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Colorado River seen as depleting regional resource
The federal government isn't going to tap the Missouri River to slake the thirst of a drought-parched Southwest, the government's top water official ...
Study contends Grand Canyon as old as dinosaur era
The awe-inspiring Grand Canyon was probably carved about 70 million years ago, much earlier than thought, a provocative new study suggests — so early ...
Pot legalization no free ride to smoke on campus
Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won't be able to light up. Most universities have codes ...
Embree suggests he would have needed shortcuts
A choked-up Jon Embree suggested Monday that the only way he could have turned around the University of Colorado's flailing football program in his ...
Embree out as head coach of Colorado Buffaloes
Jon Embree is out as head football coach at the University of Colorado after just two seasons and four wins in 25 games. Embree told The Associated ...
Column: 'I told him, 'Dang, you're good.'
We can quantify most of the things a football coach does to help his team win games. Count the hours he puts in. Track whether players get better or ...
Once Obama country, Colorado now razor-close
Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both a stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new brand of politics could ...
Park Service defends refusal to use wolves
The National Park Service acted properly when it ruled out using wolves to control the elk population in Rocky Mountain National Park, government ...
Final testing under way for Wyoming supercomputer
Final testing is being done on a National Center for Atmospheric Research supercomputer on the outskirts of Cheyenne that will be used for climate ...
Obama hits Romney Obamacare slam, says 'I do care'
Campaigning his way toward the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama slapped a "Romney doesn't care" label on his rival's health-care ...
Obama drops by 'The Buff' restaurant in Colorado
President Barack Obama has made an appearance in "The Buff," visiting a restaurant by that name in Colorado. Obama was en route to a campaign speech ...
America: a patchwork of potato chips
You say potato, I say pot-ah-toe ... chip. And that's just the start of it. Though thin and flat may be the national standard — and bestselling ...
Will Colo. economy turn purple state red or blue?
In this working-class city where steel was the economic muscle of the past and where harnessing the wind offers promise for the future, Cris Gillispie ...
Autistic man survives 3-week ordeal in Utah desert
The father of a 28-year-old autistic man who barely survived three weeks in remote southern Utah says his son was an experienced mountaineer but was ...
Easing of pot laws poses challenge for parents
Michael Jolton was a young father with a 5-year-old son when Colorado legalized medical marijuana in 2000. Now he's got three boys, the oldest near ...
Perilous new Vegas water pipeline claims a life
Just six miles from where the Hoover Dam holds back the largest reservoir in the nation, workers are struggling against solid rock, geologic faults ...
Marijuana rally in trouble at Colorado university
The pungent smell of pot that blankets a popular quadrangle at the University of Colorado-Boulder every April 20 is being replaced by the stench of ...