Enzymes used by fungi can break down a wide variety of man-made compounds - a fact exploited to clean up contaminated soils.

Senator Cory Gardner has announced that $20 million in federal grants have been awarded to three Colorado airports.

Teenager Charley Maranville has been awarded the Colorado Simmental Association’s Youth Grant. 

Maranville, a student at Big Sandy School in Simla, farms and ranches with her family near Ramah. She was awarded the scholarship this winter to help defray the expense of her first Simmental heifer. Maranville selected a bred heifer last week, using the $500 herd builder funds from CSA.

Two people are dead following an avalanche in Eagle County Saturday afternoon.

According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, three motorized snowbike riders were caught in the snow slide which occurred east of Red and White Mountain below the treeline. One of the riders was partially buried but was able to dig himself out.

The other two riders were carried to the bottom of the drainage and buried under snow and debris, killing them. Search and rescue crews were able to recover the bodies Sunday.

Our critic, Bob Garver, takes a look at "Sonic the Hedgehog" - and wishes he could use his own magic rings to escape to the mushroom planet. 

Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Colorado.

West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler set out to visit high school students throughout the Texas Panhandle and the South Plains with a simple message about student loans.

The Constitution authorizes Congress to exercise oversight as part of the carefully crafted balance of powers among the three branches of government. Impeachment is an important check on presidential power.

More than two-thirds of Americans take dietary supplements, beleiving they are safe and effective. That may not be true.

Life in Eads and Kiowa County as observed by Doris Lessenden.