Fire Crews Battle Wildland Fire, Structure Fire In Crested Butte
Firefighters rushed to battle a structure fire and a wildland fire in Crested Butte on Wednesday. The Crested Butte Fire Protection District said it was a complicated scene.
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Firefighters rushed to battle a structure fire and a wildland fire in Crested Butte on Wednesday. The Crested Butte Fire Protection District said it was a complicated scene.
A marmot from Colorado was captured in Arizona, after surviving a 600-mile road trip underneath a car -- in record heat.
Some mountain communities are altering their approach to tourism to manage guest experience amid an affordable housing crisis and subsequent labor shortage.
The slide took place on the north side of Snodgrass Mountain near Crested Butte.
As ski resorts try to figure out how to operate safely during the coronavirus pandemic, by requiring facemasks, enforcing social distancing in lift lines and eliminating dine-in service, Trump's order has added another obstacle heading into the winter: hiring enough temporary workers to fill crucial jobs like operating chair lifts, serving food and cleaning hotel rooms.
This weekend usually brings the beginning of the heavy summer travel season, especially for those who love our mountain passes. Coronavirus means many of those passes will be not be open.
A letter from CEO Rob Katz to employees announced that Vail Resorts will work toward an opening in roughly a month. The hope, Katz noted in the letter, is that their resorts will be open by late June or early July.
Daniel Escalante was a former mountain guide and Crested Butte town councilman and had extensive backcountry experience.
Avalanches are just a threat in the mountains, they're also happening in the middle of Crested Butte.
Emergency officials in Crested Butte say they responded to at least two roof avalanches in the last two days.
Two Roaring Fork Valley men, Owen Green, 27, of Aspen, and Michael Goerne, 37, of Carbondale, are being remembered after they died Saturday in an avalanche near Crested Butte.
Two backcountry skiers were killed over the weekend in an avalanche in a Colorado area known as Death Pass.
Avalanche warnings are in effect, triggered in part by the early snowfall in parts of the High Country.
A Colorado State Patrol officer fatally shot someone at the scene of a one-vehicle crash in western Colorado.
Crested Butte is ramping up its snowmaking, and that's helped push its opening date up.
Vail Resorts announced on Monday that they will acquire Crested Butte and three other ski areas outside Colorado.
In January 2017 snowstorms were measured by the feet instead of inches, the town ran out of room to store all the snow, and the ski resort even shut down for several days because of too much snow!
A suspect was arrested after threatening statements were made at Gunnison High School.
It's a sign that fall is just around the corner!
A man says his car was destroyed after a bear got into it while it was parked but unlocked.
Last year in Rio, Coburn became the first American woman to medal in the steeplechase winning bronze and setting an American record finishing in 9:07:63.
In his boredom, Billy Barr found a calling. Measuring snow. Since 1974, he's taken measurements twice a day, but it wasn't just the snow depth and when it melted.
A lot of snow in winter in Crested Butte isn't really that big of a story, but the extraordinarily large amount they've gotten over the past few weeks is surely front page news.
For ski resorts in Colorado and the Sierra Nevada, it's a good problem to have: too much snow.
Crested Butte Mountain Resort has received seven-and-a-half feet of snow in the past 10 days, claiming the most snow of any ski area in Colorado so far this year.
The free festival celebrating Aurora's international community starts Saturday at 3PM, at the Aurora Municipal Center's Great Lawn.
A wildfire is forcing some Colorado residents who live in the southern part of the state out of their homes. The Bear Fire started on Wednesday in Las Animas County.
At least 20 vehicles were impacted in connection with a nail spill on Highway 34 in Northern Colorado on Monday.
The vice president said President Trump "has been very clear about what is in our best interest" as the relationship with Israel is tested over the Iran war.
NASA's Jared Isaacman says the crew was selected solely based on their experience, expertise and availability for flight assignment.
The free festival celebrating Aurora's international community starts Saturday at 3PM, at the Aurora Municipal Center's Great Lawn.
A wildfire is forcing some Colorado residents who live in the southern part of the state out of their homes. The Bear Fire started on Wednesday in Las Animas County.
At least 20 vehicles were impacted in connection with a nail spill on Highway 34 in Northern Colorado on Monday.
A deputy from Wyoming is recovering in a Colorado hospital after a shooting near the state line on Monday.
A proposal to add gates at entrances to the Town of Bow Mar is drawing pushback from Denver and Littleton over public access.
Aspen Snowmass partners with The "X" Games for a three year deal. They are also planning to launch summer and winter seasons.
A deputy from Wyoming is recovering in a Colorado hospital after a shooting near the state line on Monday. Carbon County Sheriff's Sgt. Zach Burns was rushed to the hospital on a helicopter and remained in critical condition two days later.
Minsoo Song, Aurora's Senior International Program Coordinator, spoke about the city's signature event taking place this weekend.
Several state agencies and organizations came together for a Reunification Celebration, celebrating families who have been reunited after child welfare intervention.
CBS Photojournalist Dave Willie captured a photo of a bald eagle southwest of the Denver metro area.
The U.S. Embassy said Americans traveling to Mexico for the World Cup should look at advisories for the region they will be visiting.
This week Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog became the first NHL player to win the Masterton Memorial Trophy and the Messier Leadership honor in the same season.
The U.S. being a host country for the World Cup generates interest among fans, but less so among those who are not soccer fans.
Eleven U.S. cities will host hundreds of thousands of World Cup fans over the next few weeks.
Federal immigration authorities barred a Somali soccer referee who was slated to officiate the FIFA World Cup from entering the U.S. over the weekend, citing "vetting concerns."
The vice president said President Trump "has been very clear about what is in our best interest" as the relationship with Israel is tested over the Iran war.
NASA's Jared Isaacman says the crew was selected solely based on their experience, expertise and availability for flight assignment.
President Trump said the U.S. has taken out "millions" of barrels of Iranian oil in the dead of night, and said inflation will come down when the war ends.
A growing number of Europeans see the U.S. as a rival or an adversary, especially in Denmark, France, Spain and Switzerland, according to the poll.
The U.S. Embassy said Americans traveling to Mexico for the World Cup should look at advisories for the region they will be visiting.
The vice president said President Trump "has been very clear about what is in our best interest" as the relationship with Israel is tested over the Iran war.
President Trump said the U.S. has taken out "millions" of barrels of Iranian oil in the dead of night, and said inflation will come down when the war ends.
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman James Comer said he wants Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to appear before lawmakers in July.
Bill Gates told members of Congress on Wednesday that Jeffrey Epstein put his philanthropic work at risk, and that meeting him represented "a grave error in judgment."
Bill Pulte will begin serving as acting director of national intelligence in a week-and-a-half, President Trump said, effectively standing by his decision to name the housing regulator and Trump loyalist.
A sunscreen ingredient that's been available in Europe, Japan and South Korea for years has finally been approved by the FDA for sale in the U.S.
Mishika Bhatia recently graduated high school and well into the research for a treatment for Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome.
Travel bans and conflict have disrupted supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving health workers without Ebola tests and protective gear needed to contain the outbreak.
The FDA is moving ahead with a safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a senior FDA official confirmed to CBS News, a step that could create a path for the Trump administration to restrict access to the medication.
The first human case of West Nile virus in Colorado this year has been reported in Jefferson County.
President Trump said the U.S. has taken out "millions" of barrels of Iranian oil in the dead of night, and said inflation will come down when the war ends.
The Consumer Price Index rose last month at a 4.2% annual rate amid a spike in U.S. energy prices.
A new law in Colorado expands access to solar panels by legalizing small, portable plug-in units.
Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits in 2033, which could lead to higher health care costs for Americans over 65.
Meta pledged to invest $115 million to train electricians, plumbers and other workers needed to operate data centers.
Brandin Kreuzer, the man whose 50-year prison sentence for shooting a sheriff's deputy was commuted by Colorado's governor, says he is ashamed of the violence he committed as a 19-year-old.
Construction on a much-anticipated 10-acre entertainment district in Glendale has come to a halt, with the developer and the city accusing each other of being responsible for the project going off the rails.
An Aurora fire lieutenant will remain demoted after he and a fellow firefighter ran an Aurora police sergeant off the road with a fire truck last year.
A confidential investigative report commissioned by the City of Denver alleges a high-ranking Denver police division chief was "severely abusive."
The City of Denver and the parent company of the Denver Post have reached a tentative agreement to resolve a major lease dispute over the iconic downtown building that bears the newspaper's name, CBS News Colorado has learned.