Data center developers wanting to build in Rifle will likely have to deal with a sweeping set of new regulations, following the city council’s unanimous initial approval of the rules earlier this month.

The city of Aspen is still working through details of an employer partnership program for some units of the Lumberyard affordable housing project. The Aspen City Council chose to reserve 50 of the 277 Lumberyard rental units to use for a program that would give local employers priority in a lottery for some of their employees.

Most newspapers on the Western Slope have been bought by larger media groups or moved to a nonprofit model. But one paper in the Crystal River Valley has stayed independent and for-profit, after a longtime local bought it at the beginning of this year.

Election Day this year produced a Blue Tsunami, as Democrats won key races across the country on Nov. 3. Local voters had a lot to say about what motivated them to cast ballots.

The Trump administration says the change will protect small businesses. Environmentalists say it means more pollution.

Nederland, outside of Boulder, Colorado, wants to buy Eldora Mountain Resort from Utah-based ski company POWDR.

Voting trends show Colorado Republicans stayed home, young Democrats voted more and unaffiliated voters returned ballots more than any other group.

In the town of Crested Butte, music helped unite Central European miners who immigrated to the U.S. to work in the coal mines. As an international language, music kept them connected to their cultural roots. Pete Dunda has been keeping that tradition alive for eight decades.

The text of what lawmakers are considering isn't always made available for public review before it is voted on. A group of open governance advocates is calling on Senate leadership for a change.

In a state that hasn't had a Democrat in office since 1980 and hasn't sent a Black Senator to Washington since the 1870s, Colom's win represents a massive upset in state politics.

The victims included a surgeon, and at least a dozen more were injured. Israel said it was targeting a Hamas commander and other militants.

The SS United States broke trans-Atlantic speed records. On Wednesday, it was sunk off the Florida coast and will become a diving destination and home for marine life.