Colorado News
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Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsThe measure would expand the treatment options EMS agencies can bill for and lower state health care spending by reducing emergency room visits. -
Courtesy of Crisosto ApacheCrisosto Apache was recently named Colorado's poet laureate, the first Indigenous person to hold that title. Apache is Mescalero Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and Diné. -
KZMU/Emily ArntsenLongtime newspaper photographer Brad Boner used to drive 10 minutes from his home in Victor, Idaho, several times a week for hydration infusions on the off-weeks of chemotherapy treatment. After the clinic closed in January, he and others are spending additional hours on the road for the same care. Hear that story and others on this week's Regional Roundup. -
Changes to the hunting and trapping of furbearing animals on Colorado's public lands are the subject of an upcoming CPW Commission meeting. Officials expect a high volume of attendees.
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The Democratic and Republican parties in Colorado are holding precinct caucuses between March 3 and March 7. These are small, neighborhood-level meetings where party members gather in-person or on zoom. -
Republicans have been supportive of Trump’s actions in Iran, while Democrats argue that Trump overstepped his constitutional authority. -
The Supreme Court will decide whether Boulder and Boulder County can sue fossil fuel companies for damages caused by climate change. ExxonMobil and Suncor USA say states are pre-empted by federal law, but the Colorado Supreme Court disagreed. -
The SEED Act would have restricted the use of neonicotinoid-coated seeds. -
Though recent winter storms have brought some relief to the snow drought in the Rocky Mountains, experts think it won’t be enough to bring our snowpack back up to average after a record-breaking dry start to winter. That’s a problem for the region’s multi-billion-dollar ski industry. -
The proposal, brought by an organization called Coloradans for a Level Playing Field, would ask voters to temporarily override the independent redistricting process that they enshrined in the constitution less than a decade ago. -
Supporters say it would protect transgender kids and others, but Democratic sponsors removed a key provision after Gov. Polis signaled he would veto the measure. -
Below average snowfall this year is hurting the ski industry's bottom line in the Rocky Mountains, as resorts work to get guests on the slope with less snow. CSU Professor Michael Childers says this should prompt long-term thinking about climate change and the ski industry. -
A new, stricter federal definition of legal hemp is raising concerns across the $28 billion hemp industry, with producers and retailers warning it could disrupt a rapidly growing market. -
The Trump administration has ordered several coal plants to keep operating past their planned retirement, part of a larger effort to boost the coal industry. Two Colorado utilities are pushing back.
