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A healthy stream of snowstorms starting in late-October helped build and maintain snowpack levels above the historic average until mid-April, when unseasonably warm weather and a lack of storms caused the snowpack to deplete and drop below normal ahead of the date when levels typically peak.
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Deconstruction is a growing approach to building removal that diverts waste from landfills, cuts carbon emissions and creates a circular economy for construction materials.
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Eagle, Gunnison, Pitkin and Summit direct local tax dollars toward backcountry rangers who will maintain trails, douse fires and pick up trash amid surging visitation to public lands. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jason Blevins and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.
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The Colorado backcountry rescue organization is reporting 10-15% more calls than a typical year. It鈥檚 had at least 75 so far in 2025.
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Local leaders spent time with talking through the matter around a roundtable discussion with Sen. John Hickenlooper as they work to make the Colorado mountains affordable.
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The cost of housing in Colorado鈥檚 mountain towns is so expensive, many workers can鈥檛 afford rent. One program in Frisco offers an unusual solution 鈥 a parking lot that allows people to park and sleep in their vehicles.
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The new pink-purple design will be applied to Flight for Life's ambulances and aircraft, which serve Colorado communities including Summit County and the Front Range. But not everyone is happy with the change.
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Officials are pushing to have the legislation -- which would only allow for tobacco-flavored nicotine products -- take effect in January 2026.
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An executive order has ended a policy that prevented federal immigration officials from making arrests at so-called 鈥渟ensitive鈥 locations like schools and churches. Now, some Colorado schools are working to better protect their students from potential immigration raids.
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Summit High School鈥檚 Ski Business and Manufacturing class is one of the few classes in the country teaching students to make and sell hand-built skis and snowboards. The other is at Clear Creek High.