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Extreme heat, expanding drought, rising fertilizer costs, and policy changes are shaping a difficult spring for farmers across the U.S., including the Four Corners region.

Visitation in 2025 at Mesa Verde National Park was down about 3.4 percent from the year before, but special events may bring more people this season.

Below average snowfall this year is hurting the ski industry's bottom line in the Rocky Mountains, as resorts work to get guests on the slope with less snow. CSU Professor Michael Childers says this should prompt long-term thinking about climate change and the ski industry.

Many business groups are already lobbying against the measures. Gov. Jared Polis, as well as more moderate Democrats at the Capitol, could pose a roadblock to the bills becoming law, too.

President Donald Trump directed the Department of Justice to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, a major shift that could reshape Colorado’s cannabis industry, research access, and federal tax policy — without fully legalizing the drug.

In the second installment of a series about falling birth rates, Amelia Dotzenrod talks about why she waited until her mid-thirties to have a child.

Ranchers in Colorado are frustrated by the Trump administration's recent decisions on beef imports and say they are creating uncertainty in the market that's bad for business.

Ag economists are divided on whether expected USDA trade aid will help producers or create new risks, as farmers face low prices, high input costs, and market volatility.

Drought, shrinking herds, high feed and energy costs, and slow herd rebuilding are driving beef prices higher, with impacts likely to last through the decade.

A Republican state senator and a Democratic state representative presented a grim picture of Colorado’s budget in Dolores Saturday morning.