DENVER – Spruce beetle infestation may not be the wildfire culprit that experts have led Southwest Colorado to believe, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder,...

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper’s budget writers on Monday unveiled a tough proposal for the next fiscal year, underscoring difficult cuts, despite rosier economic times. Facing a constitutional...

DENVER – Congress is expected to take up legislation that would measure the economic impact of outdoor recreation. While there have been independent studies of the impact outdoor recreation has on...

DENVER – A recent conservative-driven series of meetings that poked at new federal environmental rules highlights the increasing political discourse surrounding the Environmental Protection...

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office on Tuesday defended actions this week that put the Democratic governor at odds with the state’s Republican attorney general over federal standards for...

DENVER – Colorado’s Republican attorney general said Friday she has entered the state into a lawsuit that aims to block implementation of federal carbon-pollution standards. Cynthia Coffman made...

Mining-reclamation experts this week told a congressional panel that good Samaritan legislation and funding for restoration efforts are “inseparably tied together.” The comments came during a...

DENVER – Federal investigators said Thursday that engineering errors by an Environmental Protection Agency-contracted team “led directly” to the August Gold King Mine spill, which could have been...

DENVER – Even though the majority of people believe climate change adds to wildfire risk, those people are not any more likely to take actions to prevent wildfire damage, according to a new study....

DENVER – Officials with Colorado’s health-insurance cooperative filed a lawsuit Monday against state regulators in an effort to continue providing coverage to nearly 83,000 members. The lawsuit...