admin International adoptions by Colorado families have dropped to lowest on record
The dropoff is happening nationwide, with Colorado families adopting just 18 children last year from other countries
Teen boy killed, four others injured by lightning on Mount Blue Sky
A second minor was airlifted to a hospital in the Denver metro area with serious injuries, authorities said. Three adults…
There’s never been a Native American on Colorado’s wildlife commission. State tribes want that changed.
At the parks and wildlife commission’s first-ever meeting on tribal land, leaders from the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute…
Can landlords in Colorado wait up to 60 days to return security deposits?
Yes. Landlords in Colorado generally must return a security deposit within 30 days after a lease ends, but the deadline…
The number of high school grads in Colorado is shrinking. Can colleges weather enrollment drops?
Largely fueled by lower birth rates, the number of high school graduates in Colorado is slated to drop 14% by…
Adoptions of Colorado foster kids fail 10% of the time
A Colorado Sun analysis of state data found that the rate of broken adoptions is not improving and programs to…
At Silas Soule’s gravesite, a minister honors a heroic figure by reading his letters
Visitors converged on Soule’s grave at Denver’s Riverside Cemetery for what has become an annual ritual organized by Rev. Dr.…
One Boulder couple’s response to climate change: Grow trees, lots of trees, and give them away
As Colorado’s forests face unprecedented challenges, one garden is cultivating hope one seedling at a time
Firefighter dies from injuries sustained fighting fire in western Colorado
Nathan Matthews of Nebraska was caught in a burnover that killed 3 other firefighters June 27. Matthews is the fifth…
What’s Working: Why Southeastern Colorado’s fishing economy could sink
State parks dispute with the Fort Lyon Canal Company cuts public access to local reservoirs. Plus: Floyd’s 99 turns 25,…