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Colorado's prisons are understaffed and overcrowded, pushing inmates into county jails. The state's emergency plan is now active, but local leaders say it's only a temporary fix.

Senate Republicans confirmed William Kirkland among more than 100 Trump nominees along party lines — while Democrats, including Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, voted against it a week into the government shutdown.

A new report finds that rising temperatures are making droughts across the Mountain West and Southwest even worse — and longer-lasting.

A new investigation from KFF Health News shows 38 cases between 2022 and 2024 where employers withheld wages in Garfield County because of an employee's unpaid medical bills, some of which were covered by Medicaid.

In recognition of National Co-op Month, we talk to Chris Hansen, who oversees La Plata Electric Association.

Every two and a half miles of barbed wire is responsible for killing one deer, elk or pronghorn a year, one study estimated.

Increase in gas prices due to a fire at a California refinery.

In a reversal, the herd could receive formal state protection. An earlier proposal sliced off some of their migration route.

As the government shutdown continues, visitors to national parks are finding some remain accessible but with limited services. This could lead to some visitors changing their plans which may have a significant impact on local communities that depend on visitor spending.