The pace of booking for lodging in Western U.S. mountain destinations slowed for the sixth month in a row in May.

The Rocky Mountain region, which includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, accounted for about 43% of all U.S. ski visits.

Homeowners insurance is getting more expensive and harder to keep. Lawmakers in our region introduced more than a dozen policy proposals in response this year.

Frustration among outfitters and guides over federal permitting is not new. Recreation-focused staff and budgets at national forests, in particular, have gone down as demand has gone up. This has been resulting in lengthy delays in responses to applications.

Travis Hamblen prides himself on providing hats for all budgets. Tariffs are making that difficult.

Even though rural counties dwarf urban areas when it comes to square miles, places like Denver and Boulder suck up most of the venture capital money. The recent West Slope Startup Week event in Durango hopes to change that.

Nevada has the second-highest grocery prices in the nation, with Colorado and New Mexico also placing in the top 10. High prices mean local food banks are having to help fill in the gaps for many working families.

Towns participating in the Creative Districts program across Colorado agree that it’s been instrumental in their cultural, economic, and social revival.

The Biden administration is trying to dramatically change how and where oil and gas drilling occurs on federal land, which is getting mixed reviews in longtime drilling boom-towns.

A new report shows that visitors to national parks spent a record amount in surrounding communities last year, providing a major economic boost to those areas.