Regional News

Data from early-adopter governments suggests even those who download the app and use it might not follow directions at the most critical juncture.

COVID-19 causes rural hospitals to take drastic measures.

Health officials say a positivity rate of 5% or less is needed to keep the virus under control.

Attorney for web designer in a case reminiscent of lawsuit challenging the state's law on behalf of Colorado baker Jack Phillips asserts "no one should be forced to express a message that violates their convictions."

As a crowd gathered at the tree on Nov. 5, people said they hoped it would serve as a source of inspiration to unite a divided country, just as they imagined the first Christmas tree purchased for the Capitol did in 1919.

Gov. Polis’ economic stimulus package assumes bigger general fund than forecasts predict.

Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act would designate roughly 400,000 acres as protected public land, including Camp Hale, the country's first National Historic Landscape, to honor 10th Mountain Division veterans who trained there during World War II.

In a months-long process, Colorado Forest Service Staff staff collaborated with dozens of experts, advocates, government agencies and other stakeholders to identify the state’s highest priorities for wildfire mitigation practices like thinning or prescribed burns and other projects to promote forest health. The result: a priority list of about 2.5 million acres, or 10% of Colorado forests, that are “in urgent need of treatment” to reduce wildfire risk, at an estimated cost of over $4.2 billion.

The bulk of Colorado’s coronavirus relief money earmarked for education has gone to school districts and institutions of higher education. While that money has mostly funded schools’ immediate response to the pandemic’s challenges, Gov. Jared Polis also set aside discretionary relief dollars for longer-term improvements to Colorado’s educational system.

A little-noticed development on the eve of last week’s election has created new doubts about the implementation of Gardner’s bill and alarmed the public-lands advocates who championed its passage.