1+ week, 4+ day ago  (487+ words) After municipal elections in early April, the new city council in Colorado Springs met for the first time on April 15, 1876, making appointments to city offices and deliberating over a local liquor ordinance. Founded five years earlier by William Jackson Palmer,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (147+ words) Decades ago, Colorado lawmakers set statewide limits on noise for different types of areas " lower limits near homes, louder away from them. But a recent court case has upended the status quo around which venues are allowed to be extra…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (657+ words) Heavy autumn rains brought relief to drought-plagued portions of the Southwest, but across the Colorado River basin ongoing water supply concerns still linger amid tense policy negotiations and near record-low reservoir storage. Even after accounting for the heavy rain, 57% of…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1584+ words) Coal-burning for electrical generation will end in Craig before New Year's Day of 2028 arrives. Will a new gas plant arrive in 2029 to partially replace the lost generation? Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association says it needs a 307-megawatt gas plant there…...

11+ mon, 2+ day ago  (244+ words) Denver, Aurora, Colorado Springs and Northern Water voiced opposition Wednesday to the Western Slope's proposal to spend $99 million to buy historic water rights on the Colorado River from Xcel Energy. The Colorado River Water Conservation District has been working for…...