Conifer News

The children of two homeowners killed during the Lower North Fork Fire said they are "cautiously optimistic" a bill making it easier to compensate fire victims will pass the State Legislature.

Sen. Max Baucus says the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to permanently deny any trademark application for the well-known Montana slogan "Last Best Place." The phrase was first popularized as the title of a 1988 anthology co-edited by writers William Kittredge and Annick Smith.

A man takes pictures of a home destroyed by the Lower North Fork Fire March 28, 2012 in Conifer, Colorado.

TomA© Roubideaux had not been to the annual meeting of Native American and indigenous people, known as the Gathering of Nations, for a decade because he was battling cancer and too sick to dance.

In a March 27 story about a wildfire near Conifer, Colo., The Associated Press erroneously reported that resident Kathy Wilkens received a reverse 911 call.

In an unannounced trip, President Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan to sign an agreement cementing the U.S. role in the country after the war ends in 2014.

A man saves a scorched flag from a home destroyed by the Lower North Fork Fire March 28, 2012 in Conifer, Colorado.