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More than 150 insurance companies sue Xcel, citing negligence over start of...
More than 150 insurance companies and two survivors of the catastrophic Marshall fire are suing Xcel Energy for the utility company’s role in Colorado’s costliest and most destructive fire. The...
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Lightning-sparked Lowline fire burning near Crested Butte grows to 680 acres
A lightning-sparked wildfire burning near Gunnison in western Colorado grew overnight, now covering more than 680 acres, the U.S. Forest Service said Thursday morning. The Lowline fire ignited...
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Federal appeals court derails Uinta Basin Railway plan to send billions more...
The Uinta Basin Railway plan to direct billions of gallons of Utah crude oil through Colorado has been derailed. The U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday agreed with Eagle County and several environmental...
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Entire Western Colorado wild horse herd removed from range in helicopter roundup
Federal land managers have removed all 122 mustangs from rugged western Colorado rangeland known as the West Douglas herd area, inflaming tensions with wild horse advocates who called the helicopter...
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How $500M in federal infrastructure money is being spent in Colorado
Colorado projects and programs have so far netted $496 million in federal infrastructure funds, with the bulk going to water resources and scientific innovation, according to data from the U.S....
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AI is watching for wildfire in Colorado’s mountains
High-resolution cameras scanning Colorado forests once every minute, 24-7 — linked to a smoke-detecting artificial intelligence algorithm residing in a computer cloud — are popping up on Colorado high...
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More staff, training needed in Colorado to create more inclusive emergency...
Almost two years after the Marshall fire erupted, and only a fraction of Boulder County residents were warned to flee their homes in the face of an inferno fueled by 100 mph wind gusts, a new report...
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Thinning Colorado forests to reduce fire danger also helps bees and flowers,...
A more-than-decadelong effort to thin Front Range forests to reduce fire danger has brought more bees, more flowers and increased resilience to climate change, new research shows. The raw number and...
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Colorado’s most destructive wildfire also had hurricane-force winds,...
The Marshall fire swept into Louisville and Superior, killing two people, forcing mass evacuations and causing $2 billion in damage not just because of the intense flames, but also because it raged...
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Colorado invests $6.5M this year in wildfire mitigation, watershed projects
Colorado is spending $6.5 million in grants for on-the-ground fire mitigation work and watershed projects this year in its ongoing work to prevent and control wildfires that increasingly threaten the...
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Hundreds of flights delayed in Denver as strong winds blast Eastern Plains
More than 400 flights were delayed at Denver International Airport on Monday morning as strong winds blew across most of eastern Colorado. As of 11:15 a.m., 410 flights were delayed, according to...
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Soil safe for homeowners and rebuilding in Marshall fire zone, Colorado study...
Soil sampled from the yards of homes burned in the Marshall fire does not contain high levels of toxins that would threaten human health for those rebuilding there, according to the first major study...
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Xcel Energy says its facilities appear to have had role in igniting Texas...
Power lines ignited massive wildfires across the Texas Panhandle that destroyed homes and killed thousands of livestock, officials said Thursday, including the largest blaze in state history that the...
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