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Will massive Western wildfires leave more or less water in rivers?
Scientists at Colorado State University and elsewhere in the West are poking and prodding for clues into how wildfire impacts water supply.
Douglas County needs to find new water sources as its population grows by 25 people every day
Thousands of homes rely on a limited supply of underground aquifers. Water providers are working to shift to more sustainable sources before they run dry.
Higher education faculty in Colorado beg lawmakers to pass collective bargaining rights bill
Adjunct professors across Colorado often live paycheck to paycheck, with some turning to food banks, and want more say in wages and working conditions
Cloud seeding might not be as promising as drought-troubled states hope
Several western states have experimented with cloud seeding to try to increase precipitation, but how well does that actually work? Atmospheric scientist William Cotton explains.
Broomfield’s “best practices” for oil and gas are held up as a model. But they don’t curb neighbors’ complaints.
Colorado oil and gas regulators say Broomfield-style mitigation is the key to greenlighting drilling at Kerr-McGee’s McGavin pad within 2,000 feet of Firestone homes
Tired of mowing your lawn? Colorado could pay you $2 a square foot to rip it out.
Turf buyout programs could start to solve some of the water shortages during long-term drought. A bill would expand grass buyouts statewide and double local payments.
Data may be Colorado’s best bet to mitigate increasing wildfire risk on the Front Range
Climate and fire experts say they must now do even more to layer new sensor technology atop decades of firefighting experience to prevent more fires like the one that devastated Louisville and Superior.
Supply and labor shortages double the time it’ll take to rebuild homes lost in the Marshall fire
Housing and construction management professionals estimated it could take up to three years to rebuild homes from scratch
Opinion: Now open — A CSU campus free to every Coloradan
CSU Spur is a place for everyone to learn about food, water, and human and animal health
These cells could be the key to efficient, cheap solar energy. But they have to make it in the “torture chamber” first.
Researchers at the federal lab in Golden are chasing the grail of easy-to-manufacture cells that are better at converting solar energy to electricity
“Where do we go to escape this?” The Marshall fire is Colorado’s new reality.
The Marshall fire’s spread through a densely developed, urban environment made one thing clear: Very few parts of Colorado are completely safe from wildfire.
No, there’s no evidence ivermectin can cure COVID. But can it fight West Nile virus in Colorado?
A Colorado State University researcher hopes to reduce transmission of the deadly virus by putting ivermectin into bird feeders
What’s Working: Colorado economists share 2022 forecasts on meat, apartments, video games and more
Colorado's economy is better than last year but full recovery doesn’t mean business will look like it did in 2019. Plus: unemployment fraud updates, wage increases and more.
Skilled workers are needed in the San Luis Valley. A new college program could be an answer.
Students in one of Colorado’s poorest regions will soon be able to get a CSU engineering degree without leaving their hometown
A Colorado family tried to save their cattle ranch by betting big on rare birds. It’s paying off.
From getting the folks at Audubon to certify the ranch as bird-friendly, to selling carbon sequestration credits for the tall grass, the May Ranch near Lamar is modernizing stewardship.
U.S. issues its 1st passport with “X” gender marker after lawsuit filed by Colorado resident
Dana Zzyym is an intersex Colorado resident who has been in a legal battle with the State Department since 2015
From sky to bedrock, researchers near Crested Butte are resetting what we know about water in the West
The mobile observatory is manned by 100 scientists who hope to show how the West can get a better handle on where and when water will be available
Denver voters passed a green roof law in 2017. Years later, the gardens have yet to sprout.
Voter-backed push for green rooftops and efficiency to combat climate change was broadened to ease builder concerns, but actual projects take time to materialize.
WHO says air pollution caps should be much tougher in Colorado, U.S.
Influential world health monitor issues strict guidelines calling for steep cuts to ozone and particulate PM2.5 emissions in Front Range counties that saw sharp spikes in both this past summer.
John Temple: Jim Sheeler had his own hidden superpowers
John Temple, former editor and publisher of the Rocky Mountain News, remembers a reporter who found a way to slow down time and listen to the people he wrote about