Leadville Colorado

Gov. Polis refused to rule out another statewide mask mandate on the heels of new CDC guidance that recommends masking for vaccinated people including students and teachers in indoor settings. When asked by KOA directly about the possibility of another mask mandate...

The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing two Colorado Springs investment firms and three partners in those firms, accusing them of fraud and aiding and abetting fraud in a series of related transactions.The suit alleges that SkiHawk Capital Partners, The...

Award winners and New York Times bestsellers round out Pikes Peak Library District’s 2021 All Pikes Peak Reads program.This year’s titles features two adult ones: “Hidden Valley Road” by Robert Kolker and “Finna” by Nate Marshall, an assistant professor of English at...

July has been a warm month in Denver. We have felt 90-degree heat on 17 days this month already, and more will be added to that before the workweek ends. July was forecast to be hotter than normal with normal precipitation based on the projections at the end of June....

Today marks the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a civil rights law passed in 1990 that prohibits discrimination against people with physical or mental impairments that substantially limit a major life activity. The legislation continues...

This was written by Shaina L. Oliver,  field organizer for Moms Clean Air Force Colorado: I’m a star watcher, but it’s been harder to see the stars at night. Sometimes the fumes are unbearable and I’m not able to stand outside for long. I’ve lived for five years in...

A Colorado police officer is facing criminal charges after pistol-whipping, choking and threatening to shoot an unarmed man who had a warrant out for his arrest, cops said. Body camera footage released Tuesday shows Aurora Police Officer John Haubert responding to a...

I write about death in outdoor recreation in hopes that doing so will result in fewer deaths to write about.It’s always tragic when someone dies in nature, even if they die doing something they loved. I wish they had lived longer and had a chance to experience more of...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Tuesday that vaccinated people wear masks in indoor public places in counties with “high” or “substantial” spread of COVID-19 — which includes the majority of Colorado. The CDC defines substantial transmission...