Tag: Montrose County
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Cattle rustling — the ‘easy crime’ — decimating Western Slope ranchers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The grass crunches underfoot and dust billows in dense clouds as a truck and trailer speed out of public lands in Montrose County. The trailer is full of calves lowing plaintively. The driver gives the Western salute, one or two fingers raised as a four-by-four rumbles…
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Protection vs. overreach: In western Colorado, national monument proposal ignites controversy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sean Pond was around a small town of his native western Colorado when he spotted a man in a blue ball cap. Above the bill were the words at the center of an ongoing controversy: “PROTECT THE DOLORES.” Pond approached the man. “He said someone…
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs immunity for speeding officer who killed 2
The Court of Appeals believed emergency responders lose immunity when they fail to activate their lights or sirens at the outset of a pursuit, but the Supreme Court appeared reluctant to accept that standard
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First human case of H5 bird flu in U.S. detected in Colorado; risk to public low, officials say
An inmate at the state correctional facility in Delta County is the first person in the United States to test positive for the H5 avian flu, state officials said Thursday. The man came in contact with the virus when he worked at a commercial farm in Montrose County as part of a pre-release employment program,…
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Bird flu outbreak reported in Colorado
New cases of the bird flu have been confirmed in western Colorado, and officials will kill 60,000 birds to stop the virus from spreading, the U.S Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. The outbreak occurred at a commercial poultry operation in Montrose County. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory confirmed that birds at a commercial broiler breeder…
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Suspect that led police on a pursuit Friday remains at-large
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A suspect who led police on a pursuit from Westminster to Superior on Friday night remains on the loose, law enforcement officials said Saturday. Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Friday, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office was…