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Four mobile home parks in Larimer County are being put up for sale in a large, multimillion-dollar transaction. Community members in at least one of these parks are working to buy the property themselves.
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Stephanie Rivera/The Colorado SunRecent rainstorms have brought some needed relief to the Front Range. But because of dismal snowpack last winter, the storms are not enough to pull Colorado out of the lingering drought. -
John Eisele/Colorado State UniversityResearchers point to some striking differences in how aspens fare during a wildland blaze. A CSU researcher who led a recent study explains what makes them different.
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As litigation looms and drought takes its toll, state officials defiant over Colorado River's futureStreamflows on Colorado’s Western Slope are at near-record or record lows as the discussion over how to use the water in the Colorado River continues. -
Initiative 232 was brought by the conservative political nonprofit Advance Colorado and seeks to derail a push by liberal groups to pass a separate graduated income tax ballot measure this year. -
There has been a surge in black bear attacks across Colorado. Most recently, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced two attacks in Steamboat Springs and Aspen. -
The high cost of getting a measure on the ballot has given wealthy interests more power to push their agendas. -
In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden won the 8th Congressional District by 5 points. But in 2024, Donald Trump won it by 2 points — a larger margin of victory than Evans’. -
Colorado Parks and Wildlife said 30,000 fish died as a result of low oxygen levels in Sandpiper Pond at St. Vrain State Park this month. Officials say fish kills are common, but drought conditions are prompting different fish management strategies this fall.
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Colorado River plan orders cuts in the Lower Basin, while relying on voluntary conservation upstreamColorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming are not subject to mandatory reductions; instead, those states are setting up programs to voluntarily conserve water. -
The federal government will cut back on the amount of water for Arizona, California and Nevada after years of negotiations. They will hit cities in the Phoenix and Tucson areas the hardest. -
Organizers hope to raise awareness of expanded police surveillance amid growing backlash against Automatic License Plate Readers. -
This comes after the U.S. Department of the Interior reportedly restricted staff from telling the public about deaths or injuries in national parks. -
Along the 25–hundred miles of the “Mother Road” from Chicago to Los Angeles, communities are celebrating her centennial with food, music… and vintage cars. -
The three countries have a years-long practice of sharing wildfire resources during each other's often intense seasons, which mostly don't overlap.
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