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Mining History for Horror

While Colorado mourned the 2014 centennial of the Ludlow Massacre with earnest theatrical reenactments, filmmaker Kirk Loudon was busy cooking up his own morbid...

Past earthquakes in southern Colorado studied for links to gas fracking,...

Monday’s 5.3-magnitude earthquake southwest of Trinidad in southern Colorado is being called rare but “consistent with the region and historic activity in the area,” and so far no official connection is being made to gas drilling -- or hydraulic fracturing -- of relatively shallow coal-bed methane gas reserves in the area.

Hickenlooper position on pit liner regs specific to one area of...

A spokesman for Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper’s gubernatorial campaign late Monday took exception with a Colorado Independent blog post earlier in the day questioning...

Western Slope Round-Up: Raising Our Eyes and the Rent

"Up" is our theme this week in Western Colorado. We'll take a glance at increased expenses, hot new ideas and overlooked details. Maybe the...