Highway 50 between Las Animas and Hasty opened to traffic around 7pm Saturday night, but firefighters from five counties are continuing their efforts to contain the last remnants of the fire that began just after 1pm Saturday afternoon. The fire, which consumed about 800 acres of grassland and several farm structures, was in the John Martin Dam area as of 10am Sunday morning. Two firefighters received minor injuries from the fire, one with smoke inhalation and … Read entire article »