Driving into Pueblo, the Comanche Generating Station is merely a speck on the horizon, just a few smoke stacks rising above the plains…
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Signs of Life in the Riverwalk Wetlands
Across the wetlands are narrow trails cut through the vegetation, and trenches carved through the sediment. Many of these are left by muskrats, one of the most sophisticated users of the dead reeds…
‘WINGS’… A Place Where Little Ones Can Learn to Soar
Our educational program is nature based, and our mission is to encourage kids to explore, experiment and discover themselves and the world through interacting with nature…
Several Colorado Communities Prepare Ballot Measures, to Tax Vacation Rentals
Some municipalities, including Crested Butte, Steamboat, Breckenridge and Aspen, have already started to rein in short-term rentals in the form of caps or permit requirements…
Colorado Launches ‘I Matter’ Mental Health Program for Youth
Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the proportion of mental health–related emergency room visits among children increased by 31% in 2020…
Interior Department to Delay Some Upcoming Oil & Gas Lease Sales
“It is irresponsible to lease off millions of acres of public land and water without fully accounting for how that oil and gas will impact the planet…”
How Billing Turns a Routine Birth Into a High-Cost Emergency
The total bill was huge, but what really made Wells Salerno’s eyes pop was a line for the highest level of emergency services. It didn’t make any sense…
Amid Colorado Teacher Shortage, Program Offers an Alternative Path
Lee is one of 19 teachers in Northwest Colorado this fall who didn’t go to school for education but are using their degrees to step into the classroom…
Apply for Colorado’s Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) Starting on Monday
In addition to home heating bill assistance, LEAP recipients may be eligible to receive furnace repair and replacement in heat-related emergencies in addition to weatherization services…
Online Platform Accepting Donations Beginning November 1 to Support Local Charities
Southwest Colorado Gives is a safe, secure, and easy platform for donors to contribute online to local nonprofits…
Pharma Campaign Cash Delivered to Key Lawmakers With Surgical Precision
“I think, frankly, drugmakers know they’ve won the match when it comes to drug pricing…”
The Man Who Lives in a Hole in Park County, Colorado
He said it’s usually cheaper for the landowners to desert their property entirely, along with whatever they were trying to build out there…
OPINION: Biden Administration Ignores Animal Welfare Issues
Animal Wellness Action and its partners have conceived a raft of new federal animal protection bills introduced in Congress…
Southwest Region Sees $32,500 in Non-Profit Grants from El Pomar Foundation
Since 2003, El Pomar’s Regional Partnerships program has also provided invaluable support to 11 regions statewide, representing all 64 counties…
Simple Ways to Save on Your Monthly Energy Bill
Black Hills Energy is encouraging customers to consider weatherization projects and behavioral changes that reduce wasted energy and save money on monthly energy bills…
OPINION: Approval of COVID Vaccine for Young Children Will Put Millions at Serious Risk
“Conversely, according to Pfizer’s own study trial data, the chance of death in children from the Pfizer vaccine is 107 times higher than death due to COVID…”
Legislation Would Prevent the Biggest Corporations from Paying Nothing in Federal Taxes
“For the last fifty years, our economy has worked really well for large corporations and the wealthy, while American families and workers have been left behind…”
Offshore Wind Energy Leaders Ask Congress to Back Long-term Plans
The Biden administration set an ambitious goal earlier this year to generate 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by the end of the decade…
Fresh Faces, Fewer Tools: Meet the New Bosses Fighting COVID
At least 26 states have passed laws or regulations limiting the powers of public health officers this year, meaning these replacements have fewer tools and less authority…