In Palmer Lake, the crux of the community's opposition to the development of a Buc-ee's was groundwater scarcity.

Attorneys for Colorado activist Jeanette Vizguerra argued in a new court filing that her prolonged detention is unconstitutional.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management canceled its contract for a program that allows people in Colorado state prison to work with wild horses.

The Lee and Elk fires grew rapidly and forced evacuations in and around the town of Meeker after they were started by lightning on Aug. 2.