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Voters across Colorado’s high country will weigh short-term rentals, affordable housing

As many as 14 Colorado municipalities and counties will ask voters next month to increase or repurpose taxes on short-term rental properties – offered on sites by Airbnb and Vrbo – to help fund affordable housing

DATE: Oct 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wolf Creek Village plan loses third legal fight for access road atop Wolf Creek Pass

Texas billionaire has spent 36 years vying for access to an inholding where he plans a resort village for 10,000 residents

DATE: Oct 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Two runners have gone missing in Southwest Colorado, leading to push for more education

Fitness is not enough to stay safe in remote areas where risks are amplified

DATE: Oct 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Resort owner’s donations to Lauren Boebert’s campaign irks ski industry climate advocates

Owner of Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has long supported candidates who oppose progressive climate policy

DATE: Oct 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gravity Haus adds Aspen, Steamboat to 4,000-member social club

Founder Jim Deters drew thousands of members to his $200-a-month clubhouse. Will it thrive in a downturn?

DATE: Oct 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Vail Resorts rejects town’s $12 million offer for parcel to protect bighorn

A prolonged legal battle now looms as the only resolution

DATE: Oct 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

A Crested Butte couple just wanted better backpacking coffee. Then, NASA came calling

Mark and Alison Drucker’s instant coffee is headed to the International Space Station at the request of an astronaut

DATE: Oct 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Bull moose dies at Keystone ski area after getting tangled in cords

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is working with resorts on ways to better protect wildlife

DATE: Sep 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

How do you keep Colorado hikers from falling 300 feet down a mine shaft? Foam

Since 1980, officials have gated and plugged more than 13,000 inactive mines

DATE: Sep 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Eagle County leads last-ditch attempt to block Utah oil rail cars from traversing Colorado River

Eagle County is the only Colorado group appealing the approval of a Utah railroad that will direct crude oil through Colorado

DATE: Sep 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Idaho Springs gondola group wins $8.7M judgment against company that stole deposit

Judge agrees that Virginia-based escrow company stole $4.5 million from the Idaho Springs Mighty Argo investors and created fake documents to hide the theft.

DATE: Sep 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Impossible challenge’: Father-son adventure racers are pushing the limits of Alzheimer’s

Mark and Travis Macy have raced thousands of miles through jungles and deserts

DATE: Aug 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News