v. Wade at the U.S. Supreme Court, figured the landmark ruling that legalized abortion nationwide in 1973 would be followed by a...

In a meeting on Tuesday, the Cortez City Council and Police Department announced plans to increase security at City Hall. Tuesday was the first time since moving into the new City Hall building...

Eli Tomac of Cortez crashed in the second motocross Saturday at the Washougal National, then charged to the front to win the title and widen his series lead over rival Marvin Musquin. His speed was...