The Home Front: In Southwest Colorado, this year’s drought is ‘one for the...
“This year’s drought is one for the record books, – especially for Southwest Colorado,” reports The Durango Herald. “The Colorado water year, which ends Oct. 31, looks to be the fourth driest on record...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Longtime mystery spring water well near Cripple Creek ‘will...
“Rumors that have been circulating among Teller County residents were confirmed Tuesday night at a Florissant Water and Sanitation District board meeting: The free spring water that flows continuously...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Hazing charges at Air Force Academy ‘are without precedent in...
“The ritual was something out of a bad fraternity movie: blindfolded neophyte cadets, half-naked seniors and a threat of forced oral sex,” reports The Gazette in Colorado Springs. “It’s a tradition...
View ArticleThe Home Front: A ‘constant drone of helicopters’ as crews fight four...
“A seemingly constant drone of helicopters fighting wildfires hummed over the Yampa Valley this weekend,” reports The Steamboat Pilot. “Crews are now fighting four fires in Northwest Colorado. For fire...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Sugary drink tax in Boulder is ‘confusing customers and...
“Boulder’s tax on sugary drinks is confusing customers and stores alike, unsure of when the tax is really a tax, and when it’s a price hike,” reports The Boulder Daily Camera. “Violations are rare, the...
View ArticleThe Home Front: 100-megawatt solar facility south of Pueblo gets ‘stiff...
“A company wanting to build a 100-megawatt solar energy generation facility in Stem Beach is facing stiff opposition from neighbors in the adjacent St. Charles River Estates community south of Pueblo,”...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Lew Gaiter, who ran for governor this year, has ‘died after a...
“Larimer County Commissioner Lew Gaiter died after a long battle with cancer, spending his last days doing the things he loved best — being with family, leaning on his faith in God and working on...
View ArticleThe Home Front: In western Colorado, natural gas drilling is ‘on a pace...
“Natural gas drilling activity in western Colorado’s Piceance Basin is on a pace similar to last year’s as companies wait to see how a November state ballot issue may affect their 2019 plans,” reports...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Colorado ‘fireworks fanatic’ applies for permit to ‘build the...
“It turns out that you need a special use permit to build the world’s largest aerial firework in Routt County,” reports The Steamboat Pilot. “Steamboat Springs fireworks fanatic Tim Borden was...
View ArticleThe Home Front: After ACLU letter, Durango has ‘stopped issuing citations to...
“The city of Durango has stopped issuing citations to people who camp overnight in public open spaces, excluding parks and sidewalks, city officials said,” according to The Durango Herald. “The city...
View ArticleThe Home Front: University of Colorado researchers plan to launch a satellite...
“University of Colorado researchers are planning to put a satellite in orbit around the moon to observe what they call the universe’s ‘dark ages’ — an era just 15 million to 30 million years after the...
View ArticleThe Home Front: In Colorado, an ‘ever-growing list of mountain towns’...
“As the short-term rental industry continues to grow in Summit County, the town of Frisco is looking to join the ever-growing list of mountain towns adding regulations to their town codes,” reports...
View ArticleThe Home Front: The Animas River ‘appears to have hit an all-time low’ Your...
“The Animas River appears to have hit an all-time low,” reports The Durango Herald. “For the past week or so, the river in Durango has registered the lowest flows ever recorded at a water-level gauge,...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Russians ‘targeted the Colorado Springs-based U.S....
“Russian military intelligence targeted the Colorado Springs-based U.S. Anti-Doping Agency with a four-year hacking and smear campaign, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday,” reports The...
View ArticleThe Home Front: The feds have ‘finalized a plan limiting daily visitation to...
“The U.S. Forest Service has finalized a plan limiting daily visitation to Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon through a year-round permit system and implementing a shuttle system in lieu of parking at the...
View ArticleThe Home Front: The ‘largest lithium ion battery in Colorado’ is being...
“United Power officials hope the largest lithium ion battery in Colorado — being installed now just east of Longmont — will pay big benefits to both company and household bottom lines, as well as help...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Some of Colorado’s rural voters ‘may have noticed their...
“Voters in Colorado’s rural areas may have noticed their mailboxes are missing an important harbinger of the impending election,” reports The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. “An address-printing error...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Colorado’s largest health insurer lost $65 million to...
“Kaiser Permanente Colorado, the largest insurer in the state, says skyrocketing hospital prices are the main reason it has recorded losses of $65 million in the last three years, forcing a...
View ArticleThe Home Front: The Breckenridge troll has nearby homeowners ‘fed up’ with...
“Breckenridge’s troll is a temporary art installation that invites people to venture into the wilderness in search of something special, but its lifespan could get cut short, as it appears the troll...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Erie’s leaders want to know why so many ‘high profile town...
“At least two Erie trustees are calling for an investigation into the reasons behind a spate of high profile town staff resignations in recent months — spotlighting the question of whether the exits...
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