Tag: Colorado News
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Colorado River overallocation collides with Colorado snowpack conditions
Tapped: Colorado’s Front Range is at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges. This series examines the interconnected systems that determine how the region secures, stores, and conserves its water — while navigating the competing demands of fast‑growing urban communities and the increasingly unpredictable mountain snowpack that underpins…
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Wildfire near Colorado-New Mexico border grows
A wildfire southeast of Trinidad near the Colorado-New Mexico border grew to 450 acres Monday afternoon, according to information from the National Interagency Fire Center. The Schwachheim fire was first reported on Sunday. It was about 25 acres late Sunday but grew overnight into Monday morning. No containment was reported as of around 5 p.m.…
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Pueblo man held in Afghanistan for more than a year released, Taliban says
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with the foreign ministry saying the release came on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. A statement from the ministry said the academic researcher had…
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Agencies investigate suspicious object at Lake Pueblo State Park
PUEBLO — Agencies were investigating a suspicious object Tuesday night at Lake Pueblo State Park, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Parks and Wildlife states that officials discovered a “suspicious munitions-like object” that was partially buried near the dam, Gazette news partner KOAA reported. They say the object was heavily corroded, but they have not…
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Colorado’s largest wilderness area growing, popular trails protected
Colorado’s biggest wilderness area is getting bigger, and popular trails are gaining protections. That was the message of a recent announcement by The Wilderness Trust, which has long worked to acquire privately owned pockets within the nation’s most protected landscapes. A focus lately has been the Weminuche Wilderness, spanning 499,771 acres of western Colorado —…
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Colorado authorities make breakthrough in John Doe case
A “significant” breakthrough has led investigators to believe an unidentified man found dead in a remote camping area in Park County last year was of Eastern European descent. Referred to as “John Doe,” the man was found May 28, 2024, on land belonging to the U.S. Forest Service near the unincorporated Park County community of…
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Fentanyl, cocaine recovered during drug bust in La Junta
Authorities seized hundreds of grams in cocaine and fentanyl during a drug bust in La Junta, according to an announcement Tuesday from officials. In collaboration with La Junta police, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation confiscated about 110 grams of cocaine and 273 grams of fentanyl (roughly 2,730 pills), the CBI said in a news release.…
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Colorado officials warn taxpayers of text-based scam
If you receive a text message claiming your tax refund has been processed and approved and then asks for your banking information, it’s likely a scam. The Colorado Department of Revenue is warning taxpayers of a new text-based scam that is spreading across the country. The text messages often claim your tax refund has been…