Regional News

Southern Colorado ski hill, closed for 24 years, gets $250K boost

State grant will help fund operations while volunteers work on a chairlift

December 16, 2024

Investigators haven’t found a motive for falsified environmental data filed at hundreds of Colorado oil and gas sites

The newly reorganized Colorado Oil and Gas Commission planned to meet Tuesday and will later begin rewriting state rules to…

December 15, 2024

Regional News

Denver man among 39 granted pardons by Biden

Johnnie Williams of Denver received the pardon from President Joe Biden on Thursday for a conviction on an unspecified nonviolent…

December 14, 2024

Regional News

CPW vows to do better job at wolf reintroduction

The list of improvements includes a faster response to livestock deaths

December 13, 2024

Local News

Groups sue wildlife commissioners over mountain lion hunting op-ed

Safari Club International, Sportsmen’s Alliance say column ‘harmed them’ and broke open meetings law

December 13, 2024

Regional News

Proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons is halted by federal, state judges

Colorado is also trying to stop consolidation

December 10, 2024

Regional News

Investigation finds Colorado election passwords were posted ‘unintentionally’

Denver-based law firm found no ill will in secretary of state office’s leak

December 10, 2024

Business

Coloradans got $5 million more in insurance claims this year

Residents have been turning to free help from the state

December 8, 2024

Regional News

$45 million record-breaking stegosaurus fossil found in Colorado will go on display at museum in New York City

Part of a stegosaurus skeleton is displayed at Sotheby's New York in New York, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela…

December 7, 2024

Regional News

Private health insurers in Colorado will need to cover abortion care beginning in January

Advocates want similar protections for public employees, Medicaid recipients after Amendment 79’s passage

December 1, 2024

Regional News

With budget cuts looming, Colorado governor and lawmakers are far apart on fix

Gov. Jared Polis presented his ideas for state budget cuts in November, but they were met with a cold reception…

December 1, 2024

Regional News

Colorado’s election equipment password breach explained

What we know about the investigations into Secretary of State's office

November 29, 2024

Regional News

Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet Ramsey’s killing

A police officer sits in her cruiser, Jan. 3, 1997, outside the home in which 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found…

November 29, 2024

Regional News

Colorado dentist accused of killing wife is charged with trying to kill investigator

James Craig is accused of poisoning his 43-year-old wife, recruiting inmate to murder detective

November 29, 2024

Regional News

Polis headed for another showdown with Democrats over union issues

Colorado governor quickly pooh-poohed labor movement’s priority bill

November 28, 2024

Regional News

Grand Junction resists calls to close unhoused resource center

Nearby business owners have asked shelter be closed because of gatherings

November 26, 2024

Regional News

Hickenlooper addresses concerns from college student leaders

Eight student body presidents met with senator

November 26, 2024

Regional News

Colorado PERA budget calls for 20% jump in spending to modernize its benefit system, even as state pivots toward austerity

The computer system PERA uses to track and pay out benefits is 40 years old – the oldest still in…

November 24, 2024

Regional News

Colorado wolf advocates launch $50,000 anti-poaching reward

FILE – In this photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, wildlife officials release five gray wolves onto public land…

November 23, 2024

Regional News

The Western Slope just asked for federal climate dollars to buy crucial water rights. Trump wants to roll back the funding

The Dolores River was flowing at 3,400 cfs on May 10, 2023. (Jason Blevins/The Colorado Sun) A $99 million plan…

November 23, 2024

Regional News

Colorado marijuana sales – and tax dollars – are still falling

Sales peaked in the 2020-21 budget year, netting $424 million in taxes for the state

November 22, 2024

Regional News

Jeff Hurd wants to bring the BLM back to Grand Junction

Trump moved agency to Colorado in 2020, but Biden moved it back to Washington D.C.

November 22, 2024

Regional News

Colorado funeral homeowners who let nearly 190 bodies decay plead guilty

Jon Hallford and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home. (Muskogee County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)dur-i-syn COLORADO…

November 22, 2024

Regional News

Some head to the mountains for Christmas trees – others let the Eastern Plains come to them

Little junipers are cut like a traditional Christmas tree and don’t come with any roots

November 22, 2024