Denver, Eastern Plains under red flag fire warning today
Strong winds and low humidity are behind the fire danger, the National Weather Service says.
Colorado’s child poverty, explained in 12 charts and maps
Did you know that the number of kids living in concentrated poverty in Colorado has quadrupled since 2000? Or that the number of homeless students has doubled since 2007?
All over the West, second home buyers are pushing out locals
Such “amenity migrants” move to a place because of nearby recreation and drive up home prices so much that no one else can afford rent or mortgage payments.
DU’s Joey LaLeggia is a finalist for Hobey Baker award
The winner will be announced on April 10, during the NCAA Frozen Four.
Aurora VA hospital cost estimate balloons to $1.73 billion
Costs have steadily risen since the project began, even leading to construction being temporarily shut down in December.
Eldora expansion gets go-ahead from feds
A Forest Service decision marks an important milestone in Eldora’s years-in-the-making expansion plans.
Seven Falls will reopen with zip lines, new hiking trail
The popular tourist spot in Colorado Springs that closed after extensive flooding in the fall of 2013 will reopen this summer.
U2 announces Denver tour stop
Denver. June 6th, 2015. Tickets on sale next Monday.
SW Colorado picks fight with invasive oxeye daisy
The daisy has pushed out native grasses and is inedible to elk and deer.
Red flag fire warnings for Eastern Plains today
High temperatures are forecasted to combine with gusty winds to produce high fire danger over the Eastern Plains.
Weekend catch-up: Restarting life after prison, and more stories you may have missed
Other stories we brought you: a lost city in Honduras, a five-year-old that had one intense visit to the dentist’s office, and more.
Breckenridge will treat water with fluoride despite protests
A group called Fluoride Free Breckenridge lobbied the council for nearly an hour on Tuesday to stop using the additive.
Vice visits Casa Bonita, which many people apparently don’t think is real
Vice profiled the 40-year-old restaurant that’s known better for its cliff divers and puppet shows than the food.
What do Robin Thicke and Bach have in common? CPR Classical has the answer
The idea of stealing music is as old as music itself.
2 Grand Junction-area school board members opt kids out of state tests
“If we have enough non-participation, I think it will send a message that this has to be changed,” says board president Greg Mikolai.
After NY condo building boom, shoddy work rears head
New York’s experience with shoddy condo construction could be a useful lesson for Colorado.