KUNC News and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance take a look at the top stories that mattered to our readers and listeners this year.

Towns and cities are set to give residents and party goers the opportunity to ring in 2026 this week.

Chalkbeat Colorado shares a few of the educational topics they plan to follow and cover in the new year.

The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation is threatening to withhold $24 million in federal funding from Colorado.

The number of state lawmakers who will serve at the Colorado Capitol next year who at some point were appointed to the House or Senate by or through a vacancy committee has grown to 27. That’s more than 1 in 4 members of the General Assembly.

Here's a look at the most clicked stories from KUNC News for 2025. See the list.

Officials at Colorado's Telluride Ski Resort say it will close Saturday due to a labor dispute. The Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association voted this week to strike after contract negotiations since June failed to yield an agreement on pay.

Reintroduced in 2023, gray wolves have spread out across western Colorado, exploring wild landscapes and preying on elk, deer, and occasionally — livestock. To address the problem, Colorado is piloting a program that sends "range riders" to patrol lands where wolves are preying on livestock.

The state is seeking federal funding for recovery from August’s Elk and Lee Fires and October’s Western Colorado flooding.

Seven states rely on the Colorado River, but they continue to struggle to find a deal on how to use the river's water.