Oil & Gas Exploration: Is 'Fracking' Safe?
Officials worry about impact of 'fracking' of oil and gas.
How the Pine Beetle is Destroying Colorado Forests
How a tiny bug is ravaging Colorado's forests
How a Cemetery Saved an Iraq Veteran's Life
Before being deployed to Iraq in 2003, Andrew Alonzo worked as a caretaker at one of the nation's largest military cemeteries. When he came home, that graveyard helped save his life.
Ethanol Boom Saps Water
Ethanol is supposed to be good for the environment. But producing green fuel can cost a lot of water.
Mom Guilty of Neglect in Child Death
A Colorado jury finds Molly Midyette guilty of neglect in the death of her 10-week-old son
Utah Mine Disaster Hit One Family Hard
An entire community was crushed by the deadly Crandall Canyon mine disaster in Utah, but for the Allred family, the losses were almost too much to bear.
Dark Journey to Utah Mine Collapse
I stepped into the mine at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night. It was nearly two full days after tons of coal crashed down in a deep tunnel of the Crandall Canyon mine near Huntington, Utah, trapping six miners and sparking a frantic, round-the-clock effort to reach the men.
Ward Churchill Reacts to His Firing
He will go down in history as the guy who called the victims of September 11 "little Eichmanns"—a reference to the notorious Nazi bureaucrat who helped ship hundreds of thousands of Jews to concentration camps.
TV: Did HBO Mangle 'Wounded Knee'?
Somewhere inside the U.S. Interior Department in Washington, D.C., a trust account with $600 million in the name of the Lakota, or Sioux, Indians has been sitting uncollected for more than 30 years.
A New Controversy in the Shadow of Columbine
Last Tuesday, as Blacksburg, Va., was reeling from the slaughter at Virginia Tech, the city council of Littleton, Colo., reached out in sympathy. "We wanted to send a message of hope," the town's mayor, James Taylor, says softly in a telephone interview.
The Uranium Market Heats Up
Deep in the snow-dusted hills along the Colorado-Utah border, George Glasier arrives to inspect the refurbishing of his Whirlwind Mine, a 3,500-foot sloping hole that is as unremarkable as it is remote.