DAN ELLIOTT | The Seattle Times

August 15, 2018 at 4:14 pm

Vital US reservoir OK for now, but shortages are looming

DENVER (AP) — A vital reservoir on the Colorado River will be able to meet the demands of Mexico and the U.S. Southwest for the...

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August 14, 2018 at 5:37 pm

Experts: Hail damage is worse, but climate role uncertain

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Hailstorms inflict billions of dollars in damage yearly in North America alone, and the cost will rise as the growing population...

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FILE – This July, 26, 2014 file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a Greater Sage Grouse at the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming. A legislative rider in Congress’ $1.1 trillion spending bill would delay protections for the wide-ranging Western bird that’s been on a collision course with the oil and gas industry. The Obama administration faced a September 2015 deadline to propose protections for greater sage grouse. But the spending package agreed to late Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 by Democrat and Republican leaders prevents the administration from spending any money next year on rules to protect the ground-dwelling bird. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tom Koerner, File) LA101

August 12, 2018 at 10:03 pm

Governors: Trump directive could hurt effort to save bird

DENVER (AP) — Some governors in the U.S. West say a new Trump administration directive threatens to undermine a hard-won compromise aimed at saving a...

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August 9, 2018 at 12:31 pm

Judge won’t bar public from refuge that was once a nuke site

DENVER (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request to bar the public from a Colorado wildlife refuge that was once part of...

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August 5, 2018 at 8:39 am

Psychiatrist: Much is still hidden in theater shooter’s mind

DENVER (AP) — A psychiatrist who spent hours talking with mass murderer James Holmes says that what led Holmes to open fire in a crowded...

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August 3, 2018 at 12:51 pm

3 years after Colorado mine spill, victims awaiting payment

DENVER (AP) — Three years after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency triggered a massive mine spill that polluted rivers in three states, the federal government...

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July 20, 2018 at 11:53 am

Colorado VA hospital plagued by delays, high costs to open

DENVER (AP) — It's more than $1 billion over budget and five years behind schedule, but an elaborate new veterans hospital is finally ready to...

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July 17, 2018 at 5:59 pm

Judge asked to keep public away from ex-nuke weapons plant

DENVER (AP) — A retired professor testified Tuesday he found evidence that billions of particles of plutonium had escaped from a former nuclear weapons plant...

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June 19, 2018 at 12:38 pm

Colorado to adopt California’s stricter car pollution rules

Colorado's governor has ordered his state to adopt California's vehicle pollution rules, joining other states in resisting the Trump administration's plans to ease up on...

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June 14, 2018 at 11:15 am

EPA lays out next steps to clean up southwest Colorado mines

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has come up with an interim plan to hold back some of the toxic heavy metals that spill into rivers...

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