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Saturday, April 13, 2013  Just a handful of Colorado ski resorts will be open after this weekend.

Thursday, July 05, 2012  A yacht full of fireworks watchers capsized on the Fourth of July, killing three children and sending 24 others into the Long Island Sound, where many were rescued by fellow boaters, police said Thursday.

Monday, December 05, 2011  Authorities are still trying to find two people who are believed to have been killed in a small plane crash in the southwest Colorado mountains.

Monday, December 20, 2010  Forecasters are predicting snowfall of "epic proportions" in parts of western Colorado.

Thursday, October 21, 2010  The mountains of southwestern Colorado are expected to get their first significant snowfall of the season.

Friday, July 02, 2010  The town of Silverton and San Juan County have filed a complaint with state regulators accusing Qwest Communications of not fulfilling its obligation to run fiber optic lines to the historic mining town.

Friday, January 08, 2010  At least two people were caught in Colorado avalanches this week, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

Monday, December 28, 2009  Thirty-nine-year-old Tammy Woodfin of Joaquin, Texas stuck a sign pole while sledding on a ski run at Kendall Mountain in Silverton on Christmas Day. The ski area was closed but La Plata County undersheriff Kristine Burns says Woodfin and her family had seen other people sledding there and assumed it was OK.

Wednesday, December 02, 2009  Silverton Mountain in southwestern Colorado and Echo Mountain west of Denver are opening terrain on Wednesday. Echo is offering $29 lift tickets through Dec. 18 while Silverton has $39 tickets.