Federal legislation could provide sweeping protections to the Crystal River, according to a report from a group of local stakeholders summarizing two years of work. But questions remain about to what degree local control would need to be relinquished.

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is scheduled to excavate Snowmass Village’s Ziegler Reservoir next summer for the second time. Researchers hope to discover more fossils following a massive dig over a decade ago.

Funding from the county will stop after 2027. The Town of Silt, the City of Rifle and the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority are working to find a more permanent funding solution.

Eagle County is reviewing the final details of its new zoning plan. One group in Missouri Heights is mostly happy with the updates, but it worries the changes could open the door for more development in El Jebel.

That’s especially true in the Mountain West. In most states, if one delivery unit shuts down, the next closest one is more than an hour away.

About half of Wyoming counties don’t have an OB-GYN. At least nine don’t have labor and delivery units.

Blame wildfires and hail — made more destructive by climate change — for the deteriorating insurance situation in the West. Add in hurricanes and other disasters elsewhere, and it’s a nationwide trend — one that a new report from the advocacy group the Insurance Fairness Project says is threatening home sales.

The letter comes after an August roundup in northwest Colorado, where the BLM gathered 894 wild horses. Nine died in the operation.

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset Friday. For many Jews around the world, a highlight of the holiday will be hearing the shofar: an animal's horn blown like a trumpet.

Many Iranians lost their jobs because of the war and the U.S. blockade. Now some are even losing their backup jobs as sanctions tighten.

Around the U.S., ceremonies commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terror attacks in New York and at the Pentagon.

The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.