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To spread word of free tuition and boost low-income enrollment, one university goes on Western Slope high school tour

In Colorado, fewer than half of high school graduates go on to college, well below the national average. In recent years, universities across the state have stepped up efforts to change that...

DATE: Apr 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

World’s longest track of dinosaur footprints near Ouray is now public land

U.S. Forest Service purchased several parcels containing 134 fossilized tracks

DATE: Apr 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Avalanche forecaster had to be rescued this week – from an avalanche

State agency says accident highlights risks to all backcountry users

DATE: Apr 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

How Ouray’s ice farmers nurture a frozen crop that is beautiful and climbable

The ice axes make a satisfying “thwack” every time a bundled-up climber, one tool in each hand, swings them into the frozen wall. Shattered bits fly off as the line of climbers inches up fro...

DATE: Feb 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police say man found dead at Glenwood Springs amusement park researched mass shootings, but investigators find few other answers

More than three months since a man armed with guns and explosives was found dead at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, police say they still don’t know his possible motives or if he was planni...

DATE: Feb 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New homeowners find body parts in a Grand Junction home

Mesa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a severed human head and hands were found at home

DATE: Jan 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

For skiers in Colorado, a snow season that started slow and rebounded is poised for a deluge

On a recent morning at Powderhorn Mountain Resort, skiers and boarders glided through pillowy powder so light and deep they created clouds with each turn. It’s a good powder day, but earlier...

DATE: Jan 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

From the Continental Divide to Utah, or somewhere else? Where is the Western Slope in Colorado?

Have you ever skied at Steamboat Springs? Have you walked up that tangle of a trail to the jewel-tone waters of Hanging Lake? Have you cheered in the stands of the sheepdog trials in Meeker?...

DATE: Nov 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

A Colorado rodeo legend clinches one more title: his name in the National Cowboy Hall of Fame

At 75 years old, J.C. Trujillo can still feel the moment he became a rodeo cowboy. He was 6. He remembers his first calf-riding competition for kids “as clear as day,” he said. “I was scared...

DATE: Oct 21, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado sees more avalanche deaths than any other state. A training course at this mountain park hopes to change that

At a park just outside of Minturn, now open for its third season, there are eight transmitters that people can practice finding with their beacons

DATE: Jan 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New movement helps Native students take back their education

Many students were sent to Native American boarding schools operating in the U.S. for more than a century

DATE: Dec 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

These small, city-owned ski areas keep up the tradition of skiing for all

Durango’s Chapman Hill has been used as an in-town ski area for more than 70 years

DATE: Mar 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News