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09/09/2026

Colorado Parks and Wildlife kills 2 wolves from Copper Creek, Three Creek packs following livestock attacks

It’s the fourth lethal removal the agency has completed this summer

Colorado Parks and Wildlife killed two yearlings from two separate wolf packs on Monday, Sept. 8, after the animals' were tied to repeated livestock attacks near their respective territories.

09/07/2026

Colorado prepares to mail ballots as usual despite order

State participates in lawsuit to stop U.S. Postal Service rules; preliminary injunction hearing taking place

(The Center Square) – Colorado is set to mail ballots to all of its registered voters for the November midterm elections as usual despite ongoing litigation surrounding a federal order and conflicting judicial rulings about...

09/07/2026

Big Pivots: We can’t build our way ot of this ‘drought’ — Some of those on the campaign trail call for more storage. They need to visit Green Mountain Reservoir.

No place in Colorado that I have visited offers such blunt testimony to the warming, drying climate than Green Mountain Reservoir. It also poses a question to those politicians whose answer to non-winters and ever-hotter...

09/06/2026

Editor’s Note: This is a developing story. More information will be published as it becomes available. A pedestrian was killed Friday night after being struck by two separate vehicles while crossing Victory Way near Woodbury...

09/03/2026

Colorado Parks and Wildlife defends charges against hunter who killed wolf in January, amid concerns of leniency

Some have criticised that the agency action is not enough to prevent similar incidents in the future

In early August, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced that a licensed hunter had killed a gray wolf in January after reportedly mistaking it for a coyote. The hunter was leveled with a $139.50 fine and...

09/03/2026

What can working dogs tell us about how wolves are moving across the landscape?

Wild Ranch and Working Dogs for Conservation came together for 10 days in North Park in August to test a new idea to aid producers dealing with wolf-livestock conflict

As the One Ear wolf pack establishes a heavy presence near his family's four-generation cattle ranch in North Park, Adam VanValkenburg estimates that he has spent hundreds of hours this summer just moving around game cameras, trying to understand where the wolves are.

09/02/2026

For Moffat County sheriff’s Sgt. Conner Pogline, service starts close to King Homes and Land Realty LLC
Pogline finds a trusted partner in K-9 Prime

For Moffat County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Conner Pogline, coming home was about more than returning to a familiar place. It was about family, raising his children in the community that raised him and finding a...

09/02/2026

Colorado voters to decide fate of dueling income tax questions in November

A measure to cap the state’s flat income tax rate, and another to increase it for higher earners, have both qualified for the ballot

Colorado voters will be asked conflicting questions about the state’s income tax rate on their November 2026 ballots.  Dueling measures have both qualified for the ballot, according to state officials. One would prevent the state’s...

09/01/2026

Craig council backs putting regional transportation tax before voters

Measure narrowly passes on 4-3 vote

During its Aug. 25 meeting, the Craig City Council narrowly agreed to direct the city’s representative on the Yampa Valley Regional Transportation Authority to support placing a half-percent sales tax before voters. The decision followed...

08/31/2026

In November, Colorado voters will weigh in on funding increase for conservation, water and wildfire mitigation

A citizen-led effort to reallocate sporting goods tax funds will appear on November ballot as Proposition 137

Coloradans will weigh in on a ballot measure to redirect excess funding from the state's sporting goods and outdoor gear tax to support conservation projects.