Tag: gunnison county
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Pilot killed in plane crash while supporting Gold Mountain firefighting: Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office
A pilot supporting firefighting efforts with the Gold Mountain fire died in a plane crash on Sunday, according to the Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office. At 5:17 p.m. Sunday, regional dispatch received a call about an aircraft down in the Silver Jack Reservoir, located in southwest Gunnison County. Sheriff Adam Murdie confirmed that the aircraft had…
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Millions of acres of Colorado public lands could be up for sale in Senate budget bill
Some of Colorado’s most iconic public lands, including popular recreation areas, could be eligible for sale in the current version of Congress’s budget bill. The newest language requires the sale of 0.5% to 0.75% of U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management holdings in 11 Western states over the next five years — a percentage…
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Colorado Springs reading program selects book inspired by destruction of small Colorado town
This year’s All Pikes Peak Reads selection offers more than just good fiction. It also provides a Colorado history lesson. “Go As a River,” by Shelley Read, is the featured book in Pikes Peak Library District’s annual community reading program. “We haven’t done a fiction book in years,” said PPLD Senior Librarian Heidi Buljung. “It’s…