Update as of 8:00 a.m. on July 5: The Cañon City Area Fire Protection District says there are still fire crews on the scene of the fire west of Skyline Drive, but it is in the "mop-up phase." ...

CAÑON CITY • About 25 years ago, high in the backcountry outside this southern Colorado town, Rex Brady was bushwhacking along steep slopes in search of something. “Just trying to find a route,” ...

Canon City • A man from Louisiana didn’t know what he’d find on his cross-country drive through Colorado. He had some ideas — Pikes Peak, Vail — but this was a proper adventure, and a proper adventure ...