Colorado keeps 4.2M acres roadless as Trump administration opens much of the West
admin Colorado will get to keep roadless protections for 4.2 million acres of wildlands despite a federal reversal of rules in…
August 2026
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Nevada sues in federal court to block Colorado River cuts
Nevada officials pointed directly at Colorado and upstream states in comments Monday, saying water cuts need to be shared by…
Colorado requests aid for Aspen Acres, Gold Mountain fires from Trump administration
Colorado is seeking a federal major disaster declaration, which will open the door to federal financial assistance and services. Trump…
Did 70% of Trump tax cut recipients earn less than $100,000?
Yes. Treasury reported that nearly 70% of filers receiving a tax cut from the Working Families Tax Cuts earned less…
Wild horse helicopter roundups in Colorado this summer are costing the federal government $900k
So far, more than 800 horses have been captured from herd management areas near Meeker and Rangely
What is the 10 a.m. rule? Controversial firefighting strategy could be back.
Snuffing all fires quickly was once seen as key to preventing major disasters, but critics say the approach can backfire.
The Trump administration upended how we fight wildfires. Then came the West’s worst fire season in years.
The changes come as decades of extinguishing wildfires and climate change-induced drought have left Western forests full of dry fuels.
Meet Colorado’s chunkiest alpine residents and pick your fave to support research during Fat Marmot Week
Rocky Mountain Biological Lab’s contest in Gothic is fun, but also an "absurd demonstration" of the precarious nature of science…
Nothing in Tina Peters’ parole stops her from working in elections again
Since Tina Peters' sentence was commuted, she has toured conspiracy conferences, stood with President Trump in the Oval Office and…