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A plan to expand the local ski resort onto a scenic mountainside has polarized residents here and stoked a longrunning debate: Does adding more terrain really attract more people to the slopes? Many l

Muzaffar earns Kaiser Foundation Scholarship Omair A. Muzaffar, a student at Cheyenne's Central High, won a $2,000 scholarship from the Kaiser Foundation. The foundation awarded 10 $2,000 scholarships

*The critters really do poke their heads out of their burrows in February, researchers say -- but not to check on their shadows. When a male groundhog emerges from his burrow at this time of year, it'

When a male groundhog emerges from his burrow at this time of year, it's ladies he's looking for, not shadows. Groundhogs, also called woodchucks, have long been regarded as the most anti-social of ma

Proof of Noah's flood sought BOSTON, July 17 (UPI) -- Undersea explorer Robert Ballard, the man who found the Titanic, is now looking for evidence of Noah's flood. Ballard heads back to the Black Sea

Current global-warming models forecast a host of effects: Rising sea levels could severely impact coastal areas throughout the world; some predict more extreme weather, including droughts and heat wav

A coalition trying to preserve thousands of acres of private and National Forest Service land got a boost from the Pitkin County commissioners. The commissioners sent a letter to the Great Outdoors Co

TRADITIONS Chester, the St. Louis Zoo's groundhog weatherman, has never been wrong. In four years of predicting long winters or early springs, the furry forecaster has relied on a tried and true indic

BROWN, RYAN KENNETH, baptized into the hope of Christ's resurrection, Sept. 4, 2000; beloved son of Kenneth and Ginny Brown (nee Fulton); loving brother of Timothy (Kym) Brown and Christopher (Jessica

Six months ago, David Inouye of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colorado, reported that yellow-bellied marmots in the Rockies were rising early from their hibernation. In 23 years,

Around the campus robins are singing, announcing that spring is right around the corner. But is it really? Species of birds and flowers are arriving earlier each year, David Inouye, an associate biolo

Global warming is sending mixed signals to creatures that live in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Earlier springs have encouraged robins to migrate to breeding grounds high in the mountains earlier,

Officials of the Crested Butte Mountain Resort, State Land Board and U.S. Forest Service signed one of the largest land swaps in the history of the state on Thursday. The transaction took nearly a dec

IMPACT continues its investigation into a drug that is spreading through the party scene, which can

... birdwatcher, is one of the masterminds behind the nonprofit effort, called the "Gunnison Legacy Fund." She was director of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. While working there, Lohr got t

In this edition of IMPACT, more sex and lies in the Military. This time it involves the Air National Guard.

FOR people in a hurry, the flight between Aspen, Colo., and Crested Butte takes about 11 minutes. For people on a hike -- or perhaps a horse -- it takes about six hours to go over land from one town t

AS rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other gases cause global temperatures to increase in coming decades, lush grassy mountain meadows may be overrun by sagebrush and other woody shrubs,

Lush meadows now gracing many of the world's most picturesque moutainsides will fall victim to global warming in the next century, with drought-tolerant sagebrush obliteraing water- loving flowers and

Bumping down the streets of this high country tourist mecca this summer, a pickup hauled a large cardboard model of a condominium being chased by a herd of stampeding cows. Titled "Cows Not Condos," i