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Lidar data have just been released, for the first time, for Paradise Valley and the northern gateway corridor to Yellowstone National Park. These high-resolution topographic data are revealing new details of the landscape never seen before for this area.

New imaging technology has allowed geologists to see the bare earth, and its potential red flags, around Yellowstone like never before.

Motorists looking to use Interstate 70 finally got some good news at 6:15 p.m. on Monday when the Colorado Department of Transportation reopened the highway through Glenwood Canyon. The massive mudslide on Sunday was the second over the weekend that caused major travel headaches for motorists. Eastbound I-70 was opened shortly after 3 p.m. Cleanup continued on the westbound lanes, and they were cleared for reopening shortly after 6 o’clock. The slide occurred near the No Name exit 119 at 6...