Winning the season’s first ski run isn’t easy. Colorado’s ‘Kings of First Chair’ have done it for 31 years
Scoring the coveted first chair of the season requires constant vigilance and a lot of hand warmers.
How did No Name, Colorado, get its name?
It could be a creek … or it could be something else entirely.
A Colorado rodeo legend clinches one more title: his name in the National Cowboy Hall of Fame
The retired champion was aggressive in the arena and a crowd favorite. Today, he lives in an old schoolhouse, watches his grandkids compete — and still rides every day.
New moms find not just guidance, but connection, in breastfeeding support group on the Western Slope
Community Hospital’s weekly breastfeeding support group is focused on helping with nursing and also navigating life as a parent.
As Coloradans struggle to get home from Gaza and Israel, some are turning to their members of Congress for help
Among those trying to get out are a doctor from Grand Junction who was volunteering in Gaza and a former chair of the Anti-Defamation League on a birthday trip to Israel.
‘I wanted to see if I could do it!’ How a training run over Imogene Pass became a beloved Colorado tradition
In 1974, a young trail runner from Ouray stood at the corner of Main Street and Third Avenue, where he liked to start his long runs, and decided to do something no one ever had: run all the way to Telluride over a rough mountain road.
Grand Junction closes park considered ‘center of the homeless community’
Whitman Park has been a regular congregation spot for Mesa County’s unhoused for years.
‘At home with the yaks’: This Ridgway family has made these beloved bovines their life’s work
In the 1970s, Peter Hackett was a volunteer doctor in Nepal. Then he fell in love with yaks — and through yaks found love.
The future of Olathe sweet corn is being endangered by a tiny, fearsome foe: worms
The cornsilk earworm is threatening the long-term viability of the delicacy — and the livelihoods of the farmers who grow it.
Grand Junction mayor jumps into congressional race to take on Lauren Boebert
Anna Stout will join Democrat Adam Frisch in the race for the 3rd Congressional District.
Mesa County sees suicide rate increase for the second straight year
The county has had a consistently higher suicide rate than state and national averages.
After a cancer diagnosis, Grand Junction’s Bendu the Dog wrote his final chapter and found his home
Bendu was found running loose in Palisade. Then he found his humans and a taste of the good life before cancer took his life.
Avalanche dog program kicks off ahead of Steamboat expansion
Steamboat Resort is adding more than 600 acres of new terrain next season, including slopes more prone to avalanches. In anticipation of the change, Steamboat is adding an avalanche dog program that began this year with a black lab named Daisy and a Belgian Malinois/Shepard mix named Mudd.
Ski for free? In Steamboat Springs, a special park offers just that — to locals and visitors alike
On Sundays in the winter, a special ski area is free in Steamboat Springs. And you have just one chance left this season to go.
Someone buried in an avalanche has just minutes to live. This park helps you practice how to save them
Avalanche transceivers, often called beacons, can mean the difference between life and death. It’s not just important to wear them, however. It’s vital to know how to use them.
After an avalanche buried him in snow, a backcountry skier reflects on his survival — and what he could have done differently
“It’s always been one of my biggest nightmares … and I can tell you, it’s much scarier living through that than you can ever imagine.”
