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Colorado is on fire again.
Last week, four major blazes scorched forests with flames leaping tree to tree during historic drought conditions as the planet warms. Main...
Colorado's scorching summer of 2018 may signal a new normal.
Best-case scenarios show 100-degree days becoming seven times more common in coming decades, while worst-case...
Everyone in America is talking about the Trump-Corker-World-War-III feud. Except for those talking about the latest Trump-NFL-Jemele-Hill flare-up. And, yeah, those talking about the...
The sun rises prison orange
as if it feels Oregon and Montana blaze
from its perch one astronomical
unit away, but only our thin slip
of atmosphere knows
what...
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is moving forward with a bill she introduced Tuesday that would extend health insurance coverage to seasonal firefighters and their families.