Two skiers were killed in southwestern Colorado Saturday when an avalanche buried them. The skiers, who have not yet been publicly identified, were reported late in returning from a trip near the ...

Two backcountry skiers in Colorado have died after they were caught in an avalanche in the southwestern part of the state over the weekend, officials said. The skiers had been reported overdue from a ...

A helicopter spotted tracks vanishing into an avalanche that killed two skiers near Vallecito, Colorado officials say. Jeffrey Phelps Associated Press file A helicopter searching for two overdue ...

VALLECITO – A hydroelectric plant below Vallecito Dam has served as a modest but steady source of renewable energy since the late 1980s. Now, 40 years since its inception, it has come under local ...

FireWise of Southwest Colorado had some big things to celebrate at its bimonthly meeting on March 24, with three national awards, including one for Vallecito. Smokey Bear was on hand to present ...

VALLECITO, Colo. — The residents of Vallecito are ready to go home, but the roads of this heavily flooded La Plata County community are not quite ready to take them there – at least not smoothly.

Evacuations have been ordered along Vallecito Creek due to a levee breach, according to the Upper Pine River Fire Protection. At 10:08 a.m., the Upper Pine River Fire Protection announced immediate ...

A helicopter searching for two overdue backcountry skiers near Vallecito spotted their tracks vanishing into the path of an avalanche, Colorado officials say. Rescuers the two men buried in 4 feet of ...