Las Animas County News

Congress has approved a plan that would bar the U.S. Army from expanding into the prairielands of Pinon Canyon, along with a backup plan that would require the Army to complete an environmental impact study and receive federal money if the project ever goes forward.

About 400 oil and gas spills were reported to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission last year, including 66 instances in which ground or surface water remediation measures were required.

A confirmed tornado touched down southeast of Limon Tuesday evening. It was located six miles northeast of Wild Horse Point.

The ongoing efforts of those groups trying to prevent the U.S. Army from expanding its PiA±on Canyon Maneuver Site gained another measure of success last week as the Military Construction Subcommittee of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to continue the funding ban on "any action that relates to or promotes the expansion and size" of ... (more)

Authorities investigating the death of Colorado's prisons chief told law enforcement officers Wednesday to be on the lookout for two known associates of a white supremacist prison gang.