Ute Mountain Ute Chairman Manuel Heart Discusses Vaccines, Reopening and Education
Many Indigenous communities in the Mountain West and across the U.S. are now sharing extra vaccine doses with their non-Indigenous neighbors.
Colorado Coal Plants Won’t Close Early
Colorado regulators proposed early closures for three coal-fired power plants. Then they did a 180 on the decision a month later.
Plant-Based Ski Wax Helps Keep Microplastics Out of Snowpack
The environmental impacts of plastic are getting more severe, but one small solution in mountain towns might help.
Colorado Youth Activists Fight Fracking
A proposal for what could be the state’s largest fracking site is drawing community opposition in Boulder County.
What Else is Shut in When Wells Aren’t Producing?
With changing commodity prices as well as speculation, oil and gas wells on public lands aren’t always pumping.