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Crested Butte, Ski Granby Ranch, Aspen Mountain, Snowmass, Telluride and Beaver Creek are all expected to open this week.
Here are Colorado’s ski resort opening dates for the 2025-2026 season
This season has been off to a dry start, causing some resorts to delay opening.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Crested Butte, Ski Granby Ranch, Aspen Mountain, Snowmass, Telluride and Beaver Creek are all expected to open this week.
Researchers say Colorado lost 18 percent of its farmland in the Rio Grande Basin between 2000 and 2019
More than half the water use in the Rio Grande River Basin is unsustainable
Researchers say Colorado lost 18 percent of its farmland in the Rio Grande Basin between 2000 and 2019
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November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Researchers say Colorado lost 18 percent of its farmland in the Rio Grande Basin between 2000 and 2019
The new rules on visas turns off the tap of students from other countries coming to Colorado for college.
Trump administration policy makes a dent in number of international students on Colorado campuses
The new rules on visas turns off the tap of students from other countries coming to Colorado for college.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The new rules on visas turns off the tap of students from other countries coming to Colorado for college.
Prices for necessities like groceries are outpacing wage growth.
How long can grocery prices keep rising?
Prices for necessities like groceries are outpacing wage growth.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Prices for necessities like groceries are outpacing wage growth.
Unless reversed on appeal, it is likely to place a severe restriction on ICE’s operations in Colorado.
Court demands end to warrantless arrests, restricting a tool ICE frequently uses to detain immigrants
Unless reversed on appeal, it is likely to place a severe restriction on ICE’s operations in Colorado.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Unless reversed on appeal, it is likely to place a severe restriction on ICE’s operations in Colorado.
Robert Dear died Saturday at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Missouri.
Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood accused shooter dies in custody
Robert Dear died Saturday at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Missouri.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Robert Dear died Saturday at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Missouri.
Police say the car in the fatal car crash near Franktown was stolen.
5 killed, including three children, in highway crash near Franktown
Police say the car in the fatal car crash near Franktown was stolen.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Police say the car in the fatal car crash near Franktown was stolen.
Find out how you can give back to your community this Thanksgiving season.
Thanksgiving volunteering and community service opportunities across Colorado
Find out how you can give back to your community this Thanksgiving season.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Find out how you can give back to your community this Thanksgiving season.
City Council passes resolution asking for investigation into federal immigration agents’ actions.
Feeling exhausted, Durango family arrested by ICE signs paperwork for self-deportation
City Council passes resolution asking for investigation into federal immigration agents’ actions.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
City Council passes resolution asking for investigation into federal immigration agents’ actions.
"This is a new reality, a new dynamic that nonprofits are going to have to adapt to."
As federal support wanes, Colorado’s nonprofits contemplate a rocky future
"This is a new reality, a new dynamic that nonprofits are going to have to adapt to."
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November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"This is a new reality, a new dynamic that nonprofits are going to have to adapt to."
"Mary Poppins" and "Annie" take the stage, plus holiday cheer and indoor snow tubing are here to welcome the winter season.
Things to do in Colorado this weekend
"Mary Poppins" and "Annie" take the stage, plus holiday cheer and indoor snow tubing are here to welcome the winter season.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"Mary Poppins" and "Annie" take the stage, plus holiday cheer and indoor snow tubing are here to welcome the winter season.
On social media, Trump accused the lawmakers of seditious behavior, and said it was punishable by death.
President labels Rep. Jason Crow and others ‘traitors’ for video urging the military not to follow unlawful orders
On social media, Trump accused the lawmakers of seditious behavior, and said it was punishable by death.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
On social media, Trump accused the lawmakers of seditious behavior, and said it was punishable by death.
A years-long investigation recovered more than 1,000 pounds of the potentially lethal drug.
Record-breaking amount of meth seized by authorities leads to 15 federal indictments
A years-long investigation recovered more than 1,000 pounds of the potentially lethal drug.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
A years-long investigation recovered more than 1,000 pounds of the potentially lethal drug.
The federal government is pushing hard to pinpoint domestic sources of rare earth elements and critical minerals
The search to identify underground resources is often done from the sky. Here’s how that scientific magic happens
The federal government is pushing hard to pinpoint domestic sources of rare earth elements and critical minerals
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November 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The federal government is pushing hard to pinpoint domestic sources of rare earth elements and critical minerals
Federal money pulled back under the Trump administration would have funded and staffed things like a broad paid-media campaign, a statewide vaccine reminder program and a vaccine equity program.
With a potentially rough flu season on the horizon, Colorado has lost nearly $28 million in federal immunization funding
Federal money pulled back under the Trump administration would have funded and staffed things like a broad paid-media campaign, a statewide vaccine reminder program and a vaccine equity program.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Federal money pulled back under the Trump administration would have funded and staffed things like a broad paid-media campaign, a statewide vaccine reminder program and a vaccine equity program.
Well, except, technically, ‘the United States has never made a penny.’
From the Denver Mint to the Money Museum, Coloradans say goodbye to the penny
Well, except, technically, ‘the United States has never made a penny.’
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November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Well, except, technically, ‘the United States has never made a penny.’
House members in the Opportunity Caucus face allegations they violated the state’s gift ban by attending a Vail retreat.
Colorado Ethics Commission advances complaints against Democrats who attended dark money-funded retreat
House members in the Opportunity Caucus face allegations they violated the state’s gift ban by attending a Vail retreat.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
House members in the Opportunity Caucus face allegations they violated the state’s gift ban by attending a Vail retreat.
“We're asking the administration to find another solution that doesn't balance the budget on the backs of kids with autism.”
Parents, advocates warn of dire consequences from proposed budget cuts to therapy for kids with autism
“We're asking the administration to find another solution that doesn't balance the budget on the backs of kids with autism.”
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November 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
“We're asking the administration to find another solution that doesn't balance the budget on the backs of kids with autism.”
New work is underway to improve and expand the existing geological data for the region.
Why is the federal government spending millions on aerial geological mapping in Southern Colorado?
New work is underway to improve and expand the existing geological data for the region.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
New work is underway to improve and expand the existing geological data for the region.
Since 2018, Denver has allowed a local organization to hold a ceremonial event to harvest one of its roughly 70 buffalo.
Denver’s bison were once zoo animals. Now they’re food and sustenance for Indigenous residents
Since 2018, Denver has allowed a local organization to hold a ceremonial event to harvest one of its roughly 70 buffalo.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Since 2018, Denver has allowed a local organization to hold a ceremonial event to harvest one of its roughly 70 buffalo.
Today marks three years since the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs that left five people dead. In 2023, we spoke to four survivors who shared how their lives changed a year later. Read what they had to say here.
After Club Q: Surviving the unthinkable and navigating the journey forward
Four survivors reflect on life since the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Today marks three years since the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs that left five people dead. In 2023, we spoke to four survivors who shared how their lives changed a year later. Read what they had to say here.
The observational documentary began by“guerrilla style,” prioritizing the workers’ consent over the Kentucky Derby’s.
How a Colorado filmmaker made a documentary about immigrant workers inside Churchill Downs
The observational documentary began by“guerrilla style,” prioritizing the workers’ consent over the Kentucky Derby’s.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The observational documentary began by“guerrilla style,” prioritizing the workers’ consent over the Kentucky Derby’s.
“It's constantly used by people for all of these different reasons throughout history, that is the story of shifting borders, shifting industry, shifting towns, shifting states."
What is the history of Raton Pass?
“It's constantly used by people for all of these different reasons throughout history, that is the story of shifting borders, shifting industry, shifting towns, shifting states."
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November 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
“It's constantly used by people for all of these different reasons throughout history, that is the story of shifting borders, shifting industry, shifting towns, shifting states."
CBI investigation had arrested the owner of the unit in April. It contained 1.7 million fentanyl pills.
Officials seize a record amount of fentanyl from an unpaid storage unit in Denver
CBI investigation had arrested the owner of the unit in April. It contained 1.7 million fentanyl pills.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
CBI investigation had arrested the owner of the unit in April. It contained 1.7 million fentanyl pills.
As Colorado faces a shortage of geriatricians, rural parts of the state are hit especially hard.
Sage advice on aging and dying from a Colorado geriatrician
As Colorado faces a shortage of geriatricians, rural parts of the state are hit especially hard.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
As Colorado faces a shortage of geriatricians, rural parts of the state are hit especially hard.