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Colorado cold snap could disrupt state’s marijuana industry
Jon Vaught, CEO of a cannabis biotech firm Front Range Biosciences, said the temperatures below freezing Tuesday and Wednesday combined with snow were “catastrophic for growers.”
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Cameron Peak fire’s growth prompts new evacuations; winter storm watch issued
By Colorado Sun staff and wire report Wildfire Primary category in which blog post is published
How coronavirus and drought have combined to affect Colorado’s limited water supply
By Michael Booth Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Nearly all of Colorado is under some drought status. A year ago, almost none of the state was parched.
By Evan Ochsner News Primary category in which blog post is published
An early freeze loomed for Colorado’s grapes, but wine drinkers’ evolving taste is the real threat
As varieties like riesling — which grows well in the Grand Valley — fall out of fashion, wine grape growers are in a delicate balance of supply and demand.
Taking a hit: Colorado school districts grapple with insuring against hail
It’s one example of the often-forgotten expenses school districts incur outside of the classroom.
Gunnison’s farm season has grown by 28 days. The proof is in “Barometer” Bartleson’s weather records.
118 years of data crunched by weather “backcaster” tells a climate story that plenty of people in the high-mountain valley are talking about.
Colorado’s drought is at its lowest level in at least 19 years
The U.S. Drought Monitor released a report Thursday showing that just roughly eight square miles in Colorado -- or 0.01 percent of the state -- is under abnormal dryness. And that might just be from a map-drawing error.
Colorado’s snowpack delivered an epic ski season. Now it’s rafters’ turn — even if they’re a little nervous
Snow that piled up this winter could come rushing down too fast and too fierce for river fun
Avalanche slams into home of southwest Colorado sheriff, injuring him and two of his children
Tuesday's slide comes amid a stretch of historic avalanche conditions in Colorado that buried roads, shuttered ski areas and left three men dead
Cory Gardner’s science award led some to cry foul over climate change. Here’s why that’s notable for 2020.
Colorado's Republican senator says he believes climate change is real and caused by humans, but environmental groups say his voting record suggests otherwise
Drought has revealed for the first time a Colorado town flooded to build a reservoir. And scientists expect to see it again.
All of the town of Iola has been revealed for the first time since it was inundated in 1966, but water experts say they expect it to happen again and again as the effects of climate change worsen
