Colorado News
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Colorado Department of AgricultureReintroduced in 2023, gray wolves have spread out across western Colorado, exploring wild landscapes and preying on elk, deer, and occasionally — livestock. To address the problem, Colorado is piloting a program that sends "range riders" to patrol lands where wolves are preying on livestock. -
Thomas Peipert/APA pair of bills from Colorado Democrats would make it easier for homeowners to subdivide and sell their land and let certain local organizations build housing on their properties despite local zoning rules. -
Maeve Conran/RMCRThis week’s Regional Roundup is a holiday special. We explore unique Christmas traditions and share advice on navigating grief during the holidays. Hear the RMCR Regional Roundup Wednesday mornings at 8:30 on KSUT. -
BLM-Colorado/FlickrThe new ‘dredge-and-fill’ rules address a gap by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett decision two years ago, which drastically shrunk the number of waterways eligible for federal protections.
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The new poll from Keating Research, backed by groups that support ranked choice voting and fully open primaries, showed opportunities and challenges for both major parties. The numbers roughly reflect the current percentage makeup of the state’s electorate. -
Keystone Resort in Colorado was the first resort in the country to open in 2025, in part due to their emphasis on early-season snowmaking. As climate change amplifies drought in the Mountain West, ski areas across the region are considering how best to use increasingly scarce water resources. -
The democratic senator and gubernatorial candidate joins other state leaders in supporting a 2026 ballot measure that would allow Colorado to redraw its congressional boundaries. -
Ranchers in Colorado are frustrated by the Trump administration's recent decisions on beef imports and say they are creating uncertainty in the market that's bad for business. -
The nonpartisan Center for American Progress found that 31 national monuments are at risk of having protections reduced or revoked under the Trump administration. But that would jeopardize some of the water on those landscapes, which provide drinking water for millions of people. -
Colorado has been fighting Aquatic Nuisance Species or ANS for years. Aquatic invasives are often small unremarkable invertebrates; it isn't obvious how much damage they can cause to native environments, human infrastructure, and biodiversity across the West. -
The Trump administration plans to roll back a Biden-era rule that discouraged companies from abandoning wells. Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship found that it could cost taxpayers $750 billion. -
A 2023 Supreme Court ruling, along with new interpretations from the Trump administration, have limited protections for rivers and wetlands. Colorado is looking to fill in that gap with its own regulatory program. -
The senator was killed in an I-25 traffic crash last week. -
Colorado has closed approximately 14,000 abandoned mine openings since 1980, but officials say thousands more — many of which are unknown to the state — remain.
