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Salazar: ‘Better days ahead’ but fire-torn American West not out of woods yet

By | 07.10.12 | 8:28 am

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visited his native state Monday where he declared there will be “better days ahead” but, he also warned, Colorado and the nation have not seen the end of fire season.

Spring Flood Threat Keeps Towns on Alert

By | 02.28.08 | 11:56 am

PhotobucketCertainly Rifle hasn’t seen the snow build up like Dillon or Durango, but it’s downstream in the Colorado River drainage area with snowpack depth ranging up to 150 percent of a 20-year average. With March typically the snowiest month

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid….And Prepared

By | 08.30.06 | 12:03 am

There are some things scarier than two more years of the Bush Administration. As we relive the Hurricane Katrina disaster, there is a worse catastrophe lurking in the corner: the Avian Flu.

Ok, ok, maybe it’ll be a…