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Holding onto the heat on the Western Slope

The National Hurricane Center is tracking two areas to watch for possible tropical development in the Atlantic Ocean as ...

Seeing smoke? Haze reported in Denver metro as wildfires burn on Western Slope

Several residents have reported the smell of smoke and hazy skies in the Denver metro area as wildfires burn along the ...
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Smoke blankets state as Western Slope fires burn, largely uncontained

Multiple wildfires are burning on the Western Slope, forcing evacuations and darkening the sky across the state. With most of ...
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Extreme drought and heat makes western Colorado fire prone

As wildfires continue to start and burn around the western slope, the Grand Valley will be inundated with smoke.
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Colorado’s congressional delegation asks for Colorado River funding to flow back to Western Slope projects

Colorado’s congressional delegation has united to ask the Trump administration to release $140 million in funding previously ...
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Some Western Slope families are spending up to one-third of their salary on child care — while others are still waitlisted

Child care in Colorado is getting more expensive — and in some places, harder to find. Colorado ranks fifth in the country ...
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Bustang celebrates a decade of service transporting Coloradans from Western Slope to Front Range

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - July 31 marks a decade of the Bustang, a statewide bus service managed by the Colorado ...

Colorado wildfires: Meeker placed under pre-evacuation notice as Lee Fire grows

At least six new wildfires ignited along Colorado's Western Slope over the weekend, bringing the total number of wildfires ...