Colorado’s black bears are beginning to stir with the first signs of spring.

While the spring wake-up for bears comes right on schedule, this winter’s historically low snowpack, record high temperatures and deepening drought conditions could impact bear behavior in ways that remain undetermined.

In northwest Colorado, where bear populations are large and...

Large swathes of the Colorado Rocky Mountains that are usually covered in snow this time of year started out the month barren, leading climate experts say the state is officially facing its worst snowpack on record.

Of the 64 sites acros...

Parents clutched cameras and spectators knuckled their chairs as brother faced off against brother in the final game of the junior bracket at Pickle in the Snowy Peaks. Although pickleball is normally played to a score of 11, it must also be won by a two-point lead, meaning close games can inch above the normal point terminus as teams hold each other to single point gains, as...

Wildlife-vehicle collisions are a growing problem across Colorado, especially in mountain communities like Summit and Eagle counties where busy highways intersect with critical wildlife habitat. These crashes put drivers and passengers at risk, damage vehicles, harm wildlife populations and cost taxpayers millions of dollars every year. 

This legislat...

The Colorado Department of Transportation has kicked off a project to install 66 new cameras across the state, replacing some of the cameras it removed in rural mountain communities last summer.

The cameras will be put up over the next two years and will go live by fall 2027, according to a news release. The transportation department said the new camera infrastructu...