Tag: western slope
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Colorado wildfire roundup: Aspen Acres explodes to 23,000 acres, evacuations from Custer County to I-25
Multiple wildfires continue to burn across Colorado, forcing several evacuations and road closures, according to local and state officials. The fastest-growing and largest fire was first reported at 40 acres around 6 a.m. Monday and began in Custer County near the Pueblo County line. It rapidly grew northeastward to more than 23,100 acres by 5…
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Fire burning near Colorado-Utah state line scorches at least 2,000 acres
The Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Team responded to eight confirmed wildfires following lightning strikes on Friday evening. Several of these fires were sparked within the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area and the largest of these, the Jones fire, has already burned over 2,000 acres. The Jones fire ignited 1 mile west of the…
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Perspective: Eastern justice for the Western Slope
The Western Slope is roughly a third of Colorado. It holds the headwaters of the Colorado River system, the federal land that covers most of its counties, and a disproportionate share of the state’s energy, water and agriculture. What it does not hold, and has almost never held, is a seat on the courts that have the last word on…
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park reopens as fire smolders on
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The north rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park reopened Wednesday as firefighters mopped up a fire that charred more than 4,000 acres along the south rim. Lightning sparked the fire in…
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Western Slope farmers fear impact of mass deportations and labor market changes
PALISADE • To be a farmer in any era is to live, unsteadily, with constant change. On rural Colorado’s small family farms one thing is certain: the landscape of agriculture is shifting. And the tenuous balance is in for a new test as promises of mass deportations threaten to wipe out the labor force that small…
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Fountain Valley School brings cycling race to Colorado Springs
Numerous years of preparation will come to fruition this weekend for high school cyclists. Fountain Valley School will host the Lazy B Ranch Rally high school mountain bike race Friday through Sunday as part of the Colorado High School Cycling League competition. The event will take place at Fountain Valley’s 1,100-acre Prairie campus and will…
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Q&A with Monica Márquez | Colorado’s new chief justice outlines judicial initiatives, path to top job
In late 2020, the seven justices of the Colorado Supreme Court decided on a new method of selecting the judicial branch’s top officer: The chief justice role would rotate among the members every three years. The court announced Justice Brian D. Boatright would be the first chief under the new system, with Justice Monica M.…
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Exploring Rifle Falls: Stunning triple waterfall is as close to the tropics you can get in Colorado
RIFLE • The pictures of the three-pronged waterfall parade across social media. They all fail to capture Rifle Falls. A picture cannot capture the full scope of the environment. The geology 300 million years in the making, including the mossy cliff over which the cascade runs, and the surrounding caves, dark and mysterious. The sweeping…
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Lauren Boebert finishes in middle of the pack in straw poll at inaugural GOP primary debate
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s middling finish in a straw poll Thursday night drew gasps from the crowd that had just witnessed the Colorado lawmaker face off against eight other Republicans in a congressional primary debate at a rec center in Fort Lupton. The headline-grabbing incumbent’s performance in the decidedly non-scientific survey – Boebert landed in…
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Tipping Point: Colorado River strain casts shadow over recreation
Blue Mesa Reservoir, Colorado’s largest body of water, is at its lowest level ever. Plagued by drought and meager snowpack, the reservoir is not even 50% full. In an attempt to shore up Lake Powell and keep power-generating turbines turning, regulators pulled about 36,000 acre-feet from Blue Mesa last year, causing the closure of the…