Ignite Adaptive Sports and Eldora ski area are partnering on a new 12,000-square-foot, multi-million-dollar building set to open in 2024.
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Posted inOutdoors
Colorado’s mountain towns are being loved to death. A new roadmap can help them escape the “amenity trap.”
A new report by Headwaters Economics highlights progressive growth strategies across the country to help amenity-rich communities navigate growth challenges
Posted inPolitics and Government
Complaint prompts Colorado legislature’s workplace harassment committee to meet for first time
The General Assembly formed House and Senate workplace harassment committees in 2019 in the wake of a scandal that rocked the Capitol. They haven’t been used — until now.
Posted inEducation
Susana Cordova, former superintendent of Denver schools, will be Colorado’s next education commissioner
Cordova will take over the position from Katy Anthes, who is stepping down from the role in July after serving as commissioner since December 2016.
Posted inCrime and Courts
Solitary confinement intensifies problems for incarcerated people. It also changes the Colorado therapists who send them there.
Clinicians at jails and prisons face ethical dilemmas when deciding if they should send someone to solitary confinement
Posted inWater
Three national forests in Colorado receive nearly $47 million for wildfire barriers
When a 2022 fire threatened Archuleta County, one fire mitigation project helped protect a neighborhood and a city’s water supply.
Posted inWater
A wet year promises a boost to both Colorado River Basin reservoirs and ecosystems
The basin’s largest reservoirs might see slight recovery, but they’re far from being full.
Posted inOutdoors
At least 17 people died at Colorado ski areas during the 2022-23 winter season
A Colorado Sun survey of 16 Colorado county coroners shows 17 skiers and snowboarders died while visiting the state’s ski areas in 2022-23
Posted inEnvironment
Microplastic shards plague every Colorado river. Here’s where — and how — they get there.
New study samples 16 waterways and finds shredded plastic in every one. Is help on the way?
Posted inOutdoors
“A season to celebrate” as U.S., Rocky Mountain ski areas experience record visitation
Record snowfall draws highest-ever visits to Rocky Mountain ski areas and an all-time high of 67.4 million skier visits to U.S. ski resorts