rural colorado

When prairie fire threatened homes and livestock in Yuma County last month, farmers and oil field workers jumped to action, showing how a rural community responds with courage and commitment

But local and state officials say without more help from the feds, the project to bring safe drinking water to southeastern Colorado will be halted again

The USDA's Rural Development agency has provided billions of dollars each year to small towns, farmers and businesses. Now staffing upheaval and budget cuts brought on by the Trump administration may be eating into the agency’s effectiveness.

Populations are declining in more than one-third of rural counties across the country. Colorado’s counties are bucking the trend, thanks to a number of...

On a summer evening, police Sgt. Anthony Gagliano patrols the long, open streets of Fort Morgan, Colorado. He’s lived here for the last 16 years, almost...

“If our tax increase doesn’t pass, we’re probably going to have to look at a four-day week” for county services, one commissioner says.

Many elderly and disabled rural Coloradans rely on transit to get to doctor’s appointments or even to go grocery shopping. As the Colorado Independent…

Approximately one-quarter of rural Colorado households have no access to broadband internet, making it difficult to compete for residents or businesses,…

Gov. John Hickenlooper gave his final state of the state address Thursday and as The Denver Post reports, Hickenlooper spoke at length about the…

Small landfills in Colorado once facing closure and fines are now getting help from the state.As Colorado Public Radio reports, a recent state regulatory…