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Three firefighters have died and two were injured while battling fires on the Colorado-Utah border. The U.S. Wildland Fire Service says they were responding to the Knowles and Gore fires on Saturday. Wildfire activity has intensified across the Western U.S. due to hot, dry, and windy weather.
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U.S. Forest ServiceA recent decision to allow the use of motorized chainsaws in wilderness areas has some environmental groups concerned. They say it defeats the purpose of preserving wilderness in the first place. So, will Coloradans hear chainsaws and other motorized devices next time they hit the trail for a day in the wilderness? -
Courtesy Topp FruitsFarms on Colorado’s Western Slope are famous for Palisade peaches and other fruits and vegetables. But Colorado is also famous for its wild weather, which can wipe out crops. Today we look at a unique partnership that helps get crops to farmers markets– even when a spring freeze left some farms without much to harvest.
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Supporters gathered enough signatures to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot in Colorado that would direct more state revenue to road construction, the secretary of state’s office announced last week. -
The Colorado Rockies are showing grit and improvement this season, led by young players like Cole Carrigg, Jake McCarthy, and TJ Rumfield. They have 14 more wins than last year at the halfway mark. -
Kiros has tapped into the national discontent for incumbents among Democratic voters and parlayed her social media savviness into a campaign that has DeGette’s supporters incredibly nervous. -
Critics say the BLM's proposed policies would make it easier for oil and gas companies to shift the financial cost of cleaning up retired, polluting wells to taxpayers. -
Forty-five percent of likely Democratic primary voters who participated in the poll commissioned by a group supporting Weiser said they would vote for Weiser, while 36% said they would vote for Bennet. Nineteen percent said they were undecided. -
The vote clears the way for Erie to sell about 182 acres of its underground mineral rights to SM Energy, an oil and gas company pursuing the Draco Pad project, which will drill horizontal wells underneath homes in Erie.
Mountain West News
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It allows a lawsuit against the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monument designations to move forward. -
The Cowboy State is in the early stages of launching a voluntary water conservation program, but it has no money to pay applicants yet. -
For the first time on record, solar power generated more electricity than coal in the United States during a full calendar month — a milestone that underscores how quickly the nation's power system is changing. -
Around 2,000 structures are at risk in several states in the Mountain West region as some 2,100 firefighters battle almost two-dozen wildfires across Utah, Nevada, and Idaho, fire officials say. -
The land agencies are taking steps to protect establishing climbing routes and their “fixed anchors,” which have been a subject for debate in recent years. Public comment is open throughout the summer. -
A new study is challenging one of the most persistent arguments against removing aging dams: that nearby communities will suffer economically if the structures come down.
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