Climate

Cities like Grand Junction, Colorado, and Moab, Utah, which experience many days over 90 and even 100 degrees, are looking at ways to make themselves more resilient to extreme heat. That includes public health services, education, and public messaging, and urban tree canopies.

Policies that are popular with voters across the country, like solar and wind development and other renewables, are also popular with Roaring Fork and Colorado River valley locals.

The far-reaching La Niña weather pattern, created by cooling waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean, could emerge in the fall and last through winter.

Colorado’s reservoirs are a quarter lower than they were last year at this time, as hot, dry, summerlike conditions continue into the fall. And as Sarah…