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Thursday, October 25, 2012  Jerry Steele of Wetmore said he is blessed to have his home, and to have made it out in time after the fire came within 100 feet.

Saturday, September 01, 2012  A recovery mission was launched Saturday following a plane crash in the San Isabel National Forest Friday.

Friday, August 31, 2012  A Canadian woman who was driving in southern Colorado Thursday crashed her car into a tree and died east of Westcliffe.

Thursday, August 09, 2012  A wildfire burning in Custer County has grown to 80 acres, according to U.S. Forest Service officials.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  Almost four months after a 4,300 acre wildfire started in the San Isabel National Forest, crews are still working to clean the area and regrow trees that were burned.

Monday, July 04, 2011  The man who died in a plane crash Sunday in Custer County has been identified, and the fire from that crash is still burning.

Sunday, July 03, 2011  One man was killed in a small plane crash near Wetmore, igniting a large wildfire in the San Isabel National Forest.

Monday, June 20, 2011  Residents evacuated from a Colorado wildfire are being allowed to return home.

Monday, June 20, 2011  Fire officials say costs of fighting a wildfire burning on seven square miles in the southern Colorado mountains have reached about $4 million.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011  Residents of another 50 houses have been warned to be ready to evacuate because of a wildfire burning on 1,800 acres in the southern Colorado mountains.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011  The Duckett wildfire in Custer and Fremont counties has spread to 1,000 acres and is still growing, and the sheriff's departments in both counties were conducting evacuations Monday.

Sunday, June 12, 2011  A wildfire is burning in Custer County, northwest of Westcliffe on the San Isabel National Forest.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011  The results of DNA tests have confirmed that a human skull found by a hunter in the woods near Cripple Creek is that of a 44-year-old woman believed killed and dismembered by her boyfriend.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011  The two victims in a deadly plane crash in Southern Colorado over the weekend have been identified.

Monday, January 10, 2011  Officals with The Civil Air Patrol said a missing airplane has been located one mile east of Blueberry Peak in the Sangre de Cristo range.