Leadville Colorado

FORT GARLAND • Driving U.S. 160 through the dusty outposts of the San Luis Valley, everybody passes the building.The adobe building on the corner. The walls with colorful murals celebrating the region’s Spanish and Catholic influences. The bright yellow sign with red...

The best of the season’s cantaloupes, honeydews, dove melons, yellow flesh watermelons and watermelons (regular, seedless and personal size) hail from Rocky Ford, a small town in southeastern Colorado that becomes the talk of all towns this time of year.What’s so...

The need for programs to help Colorado Springs residents beat addiction to substances is as great as the gap is wide, say those working in recovery, but they see hope on the horizon.One huge hole: There’s no inpatient facility in the city for rehabilitative treatment...

Coal Mine Dragon takes its COVID-19 precautions seriously: Masks must be worn when entering or moving around the restaurant. This goes for those dining in and those getting carry-out orders. Staff members were masked.Even with my nose and mouth covered, the aroma of...

As Labor Day creeps closer, unemployed workers in Colorado are probably already mourning the coming loss of federal benefits on Sept. 4.  Some don’t want to believe it’s happening, Erin Joy Swank said Friday. She’s one of the moderators of the private Facebook group...

A 52-year-old Westminster woman with back problems faces $1,592.72 in E-470 toll charges because the president of the Colorado Fraternal Order of Police, who also headed the narcotics unit of the Longmont Police Department, used a stolen license plate that comes back...

DULUTH – The Superior National Forest's Greenwood fire grew to almost 7 square miles Thursday night, officials said, expanding about 1,000 acres a day since its Sunday start. The rural Lake County fire, which was started by a lightning strike, has grown on its western...

In a sea of classic rock and country shows, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic stands out on the concert roster at Boot Barn Hall at Bourbon Brothers.It’s the first classical music to be performed in the venue, and also the first time the musicians have performed in...

Robert Glennon is a regents professor and Morris K. Udall professor of Law & Public Policy at University of Arizona. This story originally featured on The Conversation.The US government announced its first-ever water shortage declaration for the Colorado River on...