Biden to restore 3 national monuments cut by Trump

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments downsized by Trump in 2017

Latest Colorado legislative draft maps would leave Democrats in control

Commission sets Oct. 12 as deadline to vote on final state House, Senate maps

Boebert challenger suspends fundraising, cites redistricting

DENVER – A leading Democratic challenger to Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in next year’s election, Colorado state Sen. Kerry Donovan, has suspended fundraising for her campaign after t...

Proposition 120: Voters will decide if Colorado property taxes will go down – at least for some

Proponents say effort could reduce rents, opponents say it will hurt schools, fire departments

Colorado woman moves on after surviving 1984 hammer attack

DENVER (AP) – On a frigid January night in 1984, Kim Rice woke to a flash of pain and sat up in bed to see a stranger’s silhouette, his arm raised to strike another blow with a hammer. She s...

Denver Zoo apologizes a decade after visitor's death

DENVER – The Denver Zoo has apologized more than a decade after a Black man died after a confrontation with police on zoo grounds. Zoo president Bert Vescolani on Friday publicly apologized ...

Southwest hits impressive rainfall during summer monsoon

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Cities across the Southwest hit impressive rainfall totals this summer, bringing much-needed – but temporary – relief to a region that has been mired in drought. The winte...

Why climate change is making it harder to chase fall foliage

Leaf peeping seasons have been disrupted as the planet warms

Silverton is about as vaccinated as it can get. But it still has COVID.

Shots alone aren’t enough to prevent spread because of porous geographic boundaries and waning vaccine effectiveness

Colorado’s economic growth to continue at slower pace, state forecast says

General fund revenue grew 10.7% last year, preliminary figures show

Homes evacuated by wildfire burning in Colorado mountains

SILVERTHORNE – The residents of several hundred homes have been evacuated or warned to be ready to leave because of a wildfire burning in Colorado’s north-central mountains. Evacuations were...

Should river towns be forced to build costly parks to get recreational water rights?

Nonprofit argues communities should be able to protect rapids without building features