Cottonwood Pass is open for the season, but it’s still not a good I-70 detour
Heavy traffic can be dangerous for motorists and frustrating for the people who live along the 15.5-mile route.
A much-needed facelift is underway for Hanging Lake, but you can still hang there. Here’s how
As renovations continue at and near the beloved blue-green alpine lake, visitors will have to plan their trips accordingly.
To spread word of free tuition and boost low-income enrollment, a college goes on a Western Slope high school tour
In Colorado, fewer than half of high school graduates go on to college, which is well below the national average.
Famed ‘Ride The Rockies’ bike event canceled due to low registration
One of Colorado’s biggest cycling events has been canceled for 2024.
The world’s longest track of dinosaur footprints has been hidden in Colorado’s mountains. Now, it’s public land
The U.S. Forest Service recently purchased several parcels of land from a family in Ouray that contains 134 fossilized dinosaur footprints.
A Colorado avalanche forecaster had to be rescued this week — from an avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says the accident highlights the risks all backcountry users face
The fire that killed a young woman in Palisade was intentionally set, authorities say
The suspect was found dead the same day near Leadville, which is hours away.
Palisade police say suspect in deadly Friday apartment fire has been found dead near Leadville
Police and fire departments responded to a report of an explosion at a small apartment complex on April 5. When crews arrived, the six-unit building was completely engulfed.
A ‘naked lap’ at Sunlight Mountain Resort is a cold, judgment-free celebration for women and femme skiers and boarders
At Boot Tan Fest in Glenwood Springs, hundreds bare it all in a snowstorm for an empowering mountain run that’s full of exhilaration and joyful pain.
While Carbondale will stop providing shelter and food for new immigrants, the city is still helping them navigate government red tape and plan their next steps
New immigrants are on their own, with a small band of residents doing their best to help them one by one.
Garfield County is the latest community to ban fireworks as the danger of a drier, warmer wilderness grows
Several other Colorado counties and cities have already decided fireworks are too risky.
Colorado Mountain College president says she’ll step down in August
Carrie Besnette Hauser, Colorado Mountain College’s longest-serving president, announced she’ll step down.
Grand Junction’s new resource center aims to help its unhoused community
After the city closed a park to people living in it, and is getting ready to do it again, nonprofits stepped in to give people a place to go during the day.
How Ouray’s ice farmers nurture a frozen crop that is beautiful and climbable
What started in the 1980s with a group of rebels and a leaky pipe has become a uniquely skilled job that has turned a former mining town into an ice-climbing destination.
Police say man found dead at Glenwood Springs amusement park researched mass shootings but investigators find few other answers
Police say Diego Barajas Medina visited websites discussing mass shootings but found no records of contact with mental health services or answers about his possible motives.
Tina Peters is headed to trial – how did we get here?
The Mesa County clerk is accused of breaching the security of her office’s election computers in order to hunt for evidence of massive fraud. How did Peters, a political novice who ran on lowering DMV wait times, become such a pivotal figure in the ongoing campaign to prove false claims that American elections are rigged?
