Colorado

Media coverage of Indigenous communities has perpetuated harmful stereotypes among other shortcomings, according to a new report from the Colorado News Collaborative.

Global Thermostat unveiled a direct air carbon capture machine near Denver that it said can draw about 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere a year.

In the wake of another deadly school shooting in Colorado, a new study shows that Colorado teens have easy access to firearms.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new drinking water standards this week for PFAS — the increasingly pervasive toxic chemicals that are highly prevalent in Colorado.

Demand to live in mountain communities is through the roof, and that’s putting a strain on local workers.

Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico are asking the Bureau of Reclamation to pause water releases at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which has been used to help prop up Lake Powell.

Staunton State Park has invested in all-terrain wheelchairs for people with disabilities so that they can get out and enjoy nature again.

Two bills being proposed in state legislatures in the Mountain West differ completely on how to manage the region’s wild horse and burro population.

Some states in our region and around the U.S. are restricting abortions. Now efforts are underway to connect women with abortion medications – a dose of two pills that can be taken at home. A mobile clinic is operating along Colorado's border, so women from out-of-state can pick up the pills. KUNC’s Leigh Paterson reports for the Mountain West News Bureau.

Colorado and Idaho are joining a handful of other states in opting out of a long-running CDC survey that tracks teenagers' mental health.