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Tracy Ross is The Colorado Sun's rural economic development reporter. She also covers the outdoors, books and culture. She came to The Sun after a 20-year career covering the same beats for magazines like Outside, Backpacker, Bicycling and Skiing. Drop her a line with story tips and ideas at tracy@coloradosun.com.

Posted inEquity

Avalanche education needs more women. Here’s how one industry leader in Colorado is recruiting them. 

by Tracy Ross 3:31 AM MDT on Sep 14, 20239:30 AM MDT on Sep 14, 2023

For three years, the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education has been luring women into the field with mentored programs centered on diversity

Posted inBusiness

Pepper Pong — pickleball and pingpong’s baby — is a new game helping people get sober

by Tracy Ross 3:45 AM MDT on Sep 8, 20239:25 AM MDT on Sep 8, 2023

Tom Filippini founded three Colorado companies before accepting that his out-of-control drinking was killing him. When he finally got sober, he created Pepper Pong.

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Posted inEnvironment

A fight is brewing to build Colorado’s first geothermal plant as neighbors oppose development

by Tracy Ross 4:29 AM MDT on Sep 3, 20237:57 AM MDT on Sep 7, 2023

A group of Chaffee County residents is battling a geothermal plant under consideration near their subdivision, saying it would be loud, unsafe and ruin their views of Mount Princeton

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Posted inOutdoors

The Partners in the Outdoors conference ended in disaster last year. Now CPW must put the pieces back together.

by Tracy Ross 4:54 AM MDT on Aug 25, 20238:49 AM MDT on Aug 25, 2023

The agency is calling on wildlife, recreation and conservation communities to rebuild its broken model

Posted inEnvironment

BLM shifts green on 2 million Western Slope acres, setting up Colorado clash of environment vs. oil 

by Michael Booth and Tracy Ross 4:03 AM MDT on Aug 24, 20233:13 PM MDT on Aug 28, 2023

Far bigger chunks of pristine public lands would be walled off from extraction, as federal land managers are ordered to consider climate impacts of activities on land spanning Eagle, Mesa and Pitkin counties

Posted inArts

An arts oasis on Colorado’s high plains is reckoning with changing climates of all kinds

by Tracy Ross 3:28 AM MDT on Aug 11, 20237:01 AM MDT on Aug 13, 2023

Maureen Hearty and Kirsten Stoltz’s big idea for Prairie Sea Projects is to get people thinking about the uncertain future of life in eastern Colorado by embracing the best parts of rural life

Posted inOutdoors

Water-related deaths are on the rise in Colorado. But this rescue on the Arkansas River had a happy ending.

by Tracy Ross 3:49 AM MDT on Aug 10, 20231:20 PM MDT on Aug 11, 2023

Jeff Hammond spends day after day along the Arkansas River, in the cold and the heat and the wind, telling people to put on their life jackets, or making sure they have a permit to camp, or — sometimes — performing rescues like the one in which he pulled a mom, her daughter and their […]

Posted inClimate

Hail storms, slim margins and regulations leave Colorado farmers with an uphill battle

by Tracy Ross 4:29 AM MDT on Aug 6, 20239:42 AM MDT on Aug 7, 2023

This year’s wheat harvest season has been particularly difficult. And many farmers are saying it’s hard to stay profitable.

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Posted inOutdoors

A tutu-wearing guide is leading the way as women fill the ranks of Colorado’s raft industry

by Tracy Ross 3:49 AM MDT on Aug 2, 20238:28 AM MDT on Aug 2, 2023

Elisha McArthur wants women and girls to feel the power of rowing their own raft

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Posted inBusiness

Colorado tourism still impacted by COVID-19 and inflation, new report shows

by Tracy Ross 7:30 AM MDT on Jul 28, 202310:19 AM MDT on Jul 28, 2023

The state reached a record high of $27.7 billion in travel spending and 90 million visitors in 2022, as it continues to feel the “aftershocks” of the pandemic

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