More Colorado workers are quitting their jobs right now than they have in the last 20 years
One in 23 Colorado workers left their jobs during September.
For this baker, Thanksgiving is ‘the pie Super Bowl’
John Hinman, a pastry chef, spent a summer perfecting his recipes until he “started making pies as good as grandma’s.”
This is how we analyzed Colorado wildfire data
Data showed that fewer fires are solved in Colorado than neighboring states, so reporters then set out to try and learn why.
Humans cause most of Colorado’s wildfires, but a lack of investigative resources means few are held responsible
A CPR News investigation found that Colorado has the worst rate of any state in the West for finding the origins of human-caused wildfires.
Colorado’s biggest wildfires are mostly human-caused — and unsolved
Colorado wildfire investigators found the exact origins of just 43 percent of human-caused fires from 2000 to 2018 — the worst rate of any state in the West. As a result, policy makers are left without key data that could explain what people who cause fires are doing wrong.
Colorado’s Skies Really Are That Much Smokier As Western Wildfires Worsen
The number of days with smoky skies has grown over the last decade, the data show, blanketing Colorado from the Eastern Plains to the Western Slope
Census: Front Range Cities And Suburbs Surge As Colorado’s Population Booms By Nearly 750,000 Over Last Decade
The Census data confirms the population growth evidenced by a decade of increased traffic and home prices on the Front Range.
