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Even through a glass door, a full-grown mountain lion staring inside your home can be quite scary as Grand County resident Sarah Bole discovered Thursday evening.

Several prescribed burns have already been set ablaze this weekend in the Mother Lode and more will be ignited next week.

Slightly plagiarizing Willie Nelson, we’re on the roads again.

Terms of the agreement were not included in a brief order filed Monday in federal court.

An Irishman’s Diary

State Route 154 is closed Tuesday following an accident involving an overturned truck.

Another $2 billion-plus was reported flowing into municipal bond mutual funds in the latest week, continuing to be a supportive demand component for munis.

Save the Poudre, No Pipe Dream sue over Fort Collins review of NISP Citizen groups Save the Poudre and No Pipe Dream are suing to stop the city of Fort Collins from processing an application for Northern Integrated Supply Project infrastructure in city limits. The two groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city and the Northern Integrated Supply Project Water Activity Enterprise over Northern Water’s SPAR (site plan advisory review) application for the controversial Poudre River reservo...

The view from Mt. LeConte. Courtesy Swain TDA Why do we seek the high places? The easiest explanation for going to the mountains is for the scenery. Even so, there must be something ingrained in the human experience that draws us to lofty summits and places where we can look out over the landscape. The reasons vary from the practical to the spiritual. High places represent safety and security. Elevated vantage points have been used throughout history for human survival. From the heights, an ...

DENVER — The Northern Water Municipal Subdistrict has reached an agreement with a cadre of environmental groups to settle federal litigation to halt plans to build the Chimney Hollow Reservoir west of Berthoud, ending 18 years of fighting and litigation over the project. In a statement, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District said it will pay $15 million over multiple years to the Grand Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to Colorado River watershed protection in Grand County. In exchange,...