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Alpine Bank Customer Reaches Out About Colorado Scam
Being the victim of a data breach or a scam involving your bank or financial institution has frustrated a growing number of Western Colorado residents. Many will remember back to last fall when Alpine Bank customers, along with other banks, were subject to 'brute force attacks'. See this story as it appeared in the Aspen Times here.
Colorado water rescues nearing totals normally seen in an entire summer
LITTLETON, Colo. — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is gearing up for a busy Fourth of July holiday weekend while urging caution to Coloradans hitting the water. Thursday night, eight people had to be rescued from Chatfield Reservoir after strong winds moved into the area. It’s the latest series of...
Wildfire crews prepare to go on the offensive, protect Colorado town with focused burns
Having tentatively established defensive lines around the uncontrolled Oak Ridge Fire west of Pueblo, wildfire crews are now planning to set their own fires in the coming days to old growth forest in an effort to stymy the fire's threat to a nearby town.Crews have extinguished most hot spots along the eastern edge of the blaze, according to a daily update send from fire command. Today, additional personnel are being positioned along that portion of the fire perimeter in anticipation of burnout operations, or the setting of a series of small fires intended to use up flammable materials in a more...
Colorado's third Annual Troutfest casts into Coors Field, highlights need for water conservation
Something fishy was going on Saturday at the home of the Rockies. That's because Colorado Trout Unlimited — a local non-profit dedicated to protecting and conserving cold-water fisheries and watersheds — and the Colorado Wildlife Council were hosting their third-annual Troutfest Colorado. The festival looked to blend information about conservation and fly fishing -- two communities directly linked by their need for clean water. ...
Colorado River officials propose tracking conserved water
Water managers in the upper Colorado River basin took another step this week toward a more formal water conservation program that they say will benefit the Upper Basin states. Representatives from Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico unanimously passed a motion Wednesday at a meeting of the Upper Colorado River Commission to explore creating a way to track, measure and store conserved water in Lake Powell and other upper basin reservoirs.
Don’t Blink: Abandoned Colorado Farm Denied Historic Status
WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property. It's remarkable how many homes, buildings, and towns sit abandoned all across the state of Colorado. Abandoned Hospital + Homes in Colorado Mountain Ghost Town |. While...
Afternoon Showers Continue for the end of the Weekend
We will keep our rain chances around as we head into the early night then we will dry out later into the night and our skies will become mostly cloudy. We will have lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. For your Sunday Funday we will have temperatures increase...
New survey of Eagle County and other Colorado resort counties says workers don’t reap the benefits of their labor
Workers making an average wage in Eagle County contribute strongly to the tourism economy, but they’re not reaping the community benefits of their labor, according to a new study commissioned by the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments and the Colorado Association of Ski Towns. As a result, those workers...
FREE NO MORE: Proposed changes mean fee for rugged national park hikes in Colorado
Many of those seeking to reach the bottom of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison pick either the Tomichi route, the Gunnison route, or the Warner route, all of which travel from the South Rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park near Montrose to the canyon floor. Currently, doing so requires a free wilderness permit that can be obtained from the South Rim Visitor Center on a highly-limited first-come, first-serve basis, given out only on the day of the hike. That may not be the case for much longer. ...
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