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New study reveals rural areas in Southern Colorado have high risks for wildfires but low resources
Huerfano, Archuleta, Conejos and Las Animas face some of the highest wildfire risk in the state, yet those same communities have relatively low resources to prevent the start and spread of wildfires.
State lottery proceeds will fund land conservation, recreation and other projects around Southern Colorado
More than $7.6 million in Great Outdoors Colorado grant funding will support Southern Colorado projects.
Ways to participate in Audubon’s national Christmas bird count in Southern Colorado
Bird watchers started their counts in mid December and will finish Jan. 5th.
Colorado woman suspected of killing 2 of her children is extradited from the UK
Kimberlee Singler, 37, faces charges including two counts of first-degree murder.
Cheyenne Mountain State Park set to grow by nearly 500 acres
A committee of the state legislature approved the purchase last week.
Judge accepts plea deals from Return to Nature Funeral Home owners who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses
By Colleen Slevin, AP A state judge on Monday accepted plea agreements for the owners of a Colorado funeral home for the abuse of 191 corpses, many of which languished […]
Our favorite stories from Southern Colorado in 2025
From the center of 719 to the rainbow trout circle of life, here are some of the stories KRCC brought to you over the past year.
Pueblo steel mill faces lawsuits over allegedly stopping shipments of train track rails
BNSF says the Rocky Mountain Steel Mill in Pueblo stopped shipping rails for train tracks this fall.
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