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Researchers in Colorado have figured out what makes air conditioners consume so much energy. It’s not the heat.
A massive amount of energy is devoted to cooling and it’s a dirty business when it’s humid. About 52% of greenhouse gases emitted by air conditioning are attributed to dehumidifying.
Democratic state senator from Colorado Springs indicted on felony charge
Prosecutors in El Paso County say Sen. Pete Lee is accused of providing false information as to his residence
One person killed in crash of small plane near Centennial Airport
The deadly plane crash is one of several in recent months near airports in the Denver metro area.
Broncos sale to Walton group unanimously OK’d by NFL owners
The vote was taken at a league meeting at a hotel in Minnesota, where Rob Walton, his daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, and her husband, Greg Penner, were introduced to the media by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
Poll indicates it’s very tight race between Barbara Kirkmeyer, Yadira Caraveo in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District
The poll, conducted on behalf of Democratic state Rep. Yadira Caraveo’s campaign, shows Caraveo down 2 percentage points to Republican state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer
Denver will pay $48,000 to settle claim that people with disabilities were overcharged to see Red Rocks shows
Justice Department deal places about 1,800 people who bought tickets for wheelchair-accessible seats at 178 shows at Red Rocks in line for a refund
Inflation/climate bill includes $4 billion for buying water to save the Colorado River Basin
Bennet, other Western senators applaud funds meant to rent, buy or save water to fill the 2 million to 4 million acre-foot gap amid historic drought.
When Smartwool left Steamboat Springs, workers who stayed behind got a “kick in the shorts to recalibrate”
The power of place plays out in Steamboat Springs as locals, economic development champions forge paths to keep workers in town after departure of Smartwool
Colorado school funding measure won’t be on November ballot after supporters fail to gather enough signatures
Tracie Rainey of the Colorado School Finance Project said the failure was particularly frustrating because the measure had polled well
Colorado-based USA Swimming cuts deal to simplify anonymous abuse reporting
The organization announced a deal with RealResponse on Monday, which is international Safe Sport Day
El Paso County sheriff’s deputy and woman both killed Sunday, suspect found dead
Deputy Andrew Peery was killed while responding to a shooting in Security-Widefield. Also found dead were a woman and the suspected shooter, John Paz, 33.
CSU professor Jared Orsi aims to amplify undertold stories as Colorado’s new state historian
His wide-ranging expertise has long focused on public lands and how Coloradans have shaped them — and been shaped by them
Barbara Kirkmeyer once pushed part of Colorado to pursue breaking off to form a new state. She has no regrets.
Now that Kirkmeyer is running to represent Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District, Democrats are using her secession push as a way to label her as too extreme
Purgatory ski patrollers form union, push for better wages as part of national resort labor movement
Purgatory patrollers join unionized peers in Aspen, Big Sky, Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Park City, Steamboat, Stevens Pass and Telluride in collective bargaining.
Colorado FAFSA rate rebounds but falls short of national average
Overall, Colorado’s Federal Application for Financial Aid completion rate increased by 2.2 percentage points for the Class of 2022 over last year
After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on gun laws in Colorado and across the U.S.
The first major gun decision in more than a decade, the ruling could dramatically reshape gun laws in the U.S. even as a series of horrific mass shootings pushes the issue back into the headlines
Eight months ago I started microdosing shrooms to relieve crippling anxiety and depression. It’s working.
After limited progress with prescriptions and talk therapy, psilocybin dramatically sped up the healing decades after a sibling's suicide
Tentative Jefferson County teacher pay deal sets starting salary at $50,000
Jeffco Public Schools and the Jefferson County Education Association reached the agreement late Wednesday, two weeks before the start of the school year
Former Colorado police officer sentenced to 45 days in jail in violent arrest of woman with dementia
Daria Jalali earlier pleaded guilty in the arrest of Karen Garner in Loveland
What’s Working: Colorado employers say there’s still a labor shortage even as more jobs are filled
As job postings decline, it’s back to work for many, but are there just too many jobs out there? Plus: Job fairs, a tax credit and more.
