A bill sponsored by Senator Cathy Kipp of Fort Collins died at the capitol last week. It was trying to close a loophole that gave Colorado State University the ability to step around local noise and billboard ordinances. CSU had paused its electronic billboard build-out before the proposal was axed.
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Scott Franz/KUNCClimate change, and warmer winters, will have a major impact on Colorado’s ski industry. But Colorado’s major ski companies take different approaches when it comes to advocating for policies that might curb climate change. -
Hugh Carey/The Colorado SunThe Western U.S. is seeing an increasing number of wildfires that spread quickly and cause more destruction than a typical wildfire. And experts say so-called "fast fires” – like the 2021 Marshall Fire that burned around a thousand homes in Boulder county – are likely to increase in the coming years. A wildfire expert from CU Boulder explains what makes fast fires so dangerous, and how communities might respond differently to them.
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More people are working in public schools, even as fewer students attend them. To some observers, this math just isn’t math-ing. -
One of the agency’s expanded regional offices is in Fort Collins. -
House Bill 1055 would create a pilot program in a limited number of communities outside of Denver to give students in grades 6-12 a similar My Colorado Card. The card would essentially be a free pass, not a voucher with dollars attached to it. -
Upgrades to an affordable housing development for seniors in Fort Collins, a new transit and housing hub in downtown Longmont and a new pedestrian bridge in Denver over Interstate 25 are all receiving money among the first round of state grants to encourage communities to build denser developments. -
A ground-dwelling bird known for its elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains and in Colorado will no longer be federally protected. That's after the Trump administration agreed with three states and the beef and petroleum industries that the lesser prairie chicken was improperly listed under the Endangered Species Act. -
Benavidez resigned from the legislature in 2022 after losing the race for House Speaker.
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The legislature is looking at stopping SLAPPs, lawsuits meant to silence people who speak out, like journalists or whistleblowers. -
Steve Pearce, Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management, said he would not propose large-scale sales of public lands. -
The team, led by a Boise State University civil engineering researcher, looked at half a million wildfire starts, and hundreds of attributes about them. Beyond the obvious weather variables like wind speed, temperature and humidity, they also considered human factors like density of development. -
A new report finds 2025 brought widespread drought, massive wildfires and destructive windstorms across several Mountain West states — and underscores how closely connected those disasters have become. -
Wildfires are a top concern across the region. But certain parts also fall within "hail alley" — the part of the country that sees the most hailstorms. It's driving up insurance costs in unexpected places. -
President Trump’s nominee, Steve Pearce, is a former New Mexico congressman and Vietnam War pilot. The opposition feels he could sell off public land.
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