A Douglas County resident who died after contracting hantavirus was not connected to the outbreak on Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, Colorado public health officials said this week.

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. The federal government belatedly released $47 million this week to fund four Colorado projects aimed at mitigating the impacts of an unprecedented drought and a parched Colorado River.

Roughly one in ten Americans gets their water from the Colorado River. But a worsening drought, driven in part by climate change, is drying up the river, and states are fighting over water rights. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores what that means for communities and industries that depend on that water with Luke Runyon,

The Buffaloes and coach Deion Sanders are clearly aiming to win over the Big Ten wide receiver target.

The White House has told Western states it's working on a 10-year plan for the overtapped Colorado River that will allow for reassessing cutbacks every two years.

On Friday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment confirmed a fatal case of hantavirus in the state.

Hey Neighbor is hosting 150 community tables across Colorado Springs this summer to help residents meet their neighbors.

When most people think about tense standoffs between law enforcement and a resistant subject, a flat-tailed, buck-toothed rodent probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But for officers

Of 10 major Front Range counties in Colorado, Pueblo County has the cheapest cost of living in nearly all key categories — with the exception of health care costs being the most expensive and transportation running slightly higher than El Paso and Denver counties.