Colorado’s drought is bad. Tree ring history shows it could get a lot worse

A new study finds a scorching spell 1,800 years ago robbed the Colorado River of more than one-third of its water

World War II-era boat emerges from shrinking Lake Mead

LAS VEGAS – A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona. The Higgins landing craft that has long bee...

Why the millions of dollars Democrats spent in Colorado’s Republican primaries didn’t work

All of the more extreme GOP candidates Democrats wanted to see win on Tuesday lost

Q&A: Head of Colorado County Clerks fires back at conspiracy theorists

‘It's really frustrating when people make up these problems ... and scare people for votes’

Arizona attorney general: Pre-1901 abortion ban enforceable

PHOENIX – Arizona’s Republican attorney general announced Wednesday that a pre-statehood law that bans all abortions is enforceable and that he will soon file for the removal of an injunctio...

End of Roe v. Wade has Western Slope prepping for more people seeking abortion access

Parent wonders if those coming from Utah will be able to find clinics in Cortez and Durango

Some Western cities nix July 4 fireworks for shortages, fire dangers

PHOENIX – The skies over a scattering of Western U.S. cities will stay dark for the third consecutive Fourth of July as some major fireworks displays are canceled again this year, this time ...

Unaffiliated voters give Colorado Republicans turnout edge ahead of primary election

Data show nonaffiliated voters casting GOP ballots in Rep. Boebert’s 3rd District

Meet the Colorado man whose identity was allegedly stolen by Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters

Gerald Wood speaks publicly for the first time about his connection to the embattled election official

Arizona abortion providers halt procedures after Roe ruling

PHOENIX – Abortion providers across Arizona halted procedures Friday while they try to determine if a law dating to pre-statehood days means their doctors and nurses could face prison time n...

Lawsuit says hero who killed gunman was shot without warning

DENVER – The mother of a man hailed as a hero for killing a gunman who ambushed and fatally shot a police officer only to be killed himself by another officer in suburban Denver filed a laws...

Some Colorado sheriff candidates have an unlikely campaign promise: not enforcing the law

‘Constitutional sheriffs’ rail against government overreach, red flag laws