Colorado’s primary elections on Tuesday will choose the winners in several bitter intraparty fights between the state’s Republicans, including in two competitive House districts that could help determine control of Congress in November. Despite a series of personal scandals, Lauren Boebert, a hard-right Republican who narrowly avoided defeat in 2022, is favored to win out […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorado’s congressional delegation faces a reshuffling in Tuesday’s state primaries after a retirement, a resignation and a relocation have ensured that at least a third of the state’s population will have new representation in Washington next year. Tuesday’s primaries will also lay the groundwork for a general election in which two competitive […]
DENVER — On Jan. 1, 2014, Iraq War veteran Sean Azzariti made headlines worldwide as the first person in the U.S. to buy legal weed. More than 10 years later, 3D Cannabis, the dispensary in Denver’s Elyria-Swansea neighborhood where the historic purchase was made, displays a makeshift sign announcing it is “temporarily closed.” The windows […]
When Interstate 25 was constructed through Denver, highway engineers moved a river. It was the 1950s, and nothing was going to get in the way of building a national highway system. Colorado’s governor and other dignitaries, including the chief engineer of the state highway department, acknowledged the moment by posing for a photo standing on […]
Colorado contains hundreds of named and unnamed waterfalls thanks to its abundant snowmelt and mountains. They vary from low, wide cascades to several hundred-foot free falls through narrow canyons. May through July is prime waterfall viewing season in Colorado, though high-mountain falls can run well into fall. With Memorial Day weekend the unofficial kickoff to […]
DENVER (KDVR) — The newly reintroduced wolves in Colorado have entered watersheds that stretch across Interstate 70 for the first time — closer to the state’s beloved ski areas, according to a new movement map released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Wednesday. Currently, the state is tracking seven collared wolves, as two of the […]
Over the past decade, the 10 largest emitters in Colorado contributed to an outsized share of greenhouse gasses — and every single one is a fossil fuel power plant. A Coloradoan data analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas reporting program found that these facilities contributed to one-fifth of the state’s emissions in 2020. […]
Realtors Eric and Beth Ann Mott relocated from Denver to Thousand Oaks, California, in May 2022. The Motts attribute their move to a growing preference for California’s weather and lifestyle. Despite common misconceptions, the Motts find California financially comparable to Colorado. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with married realtors Eric Mott, 59, […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed released wolves have likely established a den in the vicinity of where recent wolf depredations of livestock have taken place. That information was detailed in agency director Jeff Davis’ April 23 letter responding to the Middle Park Stockgrowers Association’s request to have the wolves responsible for the depredations near Kremmling […]
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — April 22 is Earth Day, and people across Southern Colorado are spending their time picking up trash, planting trees, gardening, and conserving water. The Fountain Creek Flood Control and Greenway Watershed District is hosting their annual community event to clean up the Pikes Peak region on Saturday, April 27. “When was the […]
Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that casino tycoon Steve Wynn was in contract to buy a four-acre estate in Aspen from billionaire Thomas Peterffy, a pioneer in computerized stock trading, for over $100 million. The deal closed this week for a record-breaking $108 million, surpassing a $77 million Aspen home that sold just last […]
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House on Sunday passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, a major step for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year. The bill, which passed on a 35-27 vote, is now on its way to the Democratic-led […]