Colorado Population Growth Starts To Spread Beyond Front Range
The growth spurt outside the Front Range can be credited to Pueblo and Grand Junction finally shrugging off the effects of the Great Recession.
Mesa County
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Where There's Smoke There's Ire In Mesa County
Read moreMesa County has a burning issue: Too many residents are putting a match to trash, yard refuse and fields. Clean air advocates want to douse this longstanding practice.
Report: 2014 Landslide Triggered By Earlier Earth Movements
An early morning rockfall had combined with a later earth failure, resulting in the sequence that led to the slide that killed three people.Read more
How Mesa County used drones in search and rescue efforts after landslide
Read moreDrones helped cut costs and keep rescuers safe, but they haven't helped find the bodies of three men lost in the massive landslide in Western Colorado.
Area of Mesa County mudslide being remapped
Read moreMesa County officials say two days of flights over a large area from Collbran to Vega Reservoir are underway. About 87 flights over the area will remap the topography of the slide and are aimed at getting a better sense of the new landscape.
Water continues to build at landslide area near Collbran
Read moreResidents are told to be ready to evacuate quickly in the event of another slide at a town hall meeting on Thursday in Mesa County.
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Officials hold town hall meeting on mudslide threat in Collbran
Watch VideoThe Mesa County sheriff has warned 35 residents to be ready to leave quickly in case there is another slide.
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Video: Colorado geologist explains Mesa County mudslide
Watch VideoThis footage of the mudslide area was taken by the Mesa County Sheriff's office on Monday, May 26, 2014. Karen Berry, the interim State Geologist and Director of the Colorado Geological Survey, narrated the video and shared what she saw with CPR's Mike Lamp.
Landslide danger ends search for 3 in Mesa County
Watch VideoAuthorities are watching for the possibility of another landslide as dangerously unstable conditions led them to call off the search for three missing men.
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