Colorado awarding $6.4M in grants for wildfire mitigation
Colorado Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) announced that the state is awarding $6.4 million in grant funding for wildfire mitigation efforts.
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Fire danger increases for southeast Colorado Monday
Fire danger returns to eastern Colorado Monday as a surge of warm temperatures continues in the United States
Obituary – Trenda Jean Howard
Trenda Jean Howard
July 20, 1962 - December 1, 2020
Trenda Jean Howard was born July 20, 1962, in Friona, Texas. Trenda went to be with the lord on December 1, 2020, surrounded by her loving family.
Trenda graduated from Plainview High School near Sheridan Lake, in 1980 where she began her journey to being a teacher, coach, and amazing mentor.
Reveille Fire burns 162 acres in Huerfano County
24 firefighters continue to work the Reveille Fire in Huerfano County.
One month left to Apply for SBA disaster loans
Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West reminds small nonfarm businesses in 13 Colorado counties and neighboring counties in Kansas of the November 29, 2018, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties that began January 23, 2018.
Wind Farm Brings Jobs, Rate Savings to Southern Colorado
In 2004, Colorado enacted a renewable energy standard (RES), which has informed energy diversification by requiring Colorado utilities to increase their share of electricity from renewable sources. Each investor-owned utility must achieve 30% renewable generation by 2020, and for one utility, a single project recently played a crucial role to keep them on target to meet Colorado's RES.