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In this COVID-19 pandemic, the first case in Colorado was a visitor to Summit County who had recently been in Italy. (Dillon Reservoir in Summit County, Colorado)

Lake Dillon is warming, but its water quality remains OK, study finds

A new environmental study has some rare good news for stressed Colorado water managers: Lake Dillon, the Summit County reservoir that supplies water to...

News Poetry: A Day Like a Watch Tower

New Year’s Day 2019 we looktoward the months to come,alert as a widow in the night, 1945,an empty school on the hill,spy glasses aimed...

Democrats control Colorado state government. Here’s what that means for education as the legislature...

The Colorado legislature convenes Friday with Democratic majorities in both chambers and a Democratic governor-elect who made education a key part of his campaign....

Where the news is drying up — and where it’s not Rural areas can...

Media chatter about the state of journalism tends to go big — big city, that is: Seattle loses a major daily; a media conglomerate...
Map illuminating points of gun violence.

An Atlas of American Gun Violence

About the Data This map was built with data collected by Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit organization that gathers and verifies information about incidents of gun...

Court secrecy, a handcuffed journalist, ‘Access Denied’: CFOIC’s year-in-review 2018

Two words come to mind when looking back at 2018’s government transparency highlights and lowlights in Colorado. Judicial secrecy. In June, the Colorado Supreme Court baffled many legal...

What the 2018 farm bill means for the West Lawmakers see hemp legalization and...

After a long journey through the Senate and House agriculture committees, the 2018 farm bill is expected to clear the president’s desk soon. The bill, which...

State ratings identify 163 Colorado schools in need of improvement

More than 160 Colorado schools received one of the state’s two lowest ratings, making them eligible for additional assistance but also vulnerable to intervention...

New principal named for Denver’s Manual High School

Manual High School, a storied school in northeast Denver that has struggled academically, finally will have a new principal: Joe Glover, who currently serves...
A conversation with Bob Woodward

2/28/19 – A conversation with Bob Woodward The State of The American Presidency

Bob Woodward's Fear: Trump in the White House, currently the #1 international bestseller, is the most detailed and penetrating portrait of a sitting president...