Westwater, a small subdivision in Utah, has run into barrier after barrier for more than 20 years as it tries to bring clean, running water to its residents.
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Posted inEnvironment
Should Jeffco’s forests be thinned? 25,000 acres of trees would like to know.
County leaders asked to approve the first plan in 34 years to handle a large swath of trees amid growth, fire danger and climate change.
Posted inElection 2022
Meet the Colorado rancher spending $11 million — and counting — to prevent Jared Polis from winning reelection
Rancher Steve Wells is hoping to defeat Democrats in November by spending a portion of the fortune grown from allowing oil and gas drilling on his 40,000-acre spread in Weld County.
Posted inHousing
Flurry of sales, lot-rent increases hit Colorado mobile home parks as new laws reform the industry
Park owners decry a “hostile legislative climate” while residents struggle — with only occasional success — to purchase their communities
Posted inEnvironment
Vilified, sanctified, politicized, humanized: The Colorado prairie dogs controversy explained
The 2022 version of prairie dog hostilities currently focuses on Longmont, where more than a thousand prairie dogs have been digging holes and chirping at the future site of a retail center
Posted inOutdoors
“Cheater!”: Tensions rise as Coloradans debate how much trail access to give e-bikes
Some say they’re a great tool for accessibility. Others argue they’re bringing chaos to the backcountry.
Posted inBusiness
One person’s trash, another’s treasure: Donors, buyers flock to Colorado thrift stores amid post-pandemic resurgence
COVID pulled down sales, but customers are back. And drop-offs at donation sites are stressing a diminished workforce.
Posted inOutdoors
“Reach up and touch the stars:” The dark is starting to shine through Colorado’s astrotourism
Lake Fork Valley Conservancy has started an ambitious project to transform its dark sky designated park into a nocturnal classroom.
Posted inNews
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.
Posted inEnvironment
Microplastics are seemingly everywhere — including Colorado’s snowpack
Samples from Colorado’s mountains find growing rate of shredded plastic fibers.