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Colorado will remove same-sex marriage ban from state constitution

The phrase that said ‘only a union of one man and one woman’ was valid was added to the Colorado Constitution by voters in 2006

DATE: Nov 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Effort to protect abortion in Colorado Constitution passes

Measure was one of several nationwide after the fall of Roe v. Wade

DATE: Nov 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment J: Removing Colorado’s constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage

Measure would strike a phrase in the state constitution

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado wildlife managers give up on finding fifth wolf pup

CPW called off capture operation because temperatures are dropping

DATE: Oct 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

CPW looking for fifth wolf pup left behind in capture

26 groups want CPW to put off any more wolf releases until they address concerns

DATE: Oct 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wild horse helicopter roundup in western Colorado ends with 140 horses captured

Two mustangs were euthanized because of pre-existing leg injuries and a mare broke her leg while being herded

DATE: Sep 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

A third wolf released in Colorado’s reintroduction plan is dead, CPW says

Wolf’s collar sent a ‘mortality signal’ this week and wildlife biologist officials confirmed its death

DATE: Sep 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s fifth wild horse helicopter roundup in three years set to begin, against governor’s wishes

BLM plans to remove about 100 mustangs from Little Book Cliffs near Palisade

DATE: Sep 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Captured wolf dies, pack relocated after feeding on livestock in northern Colorado

CPW broke its silence after announcing two weeks ago it would capture the Copper Creek pack

DATE: Sep 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado is having one of its worst grasshopper infestations in recent history. Here’s what people are doing about it.

The insects are chewing through lettuce in city gardens and mowing down farmers’ crops on the plains

DATE: Sep 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Tiny, endangered toads transplanted to Colorado pond successfully breed after 7 years

Biologists are thrilled at discovery of Boreal tadpoles in a bog in the mountains

DATE: Aug 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Federal land managers are planning Colorado’s next wild horse roundup, ignoring pleas to stop using a helicopter

The BLM’s management plan for the Little Book Cliffs near Palisade calls for removing about 100 horses with a helicopter roundup

DATE: May 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News