Leadville Colorado

Gov. Jared Polis on Monday laid out his desires for a $40 billion budget in fiscal year 2022-23 — a 4% increase from this year and a state record. The amount of money in the budget is dictated by economic conditions, not the governor’s own politics. Such growth in...

In a first of its kind partnership in Colorado to create a state park on U.S. Forest Service land, it was recently announced by Governor Jared Polis that Sweetwater Lake will become Colorado’s 43rd state park. This hidden gem, both as a destination and gateway to the...

In August 2021, the White River National Forest completed its acquisition of the historic 488-acre Sweetwater Lake Ranch, a deal that will protect wildlife habitat and create new recreational access. And within the past week, it was was announced that the Colorado...

It is hard sometimes for me to read the news, to be open to hearing the latest litany of disturbing or painful events without letting it drag me down into what I refer to as my “Eeyore state.” But I do read and listen to the news, at least twice a week. It is...

Nearly half a million Colorado children ages 5 to 11 could be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as next week. | ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images Colorado is preparing a major push to vaccinate a quarter million children by the end of January in...

School board candidates angered by mask mandates and other COVID-19 rules won their races in Douglas, El Paso and Mesa counties, but pro-mask candidates backed by teachers unions prevailed in Denver, Jefferson County and other districts on the Front Range. Candidates...

In this 2003 file photo, sprinklers are seen at Angel Park's Palm Golf Course in Las Vegas. New golf courses that come to Las Vegas won’t be able to use Colorado River water for irrigation, a municipal water board decided on Tuesday. (Las Vegas Review-Journal,...