Source: TVNZ
huge smoke plume rises from the High Park Fire, west of Fort Collins, Colorado - Source: Reuters Gusting winds and high temperatures hampered firefighters today as they battled to tame a record wildfire in northern Colorado that has cha ...
Jun 18 2012, 4:06am CDT
Source: PRWeb
West Metro Fire Rescue invites all local vendors to join Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System to receive access to its solicitations. IPT by BidNet’s Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System connects 1,335 departments from 88 local government agenc ...
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Source: CBS Denver
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP/CBS4) — Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado called on the U.S. Forest Service on Friday to make certain that a contract dispute doesn’t ground large air tankers used to fight wildfires as warmer, drier we ...
Full article at: CBS Denver
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Source: Madison.com
LONGMONT — When the weather gets warm in Longmont, the windows open. The yard work starts. And the train horn complaints begin to pile up all over again. It's not a new complaint. Since 2005, when the Federal Railroad Administration said that trains at c ...
Full article at: Madison.com
More like this 19 hours ago, 5:20pm CDT
Source: CNBC
DENVER -- Xcel Energy Inc. is asking Colorado regulators to approve a demonstration project that would use forest biomass to generate electricity. David Eves of Xcel's Public Service Co. of Colorado says the project wo ...
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More like this 1 day ago, 10:27am CDT
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) — A judge is holding off on approving a plea deal for a man charged with starting the Roatcap wildfire last October, saying he wants more assurances that victims will be compensated promptly. ...
Full article at: San Francisco Chronicle
More like this 1 day ago, 9:02pm CDT
Source: CBS Denver
DENVER (CBS4) – The price at the pump has been skyrocketing. Gas prices along the Front Range are close to $4 a gallon in some spots. The American Automobile Association says Colorado’s average per gallon right now is $3.81, well above the national av ...
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More like this 1 day ago, 8:24pm CDT
Source: The Corner
Colorado passed some of the nation’s strictest gun-control measures earlier this year, and 54 of the state’s 64 country sheriffs have joined onto a lawsuit that attempts to block them. The suit, which is being led by the Independence ...
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More like this 2 days ago, 1:07pm CDT
Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
May 19, 2013 - Rachel Hendrix, of Little Rock, Ark., leaps through a spray of cold water while on the last leg of the 2013 Memphis in May Triathlon at Harrah's Resort and Casino in Tunica, MS. The race, in it's 31st year, features a 1 ...
Full article at: Memphis Commercial Appeal
More like this 2 days ago, 6:52pm CDT
Source: ABC News
Colorado’s recently approved gun control laws, passed in response to the Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., massacres, are being challenged by a delegation of sheriffs who say the laws are unconstitutional. In March, Colorado Gov. John Hicken ...
Full article at: ABC News
More like this 3 days ago, 4:59pm CDT
Source: Boise Weekly
A legal dispute has put the fate of a new fleet of air tankers—used at the height of wildfire season—up in the air. National firefighting contracts were awarded by the U.S. Forest Service May 6, granting deals to air tanker companies in Arizon ...
Full article at: Boise Weekly
More like this 3 days ago, 2:27pm CDT