- Across Colorado’s mountains, ski resorts large and small are starting to open their slopes. While late October saw the opening of Arapahoe Basin, Keystone and Winter Park, the bulk of the state’s ski areas are slated for November, including Breckenridge, which is opening Nov.
- The conservative firebrand has gained a national following, but voters in her district appear to be more divided.
- The company says opponents of the mill don’t understand how they've implemented safety measures at the site and how vital it is to the larger, nationwide push for clean energy.
- St. Mary’s Medical Center fired the man immediately after the arrest and said in a statement that it had put him on administrative leave as soon as it received a “reported concern.”
- The White Mesa mill isn’t just the only functioning uranium mill in the country. It is also a disposal site for radioactive waste from around the world.
- For four days, Jiji Oh wandered in the wilderness outside Steamboat, lost after she hiked near Steamboat. Then she saw two dots in the distance.
- Every month, the queens of Second Saturday hold court at Charlie Dwellington’s, a bar in downtown Grand Junction. It's a place to try on a new persona — or just be yourself.
- The afternoon air smelled like wine outside Aspen’s Benedict Music Tent as a mostly older crowd chatted and laughed under the swaying aspen trees.
- And the “right thing” is changing. For generations, outdoor lovers were taught they simply had to dig a deep hole, hundreds of feet from water, cover it up, and they were all good. Now that isn't good enough.
- The opening of the Palisade Plunge trail was a huge street party in the little town of Palisade last summer. But a year later, there are also calls for caution, following the heart-related death of a rider on the Plunge. Even the trail’s biggest supporters are looking at how the 32-mile odyssey can be improved.
- Every June, many of Colorado’s biggest cities host huge Pride parades, parties and drag shows. Many smaller, more rural communities have nothing at all to mark the occasion, but that's not true everywhere.
- Boebert defeated Don Coram in the Republican primary race.
- Like many communities on the Western Slope, Grand Junction does not have an abortion clinic. The closest is 90 miles away in Glenwood Springs.
- The state had its worst year of drownings in 2020, with 34 deaths. But at the rate this year is going, 2022 could exceed that.
- There’s a delicate balance to be struck: In addition to preservation, the future of these lands also depends on people experiencing them, telling others and raising awareness of the need to protect them.
- In Mesa County’s largest school district, a meme shared on social media by the president of the school board has many parents calling her transphobic — and others stepping up to defend her.
