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Jeff Pope, executive director of KSJD Radio and the Sunflower Theatre, plans to create a place for theatergoers to hang out after business hours.Pope brought a proposal to the Cortez City Council...

Fire crews continue to patrol and hold containment lines on the 412 Fire in the Ryman Creek area of the Dolores Ranger District about seven miles south of Rico, according to a news release from the...

A handful of residents from the 170 homes evacuated this week because of the Lightner Creek Fire west of Durango were allowed to return home Friday afternoon, but others were told it could be days...

MANCOS – Rosa Sabido likes to say she lives inside a postcard.She loves the scenery, people and quietness of Cortez, where she has lived and worked for 30 years. But that idyllic scene may be...

Drones are an increasing problem at wildfires, and that proved true this week at the Lightner Creek Fire west of Durango. Air operations were grounded around sunset Wednesday because drones made...

Pilots and ground crews partially contained the Lightner Creek Fire west of Durango on Thursday and kept it to about 360 acres despite hot and dry conditions. The fire was 20 percent contained by...

A hayfield near Towaoc will soon be transformed into a 1 megawatt solar array, thanks to a $973,000 grant from the Department of Energy and a $1 million match from the Ute Mountain Ute tribe. The...

DENVER – State Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced indictments and the take-down of an illegal marijuana grow operation that generated millions of dollars by sending thousands of pounds of...

A forecast of warm, dry and windy conditions this week has prompted county and federal officials to enact fire restrictions because of threat of wildfires, and they are asking people to be careful...

The Lightner Creek Fire is expected to grow Thursday as dry weather and high winds persist in the region, and it was declared a disaster emergency by Gov. John Hickenlooper. Although most residents...

The Lightner Creek Fire continues to burn this morning. Here are five things to know today as agenies continue to fight it: 1. So far, no new evacuations have been ordered. Some residents are on...