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Vote looms on new pro-climate CDOT planning rule
Environmental advocates are feeling hopeful as Colorado’s 11-member Transportation Commission nears a vote this week on a proposal to make state transportation planning processes more climate-friendly — but the rule’s…
Winter finally arrives in Vail, Beaver Creek
A winter storm dropped a foot of fresh snow on Vail Mountain and 10 inches at Beaver Creek Thursday night, allowing the resorts to open significantly more ski terrain after…
Hickenlooper looks to extend American Rescue Plan health insurance savings
Coloradans who don’t get their health insurance through their employer and have to buy it on the individual market are saving hundreds of dollars a month in 2022 thanks to…
First major winter storm moving into Colorado just in time for weekend skiers
Forecasters are calling for the first double-digit snowfall total of the 2021-22 ski season Thursday into Friday, with much colder temperatures, windy conditions and the strong possibility of road closures.…
Neguse pushes for immigration policies to stay in Build Back Better social spending
The massive social spending and climate bill that passed the U.S. House last month included some significant immigration reform provisions, though progressive Democrats were disappointed that it didn’t provide for…
Tough choices loom for wildlife planners in process of restoring wolves to Colorado
When Colorado voted in 2020 to reintroduce gray wolves to the Western Slope, the victory was by no means a landslide for wolf advocates. Just 50.9% of voters supported Proposition…
Colorado Democrats look to protect abortion rights as SCOTUS weighs axing Roe v. Wade
Democratic lawmakers in Colorado plan to introduce legislation next year that would protect abortion access in Colorado in light of a U.S. Supreme Court case that could overturn the landmark…
Blowing it: A deep dive on snowmaking, cloud seeding during a climate crisis
Looking up at the grassy, brown lower slopes of Colorado ski resorts these days, streaked in places with patches of artificial snow, it’s natural to wonder, what’s the point? As the…
Boebert Republican opponent Zimmerman decries lawmaker’s ‘lies, deceit, hatefulness’
Lauren Boebert’s GOP primary challenger, Marina Zimmerman, said voters are “exhausted by [Boebert’s] lies, deceit and hatefulness” after a Thanksgiving week of slurs and scandal. Boebert last week suggested a…
Vail Health’s Lindley: Omicron variant concerning for large number of mutations on spike protein
Chris Lindley, chief population health officer for Vail Health and executive director of Eagle Valley Behavioral Health, is an epidemiologist whose social media is worth following for the sake of…