Colorado’s K-9 cops like chew toys, scratches and keeping black bears alive
admin Colorado Parks and Wildlife's now-state-funded dog squad is nose down looking for missing hikers, busting poachers and hazing bears
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Utah’s richest man wants Vail Resorts to sell him the nation’s largest ski area
Matthew Prince says he will invest $500 million in Park City Mountain Resort if Vail Resorts sells him ts flagship…
Colorado Parks and Wildlife receives two bids for statewide search and rescue management
The Colorado Search and Rescue Association did not respond to CPW's request for proposals to manage statewide search and rescue…
Colorado outdoor recreation office wraps up $3.6 million in federal grants to 50 projects
The state's outdoor recreation office spent four years distributing grants to projects in 27 counties that created close to 1,000…
Colorado mountain town real estate slowing down after heady post-pandemic surge
Sales numbers are down. So is the total volume. But prices remain at record highs. Could high-country discounts be looming?
E-bike access to Pitkin County’s Maroon Bells now will cost riders. Bigger changes could be coming.
A new e-bike fee signals the start of a larger change that may include Pitkin County managing the Forest Service’s…
Low flows on the Arkansas River have rafting outfitters, communities bracing for a rocky summer
A recreational flow program that funnels up to 10,000 acre-feet of raft-floating water down the Arkansas River will not happen…
Colorado’s lakes, reservoirs won’t have enough water for most kinds of boating this summer
The severe drought seizing Colorado may leave some of the state’s most popular lakes looking more like puddles by the…
Colorado nonprofit leader who killed himself, leaving wife and young daughter, had chronic brain disease
In his final months, First Descents leader Ryan O’Donoghue told nearly a dozen doctors he felt like he was suffering…
At least 13 people died on Colorado ski slopes in 2025-26
The 13 fatalities at 11 ski resorts in 2025-26 were all men ages 25 to 74 and included three heart…