Effective immediately, the Telluride Fire Protection District’s director has resigned. Gary Whitfield tells the Daily Planet that he put in his resignation a week ago, but wouldn’t comment any further.  Whitfield worked for the department for 15 years.  The department say there’s no rush to fill his position, but that some internal interviews are being [...]

Five snowmobilers are safe after going missing overnight in Routt County. The Steamboat Pilot says just as three search and rescue teams prepared to set out after them Monday morning, the men returned safely to a parking lot. Apparently the men got stuck in nearly 30 inches of fresh snow that had accumulated during the [...]