As Trump targets ACA, Colorado officials, advocates brace for healthcare cost spikes
Healthcare and health insurance costs could skyrocket under the second coming of a Trump administration still seemingly bent on eliminating or at least undercutting Obamacare, consumer advocates warn, while the…
Rural Colorado police chief looks to spread community awareness, bust myths on fentanyl
M30 pills containing fentanyl (U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency photo). Rick Brandt, who’s the police chief in the northeastern Colorado town of Evans, considers himself a bit of a myth buster…
Colorado attorney general, local, state officials weigh in on Utah oil train case set for SCOTUS hearing
Oil drilling in the Uinta Basin of Utah (David O. Williams photo). Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Friday was joined by 14 other state AG’s and the District of…
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…
Red flag law triggers talk of recalls in Colorado even in wake of another school shooting
Douglas County, Colo., is the epicenter of a raging debate over gun safety laws despite yet another school shooting on Tuesday – this time at the STEM School Highlands Ranch.…
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