Montrose County News

Former 7th Judicial District Attorney and convicted sex offender Myrl Serra walked out of the Colorado state prison system on Friday, four days before a previously scheduled release date.

PARADOX, Colo.- About 400 firefighters and five helicopters continue to battle a large wildfire in western Colorado.

According to a Bureau of Land Management news release, the Sunrise Mine fire, about four miles north of Paradox, was about 30 percent contained as of Sunday night.

Two air tankers arrived in Durango on Sunday to fight the Little Sand and Sunrise Mine fires, which have burned almost 10,000 acres in the state, and more equipment is on the way.

The company was founded in November 2005 with the objective of exploring for uranium deposits in states of Utah and Colorado, the US and in Paraguay.

Some officials privately concede that there is little chance for large-scale success of the anti-opium effort in Afghanistan before the end of the NATO military mission in 2014.

The Montrose County Sheriff's Posse has evacuated the Buckeye Reservoir, Rock Creek and Sinbad Valley due to the Sunrise Mine fire burning about four miles north of Paradox, Colo.

CHRISTOPHER TOMLINSON The Daily Sentinel - Visibility worsened in the Grand Valley on Saturday after a dusty sunset, above, the previous day, as seen over Colorado National Monument.

PARADOX, Colo- A fire that was reported Friday evening continues to burn four miles north of Paradox.

Colorado Weather Forecast: Powerful southerly winds push smoke and haze from over 100-thousand acres of wildfires in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Earlier-than-usual dry conditions across much of western Colorado have prompted federal officials to impose fire restrictions on Bureau of Land Management lands in the Roaring Fork and Colorado river valleys.

There are 1,500 miles of recreational playground in Montrose County. "We've kind of adopted a theme of 360 degrees of adventure, 365 days a year," said Richard Harding, a member of the Montrose Citizens for Funding Our Future .

MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo.- There's a piece of history on the Western Slope that many residents may not know much about.

In celebration of National Women's Health Week, Montrose County officials are offering free health screenings to all women.

MONTROSE, Colo.- The Montrose Regional Airport is a way for residents to get to and from several several different ski resorts and cities, encouraging airport officials to create a bigger, more equipped airport to handle large aircraft more frequently.

MONTROSE, Colo. - A former district attorney accused of harassing women in his office is being released from prison early.

MONTROSE, Colo.- The Montrose County Sheriff's Posse is breaking ground on a new storage facility on Thursday.

A mission nine years ago to recover a body from a sheer cliff face at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is paying off in a big way this week as ground is broken for a new building for the Montrose County Sheriff's Posse.

The company was founded in November 2005 with the objective of exploring for uranium deposits in states of Utah and Colorado, the US and in Paraguay.

In the communities of Nucla and Naturita, you can find yourself a long way from a hospital during a medical emergency.