Sept. 20 the cut-off for public comment on BLM proposed roll back of conservation protections in Eastern Colorado
We took off on a calm, clear morning, heading east out of Harriet Alexander Field at Salida...
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Category: Fremont County
Wednesday drying trend expected to increase Decker Fire behavior, public meeting set for Sept. 19
With dry conditions increasing, BLM Front Range Fire and Aviation Management Unit Incident...
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Decker Fire update and public meeting
“The fire is now seven days old. It started with a lightning strike on the Rio Grande [National Forest] side. It’s remained mostly in the wilderness area where it has lots of fuel from the dead timber due to the [pine] beetles … The fire is currently cleaning up that forest. It’s doing good things, and we’re watching its progress,”
John Markalunas
Incident Commander
Prescribed burn planned near Squaw Creek in Saguache County
On September 15, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Front Range Fire and Aviation Management Unit and the Rio Grande National Forest will conduct a prescribed burn in the Squaw Creek area. Approximately 17 miles west of Saguache.
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‘Launch Together’ highlights Early Childhood Trauma Prevention pilot for rural areas
“The more adversity you have, the worse the outcomes can be, and that includes earning potential, maintaining relationships, jobs … we’re talking about adverse starts that can take 20 years off a child’s life and the trauma can be inter-generational. Toxic stress is just that – it can be financial, the family environment, it can be addictions, long-term postpartum depression, all contribute to toxic stress. Toxic stress changes the brain.”
Aylet Talmi, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine and Childrne’s Hospital of Colorado
Late spring snowstorm wallops central Colorado counties, power remains out
A large swath of five central Colorado counties remains without electricity Thursday as a major...
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Family in frantic search for family dog after fire destroys their cabin
As if there hasn’t been enough going on on Ute Trail this past year, what with...
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Stuck on Ute Trail, family spends night in their car
A family of four from southeastern Aurora and their two dogs, spent Friday night, March 22-23 in...
Read MoreFremont is now a “Second Amendment Sanctuary County”
On Tuesday, Feb. 26 Fremont County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution designating it as a “Second Amendment Sanctuary County.” The action appears to be in response to Colorado House Bill 19-1177, “Extreme Risk...
Read MoreProperty owners prevail against effort to make Arkansas riverbed public property
A recent ruling in U.S. District Court reaffirmed that private property owners, not the state of Colorado, own the land beneath the Arkansas River and other Colorado waterways. Federal Judge Kathleen Tafoya ruled in favor of...
Read MoreGovernor declares ‘disaster emergency’ due to propane shortage
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper declared a “disaster emergency” in Colorado because of a propane supply shortage that could affect 33,000 propane customers, mainly in rural parts of the state. A statement by the Colorado...
Read MoreKent Haruf scholarship open to Chaffee, Fremont students
The 2018 Kent Haruf Memorial Writing Scholarship is open to junior and senior high school students in Chaffee and Fremont counties for excellence in fiction and creative non-fiction writing. Students must be previously...
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