The Trump administration issued an executive order in January restricting federal funding to institutions that provide gender-affirming health care for patients under 19 years old. The state of Colorado has joined a lawsuit challenging that decision, but transgender teenagers remain worried about their access to health care.

As federal employees grapple with layoffs, the United States Postal Service has been living with staffing shortages for years.

It is estimated that outdoor recreation contributes more than a trillion dollars to the U.S. economy. A new podcast explores how this plays out in several rural communities in our region, from Moab, Utah, to Montezuma County, Colorado.

The Trump Administration is directing federal agencies like the Department of the Interior to ramp up mining operations on federal public lands. The order singles out copper, uranium, potash, and gold.

Mind Springs Health in Grand Junction was considering a partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this year to offer inpatient mental health care services to detainees. But when community concern mounted over how the potential deal could make it easier for ICE to arrest immigrants in Western Colorado, the mental health care provider abandoned contract discussions.

As young people across the country continue to die in the fentanyl epidemic, El Jebel resident Cath Adams is spreading awareness in schools and other venues about the synthetic opioid drug after losing her 21-year-old daughter to an accidental overdose in 2020.

Freshman Representative Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) is sponsoring a bill that would require Bureau of Land Management field offices across the west to adopt plans that would open up more lands to oil and gas drilling.

Protestors called on lawmakers to defend scientific research, as the Trump administration moves to cut workforce and funding.

Measles vaccines are available at Delta County Public Health

Colorado is known for winter sports, but one Winter Olympics staple—curling—isn’t as popular in the region as it is in other parts of the country. However, the sport is gaining traction, with Rock Creek Curling in Lafayette hosting the Olympic trials.