Colorado has highly pathogenic bird flu – also known as HPAI or bird flu – on a dairy farm, the ninth state with confirmed cases. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed the virus in a herd in northeastern Colorado on April 25, 2024. According to the USDA, this farm is one … Read more
GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) – Four miles from the nearest plowed road, high in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a 73-year-old man with a flowing gray beard and two replaced hips trudged across his front yard to measure the fresh snow that fell during a mid-March day . Billy Barr first started recording snow and weather data more … Read more
Steamboat has gone from a small border town to a big-dollar ski resort, thanks to a recent $200 million investment “Do you hear that sound?” asked my host Ray Heid, sun-wrinkled and dressed in his signature cowboy hat and homemade moosehide duster, as he turned and looked up at a plane flying through the brilliant … Read more
Vets across the country are scrambling to treat the rising number of dogs sick with severe respiratory illness. At the same time, scientists are trying to figure out what’s causing the current outbreak, how widespread it is and how many previously healthy pups have become seriously ill or died. Maple was a happy, healthy seven-month-old … Read more