Eagle County
Three state agencies are auditing the troubled mental health center for 10 Western Slope counties
State investigators are at Mind Springs Health offices in Western Colorado this week to review files and financial documents.
Trains will carry “waxy crude” oil through Colorado every day after Utah approves new railway
The Surface Transportation Board last month approved the Uinta Basin Railway, which will push three to 10 trains of ‘waxy crude’ through Colorado communities every day.
Summit County reinstates mask mandate as Colorado’s high country becomes one of the nation’s COVID hotspots
Summit County had the highest per capita incidence rate in the country on Wednesday, about 400 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people
Officials say mental health clinic is failing Colorado mountain towns, where suicide rates are above average
Two counties are breaking from their mental health provider, Mind Springs Health. Others are taking notes.
Disruption turned into destruction: Colorado kids are acting out in classrooms while struggling to cope
Prolonged school closures, adults clashing over political debates and families suffering job loss or the death of a loved one have all contributed to students misbehaving in school
PHOTOS: Short on powder, Colorado’s ski resorts let snowmakers rip
A dry and warm November in the high country is leading Colorado resorts to rely on the man-made alternative to powder.
Can a climate-conscious CDOT build new roads and cut greenhouse gases at the same time?
After a century of making life easier for cars and trucks, the state’s transportation agency also has the job of cutting pollution. Not everyone is on board.
As record-setting real estate sales continue in Colorado resort towns, buyers are now looking way down valley
As Colorado resort home sales and prices continue to set records, hamlets that once were out-of-the-way afterthoughts have taken on the attributes of bustling communities.
Colorado gets a 43rd state park under first-in-the-nation deal with the Forest Service
Several owners have eyed development of the 488-acre Sweetwater Lake parcel in the last 30 years, but the Garfield County oasis is now the second new state park in the last two years
An end of unfettered growth for short-term rentals in Colorado’s resort communities
Breckenridge and other mountain towns are trying to slow the growth of vacation rentals in an effort to ease housing and labor issues
Ethics complaints from mountain counties spur probe of state Division of Property Taxation
Eagle, La Plata and San Miguel counties are asking for an audit or investigation into a cozy relationship between a state tax official and a lawyer representing hotels in litigation with the counties
Colorado Supreme Court ends decade-long fight over teen skier’s death in Vail inbounds avalanche
Taft Conlin was killed in an avalanche on Prima Cornice in 2012. His family argued for years that Vail Mountain failed to properly close the run when slide danger was high.
White River forest chief sticks with controversial route for road to future mansions despite wildfire, wildlife concerns
Both the developer and wildlife advocates oppose the road accessing the inholding — but for different reasons
You’ve seen the murals. Now meet the pro snowboarder behind them.
Pat Milbery channels lessons from carving snow into bright murals across Colorado. “He almost embodies his design,” said the Avon official who hired him.
Storage units becoming as hard to get as affordable housing as wealthy remote workers take over the high country
Waitlists are growing for tens of thousands of storage lockers in mountain communities as new homeowners arrive, residents relocate and local workers scramble for rental homes.
Survey of Colorado’s high-country residents a “wake-up call” on the devastating implications of the affordable housing crisis
The consequences of workers and permanent residents being priced out include mountain communities being forced to rethink their relationship to the tourism economy.
Here are the wildfires currently burning across Colorado
Lightning sparked three of the largest wildfires burning right now in the state
Developers working on affordable housing in Colorado’s mountains offer suggestions for pending wave of funding
High country homebuilders, housing advocates, businesses and leaders are preparing for an unprecedented flow of state and federal housing support as the affordability crisis worsens.
State tax official who is required to be neutral advised luxury resort owners on how to minimize property taxes
A top official at the Division of Property Taxation met regularly with a tax agent involved in litigation with Eagle, San Miguel and La Plata counties. The state’s property tax boss says it’s “a strong working relationship with all constituents.”
Record-breaking real estate frenzy is changing the culture of Colorado’s mountain towns as locals are priced out
More than $15 billion in property sales in 2020 in seven resort communities marks a 61% increase over 2019. Historic sales volume and sky-high prices are pushing locals out of mountain towns.
