RIO GRANDE NATIONAL FOREST — The high alpine forests are a sickbed. Swathes of gray trees are bald on one side, with patches of russet needles fading into scraggly branches. Others show thick strips o...

Last year, a study came out showing that marijuana legalization in Colorado likely increased cannabis use among adults in the state. Because of the novel methods the researchers used to examine the qu...

Colorado and other states are sending an estimated 20,000 horses per year to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico, which export them to other countries that eat horse meat, according to an investigati...

What smell comes to mind when you think of New Mexico? Is it the fresh rain rolling off Sandia Mountains? Is it alfalfa cut for harvest outside Roswell? Perhaps it’s the mercaptan added to the otherwi...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Six Western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have agreed on a model to dramatically cut water use in the basin, months after the federal government called for actio...

Residents of the Forest Lakes subdivision north of Bayfield filed a report Friday with Colorado Parks and Wildlife that their dog had been killed by a mountain lion. Amy McFarland and Brian Weaver, o...

The popular Alta Lakes Recreation Area 13 miles south of Telluride would be improved under a proposal by the Norwood Ranger District of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest. The Di...

Montezuma County Commissioner Jim Candelaria has been appointed to the Colorado Fire Commission by the executive director. The commission is part of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Contro...

Four female graphic design students showed off their new ski design during an annual fundraiser held mid-January in Silverton for SOS Outreach, a national nonprofit for at-risk and low-income youths –...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture began planning this month to develop outdoor recreation opportunities near national forests and grasslands, part of a broader Biden administration push ...