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Poudre School District is proposing to close nine schools due to declining enrollment. Included in this plan are all three of the district's mountain schools. Parents in these rural communities are waiting anxiously for the Board of Education to vote on the matter Tuesday night.
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Photo of R.L. Maizes by Steve OlshanskyA struggling novelist sets off a social media firestorm in a new novel by Colorado author R.L. Maizes. A Complete Fiction raises sticky questions about who gets to tell someone else’s story. The novel recently won the 2026 Colorado Book Award for fiction. -
Josh Richert/Blue Valley RanchLess than a year ago, transportation officials opened a $15 million overpass designed to funnel wildlife over I-25 near Castle Rock. Which animals are using it, and how effectively has it reduced collisions between motorists and wildlife?
Colorado News
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Trips to Las Vegas and Washington D.C., along with national TV appearances, may raise eyebrows, but aren’t a parole problem for the former clerk, according to Colorado’s Department of Corrections. -
Two issues are at the top of the list for voters and many of the Boulder City Council candidates as the Nov. 3 election draws closer: housing affordability and the environment. -
Ski patrollers will see increased wages, codified insurance benefits, improvements to canine teams and more after the approval of a union contract. -
Colorado experienced its warmest water year on record by a substantial margin in 2026, according to a new report by Colorado State University researchers. They also noted that Colorado recorded its lowest snowpack levels ever. -
As summer heat baked Western grazing lands, Colorado ranchers chose what they could afford to keep—and what they had to give up. -
More than half a million Coloradans have already voted in the 2026 midterm election, according to the first turnout report from the secretary of state’s office.
Mountain West News
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Atrazine contamination is most widespread in the Midwest, but affected watersheds extend into Colorado and New Mexico. -
Oil, gas and coal are rebounding under the Trump administration. In Wyoming, it's a big win for the fossil fuel industry. -
New research finds the Upper Colorado River Basin lost an estimated 4.6 trillion gallons of groundwater during a severe drought, raising concerns about Western water supplies. -
Supporters say it would prevent attempts to limit hunting, while opponents worry it could complicate wildlife management. -
Satellites like NOAA and NASA’s GOES constellation have been an important fire science tool for years. Over the summer, the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance launched the first three satellites of its FireSat program, and the first images taken by them were recently released. -
The route traverses across regions of Colorado that touch public lands and are slightly off the beaten path
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