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Weak 2020 water year comes to a close

By Lindsay Fendt | October 22, 2020

While policy across Colorado is still catching up to the dry conditions today, models for the upcoming year indicate that the state may need to brace for another poor water year in 2021.

Boebert, Mitsch Bush dueling to wrest the reins of CD3 race amid COVID-19

By M. John Fayhee | October 18, 2020

Candidates’ campaign trail dotted with dust-ups over pandemic protocols, guns and experience.

Questions and answers: Diane Mitsch Bush and Lauren Boebert

By M. John Fayhee | October 18, 2020

Candidates in their own words

Aspen water users meet Stage 2 cutback goals, cutting use by 20% since Sept. 1

By Natalie Keltner-McNeil | October 11, 2020

Comparing consumption with non-drought year shows less-dramatic reduction.

Even in a pandemic, drought drives water use along the Front Range

By Lindsay Fendt | October 7, 2020

Water utilities report higher than average consumption.

Pitkin County health officials press state for COVID-19 visitor requirements

By Curtis Wackerle | September 30, 2020

Travelers should get tested before coming or face 14-day quarantine, health board says

Smoke waves expected to intensify, continue to threaten public health across Colorado and the West

By Elizabeth Stewart-Severy | September 20, 2020

Researchers expect more smoke days per year, while public health experts uncover far-reaching consequences

Water released from Elkhead Reservoir lifts call on Yampa River

By Allen Best | September 8, 2020

“We hope these actions help alleviate the depth and severity of ranchers being curtailed and allow some of them to turn their pumps back on to grow more forage before winter,” says a Colorado River District official.

Environment Desk

Local ranchers face backlog of cattle due to coronavirus. Now comes the drought.

By Laurine Lassalle | September 7, 2020

“We not only do have to keep them because there was nowhere to go with them, and then all of a sudden we find ourselves in the middle of a drought. We basically got to the point where we had to get rid of them, whatever price was being offered.”