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Wilderness conservation took a hit as part of this year’s federal budget compromise. A rider slipped into the bill at the last minute has put millions of acres of land back on the table for oil and gas drilling.  One of those places is South Shale Ridge in western Colorado. The area is not federally protected wilderness.  So the conservation-minded Interior Department had floated a different term for places like it, “wild lands.”  But that definition is now up in the air.

Unemployment rates fell in more than 80% of the nation’s largest metro areas last month. But the news is still mixed in Colorado.

More than 100 local law enforcement agencies across Colorado are partnering with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA, for a second drug take-back day.

Women and college students in favor of legalizing marijuana made an unusual case for it at the state capitol today, saying greater acceptance of pot could reduce alcohol-related sexual violence on campus.

The University of Colorado Boulder is a step closer to becoming the new headquarters for one of the world’s largest solar research facilities.

The National Solar Observatory is the nation’s top ground-based scientific program studying solar physics and space weather. Of six institutions competing to be the NSO’s new home, CU Boulder and the University of Alabama-Huntsville have been selected as finalists.