In 2025, the Water Desk brought readers authoritative reporting on water quality issues in the Roaring Fork Valley, invasive ...

Although housing costs are still lower in Parachute and neighboring Battlement Mesa than much of the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, the average price of a single-family home has more than ...

This week, the sale of St. Benedict’s Monastery — where for nearly 70 years Trappist monks had been living lives of work and ...

The St. Benedict's Monastery buyer's true identity and intents for the property have not been publicly revealed.

Contemplative Outreach of Colorado’s post on their website Dec. 5 indicated a sale of the monastery was imminent, but also ...

This was not a typical summer season for the White River National Forest, but thanks to unprecedented efforts from local organizations, visitors may not have noticed. The U.S. Forest Service did not ...

But as climate change continues to fuel shortages, makes a mockery of century-old agreements and pushes Colorado River ...

This Parshall flume measures the water in the Alfalfa Ditch on Surface Creek near Cedaredge. The Colorado Division of Water Resources estimates there are 2,800 diversions of more than 1 cfs without ...

This newsroom often publishes stories that reflect crossroads — not only for our communities, but for the future of the Western Slope, our mountains, rivers and towns. Paul Andersen’s reporting on ...