
Business Reporter
Judith Kohler
After more than two decades of covering government, politics, energy and the environment, Judith Kohler joined The Denver Post in 2018 to focus on a new beat: business. She quickly discovered that business involves, among other things, government, politics, energy and the environment. And space ships. That part was new. Covering the country's second-largest aerospace industry has been a thrill.
Kohler started her career on a daily in western Nebraska, where being a University of Colorado-Boulder grad was rough during football season. She moved onto weeklies in the Denver area and then The Associated Press for 21 years in Colorado and Wyoming where she wrote stories on the legislatures, congressional races and returning wolves to Yellowstone and lynx to Colorado.
From growing up in the Black Hills in South Dakota to living in Colorado for many years, Kohler is sold on the West.
Featured Stories

Coors family to remake 5 blocks of downtown Golden with massive 10-year, $600M-plus project
One of the largest redevelopment projects in Golden's history is being undertaken by a family closely identified with the city.

Natural gas pipeline leak spurs landowners to assail Colorado’s “subterranean toxic spaghetti”
Their house had to be demolished and part of their farm had to be dug up after a natural gas pipeline leak, prompting them to urge state and federal regulators...

California has Silicon Valley. Could Colorado become home to “Aerospace Alley?”
It's not really a moonshot kind of goal, considering that Colorado's aerospace economy is already second only to California's. The state has 180 aerospace companies and more than 500 businesses...
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Colorado regulators OK Xcel Energy’s plan to join power marketplace, despite cost concerns
Two of the three PUC members voiced support in a hearing for the utility's application.

Golden-area ranch owned by same family since 1911 on market for $14.85M
The land is one of the last large parcels left along the Front Range.

Revenue from business travel up in Colorado as trade group predicts record year in 2025
Business travelers spent a little over $7 billion in Colorado in 2024.

Some small-business owners sweating impact new tax law will have on their bottom line
Cuts to Medicaid was a particular area of concern.

Colorado issues notices to companies in falsified data case over cleanup of 404 oil and gas sites
Regulators took the first enforcement steps against some of Colorado's largest oil and gas operators in an investigation into reports of falsified data on the cleanup of 404 sites in...

Xcel’s plan for future energy generation raises concerns about a sizable impact on ratepayers
Xcel Energy-Colorado has a blueprint for closing its coal facilities. Critics say the plan could drive up customers' bills.

Polis joins other Democrats in opposing planned U.S. tariffs
“We are taking action, standing up to protect jobs and keep Colorado's economy thriving," Polis said.

Two big renewable energy projects in Colorado not moving forward
Even before President Donald Trump signed his tax and spending bill on the Fourth of July, critics believe it contributed to the loss of at least two big renewable energy...

Here’s how the Trump tax bill will impact Colorado, from Medicaid to new tax breaks to energy credits
The tax bill signed into law by President Donald Trump last week includes seismic implications for Colorado.

Union members start voting on King Soopers, Safeway contract proposals
The union last week and over the weekend reached tentative deals with the two supermarket chains.