From the time coal is scooped from the depths of the Spring Creek strip mine in Montana’s wide-open Powder River Basin until it travels more than 6,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean to power plants in South Korea, the price can increase more than fivefold. more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Beer, at least in popular culture, has long seemed to be the purview of men. Stop by a Colorado brewpub and there's a good chance the brewer will be sporting a scraggly … more

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — The chefs who have enjoyed cooking such things as bison dogs and coconut-crusted tilapia for students in the Steamboat Springs School District just added another … more

LOS ANGELES — Denver Holt has been studying the long-eared owl for 27 years. He's banded over 1,700 of the birds and found 225 nests in Montana.But he's never been able to see what the … more

FRISCO, Colo. — A glob of liquid glass glows red-orange at the end of a long pole. John Hudnut holds the pole with one hand, the other holding a large pair of metal tweezers against the glass, … more

GREELEY, Colo. — Tommy Thompson likes to look professional when he meets with a client for his real estate business. He always checks for blood on his clothes before the meeting. Thompson, … more

LONGMONT, Colo. — Michelle Peterson's son is subject to strict rules about his interaction with adults, especially those who are entrusted to coach or teach him. One of those coaches recently … more

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Pause a moment and reflect on Colorado State University's original moniker: Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College, or Colorado A&M. At a university so steeped in ag … more

GOLDEN, Colo. — A Colorado community sent into a panic over the kidnapping, killing and dismembering of a 10-year-old girl last fall may learn whether the teenager charged with the crime asks for a … more

BRIGHTON — A Colorado judge is blaming social workers for the death of a toddler beaten by his mother’s boyfriend. Judge Chris Melonakis (mel-on-AH’-kis) excoriated Adams County’s human … more