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Friday, June 07, 2013  Rural airports in Durango and Gunnison could get more funding for security equipment under a bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is reviewing conservation easements that were set up to protect wildlife.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011  Colorado Springs firefighters responded to an early morning house fire.

Friday, June 17, 2011  A murder suspect is back in custody after he slipped out of his handcuffs and overpowered a sheriff's deputy.

Wednesday, June 09, 2010  The counties are Mesa, Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Montrose and Pitkin. The damage occurred during severe cold weather between December and February. Half of Mesa County's grape orchard was affected.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010  Resort President Tim Mueller said Monday he plans to appeal Pena's decision to Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell. Mueller says he spent four years and $2 million working with Richmond to sculpt the expansion proposal and said Richmond had previously indicated the proposal met pre-application concerns.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010  Twenty-nine-year-old Edward Geavanni Cox was arrested Monday in the April 17 death of Christian Wentz in Somerset.

Sunday, May 02, 2010  A former captain at the Gunnison County Jail has been convicted of perjury and official misconduct.

Sunday, March 07, 2010  In late February, a low-flying helicopter and about 100 Colorado Division of Wildlife biologists, staff and volunteers rounded up the animals from an area near Pueblo that wildlife officials say is overpopulated with pronghorn.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009  State Rep. Kathleen Curry of Gunnison said Tuesday that she doesn't fit into either party and would rather focus on her constituents than partisan politics. The 49-year-old rancher won election three times as a Democrat to House District 61. She is expected to run again next year.

Thursday, September 03, 2009  Melissa Rogers and Michelle Zadra appeared in court in neighboring Montrose County Thursday. Afterward, neither responded to a request for comment.

Monday, December 29, 2008  The Forest Service blames an oversight for the inclusion of the land in an upcoming energy lease sale on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests in western Colorado.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008  Rep. Kathleen Curry, a Western Slope Democrat, has been named speaker pro tem, the second-ranking position in the state House.