The world’s longest track of dinosaur footprints has been hidden in Colorado’s mountains. Now, it’s public land
The U.S. Forest Service recently purchased several parcels of land from a family in Ouray that contains 134 fossilized dinosaur footprints.
A Colorado avalanche forecaster had to be rescued this week — from an avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says the accident highlights the risks all backcountry users face
The fire that killed a young woman in Palisade was intentionally set, authorities say
The suspect was found dead the same day near Leadville, which is hours away.
Palisade police say suspect in deadly Friday apartment fire has been found dead near Leadville
Police and fire departments responded to a report of an explosion at a small apartment complex on April 5. When crews arrived, the six-unit building was completely engulfed.
A ‘naked lap’ at Sunlight Mountain Resort is a cold, judgment-free celebration for women and femme skiers and boarders
At Boot Tan Fest in Glenwood Springs, hundreds bare it all in a snowstorm for an empowering mountain run that’s full of exhilaration and joyful pain.
While Carbondale will stop providing shelter and food for new immigrants, the city is still helping them navigate government red tape and plan their next steps
New immigrants are on their own, with a small band of residents doing their best to help them one by one.
Garfield County is the latest community to ban fireworks as the danger of a drier, warmer wilderness grows
Several other Colorado counties and cities have already decided fireworks are too risky.
Colorado Mountain College president says she’ll step down in August
Carrie Besnette Hauser, Colorado Mountain College’s longest-serving president, announced she’ll step down.
Grand Junction’s new resource center aims to help its unhoused community
After the city closed a park to people living in it, and is getting ready to do it again, nonprofits stepped in to give people a place to go during the day.
How Ouray’s ice farmers nurture a frozen crop that is beautiful and climbable
What started in the 1980s with a group of rebels and a leaky pipe has become a uniquely skilled job that has turned a former mining town into an ice-climbing destination.
Police say man found dead at Glenwood Springs amusement park researched mass shootings but investigators find few other answers
Police say Diego Barajas Medina visited websites discussing mass shootings but found no records of contact with mental health services or answers about his possible motives.
Tina Peters is headed to trial – how did we get here?
The Mesa County clerk is accused of breaching the security of her office’s election computers in order to hunt for evidence of massive fraud. How did Peters, a political novice who ran on lowering DMV wait times, become such a pivotal figure in the ongoing campaign to prove false claims that American elections are rigged?
The Colorado clerk on trial for the big lie, and what it means for the 2024 election
This is an episode of the CPR podcast Colorado in Depth.
New homeowners find body parts in a Grand Junction home
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a severed human head and hands were found at a Grand Junction home.
For skiers in Colorado, a snow season that started slow and rebounded is poised for a deluge
The rebound that has cheered Colorado skiers and boarders in recent weeks is poised to improve even more after the Martin Luther King. Jr. weekend.
Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of flying elk
Colorado Parks and Wildlife are researching elk herds and will fly them by helicopter to their study sites.
