Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Aurora spent $34 million on water from a toxic mine. It’s not as crazy as it sounds.
The plan to tap the aquifer above Park County's London Mine could provide a template for how thirsty cities can draw on new sources of clean water, while also cleaning up polluted mine runoff
Top Stories
Denver, northern Colorado fall short on EPA clean air rules
By The Associated Press Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
How Colorado’s rural education network went from teaching home economics to fighting the opioid epidemic
By Monte Whaley Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Opinion: Will Colorado’s air be OK to breathe today? We shouldn’t have to guess.
By Diana Bray Opinion
Death rates among pregnant women in Colorado are climbing. Suicide and overdose are to blame.
To counteract the rising mortality figure, the state strengthened a death review committee and plans to expand drug treatment
Colorado Springs’ downtown creek has long been viewed as a blight. Then one man started catching trout in it.
Colorado Springs is one of only a few remaining Front Range cities without a creek or river being regularly used for recreation. “There’s so many opportunities," said Alan Peak.
Polis doubles down on education, outreach in vaccination fight as Colorado rates continue to worsen
New statistics released Thursday show that Colorado's vaccination rates for kindergarteners have worsened for some key immunizations. Critics say Polis' efforts don't go far enough.
Colorado records modest decline in drug overdose deaths — the first decline since 2012
The state recorded 349 deaths from prescription painkillers, dropping by 24 from the previous year
Colorado is creating a network of doctors to diagnose child abuse and keep kids from slipping through the safety net
The state has just six doctors board certified in child abuse pediatrics, and they’re all on the Front Range
A voluntary effort to speed up the availability of electric vehicles in Colorado has come unplugged
Automakers hoped they could convince Colorado not to adopt controversial zero-emission vehicle standards by volunteering to make more electric-vehicle models available in the state
Colorado’s 20,669 gun deaths since 1980, explained in five charts
In 2018, 885 people died by firearm in Colorado
Tiny Branson has plenty of water. But like other small rural delivery systems in Colorado, it must find a way to meet new state standards.
The southern Colorado town, population 55, now looks to another small hamlet for a solution -- and to crowdfunding to pay for it
