A new housing study and action plan looks to address Rifle’s housing challenges. Roughly 34% of renters are cost-burdened, and 85% of first-time buyers can’t afford a home.

For a family in Silt, the loss of SNAP amid the government shutdown came at the worst possible time.

Food aid groups in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys say the suspension of federal benefits will exacerbate the region’s growing hunger crisis. The Colorado legislature is trying to bolster funding at food banks to account for an expected increase in demand.

Nine candidates are running for the five-member board to oversee the estimated $12 million in annual sales tax revenue, if 7A passes.

Like many healthcare providers across the U.S., McKenzie Rieder, a pediatric nurse practitioner for Mountain Family Health Centers in Glenwood Springs, has noticed an uptick in young women requesting IUDs or small hormonal implants since the November 2024 election.

Megan Heil and Darlane Evans are running for a seat in District A this November, while Steven Beaulieu is running unopposed for District E.

A new investigation from KFF Health News shows 38 cases between 2022 and 2024 where employers withheld wages in Garfield County because of an employee's unpaid medical bills, some of which were covered by Medicaid.

Under a new federal mandate, Early Head Start had to scrub certain words from its application, but program officials say it won’t affect how it operates.

The Snowmass Balloon Festival celebrated 50 years in September. Weather conditions and fire restrictions grounded balloons for the first two days of the festival, but balloons were eventually able to fly.

Under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., confusion about the COVID-19 vaccine and barriers to getting one are growing.