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Olivia Prentzel
Position: The Colorado Sun

A hiker’s deadly fall highlights Colorado’s struggle to account for its abandoned mines

Colorado has closed about 14,000 abandoned mine openings since 1980, but officials say thousands more – many unknown to the state – remain

Colorado’s volunteer search and rescue teams to get funding boost

Colorado Backcountry Search and Rescue Program fee will now be $1.25, up from 25 cents

Fast-moving wildfires burn nearly 21,000 acres across northwestern Colorado

Elk and Lee fires, which were sparked by lightning over the weekend, made big runs Monday

Colorado is split into snowpack haves and have-nots, drought report shows

The northern mountains are loaded with snow, but to the south, paltry snowpack illustrates alarmingly high temperatures recorded in the past few months

Amendment I: Should Colorado judges be able to deny bail to people charged with first-degree murder?

Measure is an effort to remedy an unintended consequence from when state’s death penalty was abolished in 2020

Experienced climber falls 800 feet to his death on ridge near Telluride

21-year-old man from Arizona is second person to die while hiking in Colorado this week

Colorado ranchers can kill wolves that are attacking livestock, federal officials say

Wolf reintroduction on Western Slope is on track for this year; still no word on where wolves will come from

Three people found dead at campsite were sisters, 14-year-old boy who planned to ‘live off the grid’

All were Colorado Springs residents, according to Gunnison County coroner

3 decomposed bodies found near remote campsite in western Colorado

A hiker made the grim discovery Sunday northeast of Gunnison

Mountain lion euthanized after swatting 11-year-old girl in Colorado chicken coop

Child was treated for wound on her face and released from a hospital

Mountain lion spends lazy day lounging in tree at Garden of the Gods Park

Midday sighting is ‘extremely rare’ for an area that attracts 4 million people a year

Net-zero federal lab set to open in Colorado in 2026 thanks to Inflation Reduction Act

A new, all-electric Food and Drug Administration lab will be funded through $79 million from the Inflation Reduction Act.