Colorado

Wildlife and vehicle collisions happen too often in Colorado. So much so, the state is investing tens of millions of dollars to create safe animal crossings. This includes an overpass on I-25 in Douglas County that's one of the largest in the world. In the third installment of our series Crossing Paths, KUNCs Stephanie Daniel reports, residents in Northern Colorado are stepping up too.

Higher education is teaming up with skilled trade industries in Colorado's High Country to grow the rural climate workforce of tomorrow.

During the lapse in federal funding, Utah and Colorado, along with several nonprofit partner organizations, stepped in to keep key visitor services running.

In January, the world watched in horror as fires marched through multiple Los Angeles neighborhoods, leaving behind blocks of smoldering foundations. A recent report tried to calculate how much it would cost to rebuild the structures lost to better withstand the next blaze.

Few states require building with fire-resistant materials, but some in the Mountain West are in the process of changing that.

Wyoming lawmakers wonder if more fuel management on ranches will help in the face of high insurance costs.

The Utah Supreme Court said a private company failed to show the water would be put to “beneficial use.”

A new data center campus is currently under construction in Elyria-Swansea — a neighborhood already struggling with pollution from major highways and Colorado’s only oil and gas refinery.

Xcel Energy was scheduled to go to court to fight a lawsuit brought by more than 4,000 homeowners, businesses and insurers.

The FBI has confirmed agents were investigating an online account discussing plans for a mass shooting.