Tag: Paonia State Park
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife rangers win national life-saving and valor awards
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger Jeffrey Hammond didn’t hesitate to jump in the freezing cold Arkansas River to save a woman injured when her car ended up in the water off of U.S. Highway 50 in Bighorn Canyon in January 2023. Donning his swift-water rescue suit, Hammond swam across the river and extricated the driver,…
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One dead following fatal crash near Paonia State Park
A driver was killed Saturday when their pick up left the road and plummeted more than 100 feet down a scree slope near Paonia State Park. The crash happened on Kebler Pass Road, about six miles southeast of Paonia State Park. It’s not known exactly when the accident occurred, but authorities began receiving reports of…