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The first forecast of Colorado’s winter wheat production this year estimates a steep decline in crops this year. But nationwide the decrease is expected to be less severe.

The state legislature failed to reach a compromise to draw new congressional districts, and depending on who you ask, you get a vastly different picture of how and when things broke down. The issue will now likely go to the courts for a judge to decide new maps.

A pending settlement between the US Fish and Wildlife Service and conservationists could unclog a backlog of reviews of more than 250 potentially threatened or endangered species.  The deal announced Tuesday is being hailed by both sides.  But the oil and gas industry says it raises more questions than it answers.  

A large-scale solar project in southern Colorado is getting a financial boost from the U.S. Department of Energy. 

The DOE has offered Cogentrix a loan guarantee of $90.6 million for the construction of the Alamosa Solar Generating Project.  That is a 30 megawatt high concentration solar photovoltaic generation project – one of the first such utility-scale solar projects in the U.S. and among the largest in the world. 

A bill that would have expanded Colorado's bear hunting season has died after the sponsor could not get enough votes to pass it in the Republican controlled House.