Wildfire experts across West ‘very concerned’ as feds cut funds, staffing ahead of dry, hot summer
The massive Marshall Fire near Boulder destroyed more than 1,000 homes in 2021 (emergency services photo). Wildfire experts say the best way for Colorado to reduce the destructive power of…
Colorado senator urges Supreme Court to hold Trump administration in contempt on deportations
EAGLE, Colo. — Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to start holding Trump administration officials in contempt of court and “lock them up” if they…
Conductor who brought back Colorado ski train wants to use rail to save state’s highways for skiing
Former Winter Park Ski Trail conductor Brad Swartzwelter. The longtime Amtrak train conductor credited with crafting a business plan that helped revive the mothballed Winter Park Express ski train in 2017 now…
Western Rail Coalition looks to revive passenger rail service on long-dormant line connecting Colorado mountain towns
Passengers or petroleum products? That’s one of the key questions being bandied about in a renewed effort to revive part of the long-dormant Tennessee Pass rail line linking southern Colorado…
Air quality assailed by Colorado opponents of Uinta Basin oil-drilling expansion in Utah
An oil truck on U.S. Route 191 through the Uinta Basin in Utah in February of 2024 — the alternative to building the Uinta Basin Railway project (David O. Williams…
What happens in Las Vegas impacts Colorado River drought management for years to come
Glen Canyon dam on the Colorado River at Lake Powell. Nature offered the Colorado River Basin states a reprieve last winter after a heavy snowpack and generous rainfall saved the…
The delicate balancing act of filling Dillon Reservoir during spring runoff
Editor’s note: This story was produced by RockyMountainPost.com with funding from Aspen Journalism and was first posted on the Summit Daily News website on May 14 and published in their print version of the…
One Colorado ski town and county’s battle with suicide, depression
By now, if you’re a regular RockyMountainPost.com reader, you’ve seen social media posts of my front-page story in Sunday’s Colorado Springs Gazette on mental health issues in mountain towns – specifically Vail…
No Labels Executive Director White discusses Politics of Problem Solving
Margaret White, executive director of No Labels, a women-ed organization that calls itself as a bipartisan problem-solving organization, will hold a book talk Friday, Dec. 6, at Urban Farmer in downtown Denver. No…
Impeachment debate takes center stage on Veterans Day
This Veterans Day it’s hard for me to separate the politics from the policy of war during the ongoing House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s withholding of military aid…
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