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Poll: Colorado voters oppose legalizing prostitution, support suspending wolf reintroduction

Updated 1 day ago

A majority of Colorado residents — 61% — oppose legalizing prostitution in the state, an idea that lawmakers floated earlier in the legislative session before...

Environmentalists and Colorado Springs Utilities split on retirement date for Ray Nixon coal power plant

Updated 7 days ago

On Tuesday night, around 25 people gathered at Old Colorado City Brewing to celebrate Ray Nixon’s retirement. Nixon is only 46 years old, but the...

Energy constraints loom larger than water for Colorado AI boom, experts say

Updated 7 days ago

As artificial intelligence reshapes almost every sector of the economy, experts at this year’s Colorado Climate Week gathering in Boulder said it is also reshaping...

Gov. Polis declares April ‘dig safely month’ to mark 40th anniversary of Colorado 811

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Gov. Jared Polis declared April 2026 as “Dig Safely Month” in Colorado, an annual observance that this year highlights the 40th anniversary of Colorado 811,...

A perfect storm: Pine beetles thriving following warm, dry winter in Colorado

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Power grid shutdowns in Colorado bring protection — and problems

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CDOT pivots from snowplowing to wildfire mitigation along highways

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Proposed data center regulation in Colorado draws critics, backers

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Conservation Colorado proposes measures aimed at oil and gas companies

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Universities sue to block dismantling of Boulder’s NCAR

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After ‘winter of defeat,’ Colorado hopes for wetter summer

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Colorado, other states oppose proposal to require EV chargers be made with 100% domestic components

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U.S. energy secretary warns Colorado’s energy policies could drive up prices, deter businesses

Updated 4 weeks ago

Colorado legislators push dozen-plus energy bills amid debate over emissions goals | ANALYSIS

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Colorado Attorney General, environmental groups challenge EPA rejection of state’s haze plan

Updated 1 month ago

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and several environmental organizations have filed separate petitions in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, challenging the...

Gov. Jared Polis, Upper Basin states criticize federal draft plan for managing the Colorado River

Updated 1 month ago

With no agreement among the seven Colorado River states, which missed multiple federal deadlines, the Upper Colorado River Commission on Monday sharply criticized the U.S....

Bills on ballot access, dual office ban move swiftly through Colorado legislature

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With an eye on the 2026 election cycle and mounting tensions with the Trump administration, Colorado lawmakers are fast-tracking a pair of election bills they...

Rural legislators, Colorado farmers defeat pollinator bill backed by Gov. Polis

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A proposal to limit the use of neonicotinoid-coated crop seeds collapsed in the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee last week, as rural lawmakers, including...

Colorado lawmakers mull competing bills on data centers

Updated 2 months ago

With the deadline missed, Bureau of Reclamation plans to move forward on Colorado River operations

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Deadlocked: Colorado basin states negotiations collapse

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CU Boulder, state launch economic research in coal-transition areas

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14th wolf dies in northwest Colorado

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Colorado joins lawsuit against Trump energy emergency order

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Specter of litigation looms as Colorado River basin governors head to DC

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Eagle County leads the way in fire mitigation as winter drought deepens

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Xcel gets an earful from public for power shutoffs in Colorado

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Colorado lawmakers roll out bipartisan plan aimed at lowering home insurance risk

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We tested vapes in Colorado for signs of hemp. This is what we found.

Updated 2 months ago

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$200M in federal funds to be deployed in Denver area for heat pumps aimed at reducing emissions

Updated 2 months ago

The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) has officially launched a $200 million program to help reduce carbon emissions with heat pumps. The regional organization...

PUC schedules virtual hearing on proposed rules for public safety power shutoffs

Updated 3 months ago

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will hold a virtual public comment hearing to gather input on proposed new rules for Public Safety Power Shutoff events,...

Monument town council proposes changes to regional water district charter

Updated 3 months ago

In response to an ongoing disagreement about representation, the Town Council of Monument has drafted its own amendments to the charter creating the Fountain Creek...