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Thursday May 16 | Denver Post

Gondola rail car gets new home at museum

The Durango Railroad Historical Society rescued the relic from a Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad siding at Tacoma, about 20 miles north of Durango, where it sat for decades.

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Mon May 06, 2013

Cortez Journal News

Fire on the Mountain

Kirstin Brown, of Colorado Mine Reclamation and Kay Zillich, a BLM abandoned mine specialist, lead a media tour of smoldering coal fires on Menefee Mountain.

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Thu Apr 18, 2013

Denver Post

Colorado film incentive program lands movies but funds are dwindling

Last spring, the newly minted commissioner of Colorado's Office of Film, Television and Media persuaded lawmakers to fund an innovative $4 million incentive program to lure film and television producers to the state, ending an eight-year effort to bolster film funding.

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Wed Apr 17, 2013

The Telluride Watch

Ouray County Historical Museum Reopens Thursday

The Ouray County Historical Museum reopens Thursday, April 18, with new exhibits, events and activities for the upcoming season that range from the annual Evenings of History lecture series and guided walking tours of Ouray's historic Main Street and Cedar Hill Cemetery to a John Fielder photography workshop and a geology tour of the San Juan ... (more)

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