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Barking at court: Montezuma County explores addressing prairie dog overpopulation
20+ hour, 38+ min ago (506+ words) From bears wandering Dolores streets in daylight to burrowing beavers, officials say some wildlife in Montezuma County is increasingly becoming a burden. The issue is big enough the county commission is planning for solutions. In a meeting April 13, court officials…...
Opinion | Around the moon once more, still cheesy after all these years
20+ hour, 38+ min ago (338+ words) So, we've gone around the moon. That's nice. Sorry to be less than enthusiastic, but we had six crewed landings on it between 1969 and 1972. Are we supposed to now consider this latest flyby, more than 50 years later, as progress in…...
The barista is human but an AI agent runs this experimental Swedish cafe
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (702+ words) STOCKHOLM " The coffee might be poured by a human hand, but behind the counter something far less traditional is calling the shots at an experimental cafe in Stockholm. San Francisco-based startup Andon Labs has put an artificial intelligence agent nicknamed…...
Colorado wolf restoration at a "tenuous time" amid high mortality rate, federal pressure
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (551+ words) It's been more than two years since Gov. Jared Polis opened metal crates in northwest Colorado, kicking off a voter-mandated effort to restore wolves almost a century after hunters and trappers eradicated the species from the state. So how's it…...
April brought rain and cool temps to Southwest Colorado. Is more on the way?
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (17+ words) The Durango Herald...
How Cepheid variable stars are used to measure space
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (36+ words) Greetings stargazers. Occasionally, the calendar aligns so that I get to complain about daylight saving time in this column on the same weekend it goes into effect. I need to take the chance to do tha. .....
Clusters of blue, yellow, red and orange stars
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (265+ words) While gazing at stars is fun, gazing at groups of stars is even more fun. The more the merrier. There are two types of star clusters that are popular observation targets with both amateur and professional astronomers. Those are open…...
Unprecedented levels of rainfall wreak havoc across Southwest Colorado
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (730+ words) Two tropical storms originating in the Pacific Ocean pummeled Southwest Colorado with rain over the weekend, causing unprecedented flooding, emergency evacuations and property and infrastructure damag. .....
Water woes and the drying Rio Grande River
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (638+ words) Across the West, we have recently endured the winter that wasn't. Here on the Western Slope, we worry about the diminishing Colorado River, but we also need to look at rivers on the other side of the Continental Divide. The…...
Opinion | Our view: Fire Ready Expo worth attending
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (218+ words) At a time of significant drought, attendance at La Plata County's Fire Ready Expo on Saturday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds makes good sense. From 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. , the free, family-friendly event will offer wildfire preparedness information, demonstrations and opportunities for…...