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Colorado wildfires: Gov. Polis declares disaster emergency for fire burning on Western Slope

Two new wildfires are burning Sunday on Colorado's Western Slope, prompting evacuation orders and disaster declarations.

The Ranch at Coulter Creek fire burning in Garfield County forced residents in the area to evacuate on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District)

RTD's 10th and Osage station with Burnham Yard in the background in Denver on Friday, July 25, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Burnham Yard is near a Superfund site, but experts say that shouldn’t deter stadium development

A brown cloud hangs over downtown Denver in this November 2001 file photo.

Denver, Front Range under ozone alert Friday as wildfire smoke contributes to haze

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water

Owen Fan navigates his team's boat to the starting line from the stern at the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival at Sloan’s Lake in Denver on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)

Sloan’s Lake water crisis may force Dragon Boat Festival to leave Denver

Colorado Dragon Boat Fest was moved from July to September this year over health and safety concerns

climate change

FILE – Al Ain’s Park Yong-woo splashes his face to cool off during the Club World Cup Group G soccer match between Wydad AC and Al Ain FC in Washington, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

How climate change could force FIFA to rethink the World Cup calendar

Tournament soccer in June and July is a tradition going back to 1930.

pollution

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston discusses the city budget during a news conference at the Denver Central Library in Denver on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Denverites weigh in on Mayor Mike Johnston’s first two years, from cheers to disappointments

The Denver Post asked readers in Denver to assess Mayor Mike Johnston's first two years in office. Hundreds responded. Here's a sampling of responses.

wildlife

Mahali, the Denver Zoo's Nile hippopotamus, will move to a Texas animal sanctuary this fall because his exhibit no longer meets certification standards. The hippo was born at the zoo in 2002.

Denver Zoo’s hippo to hop on to Texas wildlife preserve so exhibit can be updated

Denver Zoo's only hippo will move to the Lone Star State this fall so the...

mining

Huge replicas of crystalline formations dominate a room at the new new Dea Family Gems & Minerals Hall in this rendering from Denver Museum of Nature & Science. (Provided by DMNS)

‘It’s where I had my first kiss.’ Gems and Minerals Hall at DMNS will get a $30 million facelift

"One of the things we heard when we spoke to the community was, 'You need...

oil and gas

The El Rancho building at 29260 Hwy. 40 near Evergreen. (Courtesy Hilco Real Estate)

Developers offer to move Evergreen’s El Rancho Colorado across the road

If no one is interested, it may be the end of the road for El...

wildfires

The Elkhorn fire burning northeast of Durango started as a structure fire on Saturday, July 26, 2025, fire officials said. (Provided by Elkhorn Fire Information)

Elkhorn fire near Durango grows, evacuations lifted for Rim Road wildfire in southwestern Colorado

The Elkhorn fire, northeast of Durango, grew in size, but the Rim Road fire, on...

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