By Jesse Bedayn, The Associated Press/Report for America
A Colorado homeowner who was jolted awake last weekend when a bear broke into his home says that he emptied his pistol into the animal to kill it. Ken Mauldin woke up when his wife screamed in their home in the mountain town of Steamboat Springs.
Two gun rights organizations have filed federal court lawsuits that challenge bans on semi-automatic weapons and magazine ammunition restrictions adopted by two Colorado cities. The lawsuits against Boulder and Louisville by Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and the National Foundation for Gun Rights follow two others the groups lodged against the state and Boulder County over similar gun control measures. The legal actions follow a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling that expanded gun rights and threatens to upend similar firearms restrictions across the country. The Rocky Mountain Gun Owners promised a wave of lawsuits after the high court ruling.
By Sam Metz and Kathleen Ronayne, The Associated Press
Dire consequences could result if states, cities and farms across the American West cannot agree on how to cut the amount of water they draw from the Colorado River. Hydroelectric turbines may stop turning. Las Vegas and Phoenix may be forced to restrict water usage or growth. Farmers may have to stop planting some crops.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced Thursday that it has published a data dashboard similar to the one used for the COVID-19 pandemic to track monkeypox infections in Colorado.
Advocates for wild horses accuse federal land managers of illegally approving plans for the largest U.S. holding facility for thousands of mustangs captured on public rangeland in 10 Western states.
By Jesse Bedayn, The Associated Press/Report for America
Denver's top prosecutor says she is opening a grand jury investigation into the actions of three police officers who wounded six bystanders last month while shooting at an armed suspect in a crowded downtown Denver nightlife zone.
Colorado teachers earning average salaries can afford to buy fewer than a fifth of the homes in their school districts — and homeownership is more out of reach in districts with higher wages.
$15 million of grants will be given to community groups, homeowner associations, utilities and non-profit organizations, and other groups. The grant program is designed to reduce risk to people and property in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) and support long-term ecological restoration.
Millions of people use pregnancy and period tracker apps and devices to plan and prevent pregnancies. Research shows that some of these apps could be sharing your data with law enforcement to track whether you're looking into abortion or crossing state lines to obtain an abortion. This information is alarming after the overturning of Roe-vs-Wade.
The City of Grand Junction announced Wednesday that Grand Junction Police Department Chief Doug Shoemaker will be leaving the city after accepting a new position in Denton, Texas.
The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West’s most spectacular predators — the golden eagle — as the species teeters on the edge of decline.
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will take testimony from Xcel Energy this week in reference to a proposed $188.6 million increase in base rates for natural gas over the next three years.
The Colorado DORA stated that the prevalence of homes in Colorado with unsafe levels of radon gas had created a market of unqualified individuals representing themselves as radon professionals. The new licensure requirement was created to protect consumers from supposed professionals who do not meet minimum necessary qualifications.
In a letter sent to Chipeta Elementary staff members and student families, Chipeta Principal Jayme Chiaro stated that a student was found with an unloaded BB gun on school grounds.
By Jesse Bedayn, The Associated Press/Report for America
A Colorado man had a rude awaking early Saturday morning when a roughly 400-pound (181-kilogram) bear flipped the lever doorknob to his home and rummaged through some dog food.
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