Colorado Local

From about 100 wild adults in the late 1990s to roughly 36,000 in the same river today — the razorback sucker's comeback in the Colorado River Basin is the kind of number that makes you stop and listen.

Bring a friend, because who likes laughing alone?

Canada lynx were gone from Colorado for decades. Then wildlife managers brought them back to the San Juan Mountains, and eventually kittens showed up.

Residents are watching evacuation zones closely, while travelers should be prepared for smoky skies and changing road conditions.

Most of this year's Colorado cases trace back to food eaten on international trips — which says something about how quietly this kind of illness can travel.

Three wildfires, three different corners of Colorado, three different causes — and all of them are still burning.

The Elk Fire started with a single lightning strike in some of the most rugged backcountry in Colorado — and getting crews in there is no easy task.

The Gold Mountain Fire is pushing hard toward Silver Jack Reservoir, and the communities around it are watching every wind shift.

Forty-one snow guns running in July — not to make snow, but to keep a wildfire from reaching the mountain. That's the kind of summer nobody at Steamboat planned for.

Luke Lorick, who lives in Loveland, has a regular job in the insurance industry; he also has a job a being a tailgating enthusiast

Colorado has the highest mean elevation of any state in the US - so does that mean we have the highest UV index?

Human remains found near a Grand Mesa picnic area — and a bear had already been through the scene before investigators arrived.