DENVER, Colorado, May 17 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Division issued the following news release: On April 22, 2023, DEA and its law enforcement partners came together once again to protect our communities from prescription misuse by safely disposing of 663,725 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country. Since its inception in 2010, DEA's bi-annual National Prescription Take Back Day has removed more t  more

DELTA, Colorado, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests - issued the following news release: The USDA Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Region recently recognized Daris Matos, Assistant Forest Engineer for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests for her innovative and impactful contributions to forest engineering in 2022. Matos was selected as the 2022 Technical Engineer of the Year.  more

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests - issued the following news release: Fire Management Officials from the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests' Grand Valley Ranger District plan to conduct the Steamboat Rocks prescribed burn beginning May 17, depending upon weather and appropriate ground and vegetation conditions. The prescribed fire is located south o  more