Dan Elliott

Ex-VA chief says he wasn’t told about Colorado hospital’s ballooning costs

June 15, 2017 at 12:05 p.m.

A former Veterans Affairs Department executive who was harshly criticized by Congress for massive cost overruns at a new Colorado VA medical center said he was never told the price...

No prosecution in over-budget Aurora veterans hospital

December 7, 2017 at 5:35 p.m.

The Justice Department has declined to prosecute two Veterans Affairs Department executives after lawmakers accused them of misleading Congress about massive cost overruns at an Aurora VA hospital.

U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crew members with the Charlie Company, Task Force Talon, perform a detailed inspection of their craft, at a forward operating base south of Marjah, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Friday Feb. 12, 2010. The Talon MEDEVAC in Helmand is one of several army aero-medical units positioned around southern Afghanistan by the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, known as Task Force Pegasus.

Army blames pilot error in 2015 helicopter crash in Colorado

June 7, 2017 at 12:52 a.m.

Pilot error caused the 2015 crash of an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Colorado that injured four crew members and destroyed the aircraft, according to military documents released Tuesday.

Pipeline planned at Greeley well site, not noisy trucks

June 22, 2017 at 3:27 p.m.

An energy company will build a pipeline to transport crude oil from a huge well complex inside a Colorado city before production starts, officials said Monday, easing the anxiety of...

Water diverted from the Colorado River near Granby would be stored in a proposed 90,000 acre-foot reservoir at Chimney Hollow, near Carter Lake and the Flatiron Penstocks.

$400 million northern Colorado reservoir gets final approval

May 26, 2017 at 6:20 p.m.

The federal government gave final approval Wednesday for a $400 million dam and reservoir in northern Colorado where 13 cities and water districts will store water from the other side...

Some high plains farmers struggling after fires, drought

April 26, 2017 at 7:22 a.m.

Deep snow is melting into Western mountain streams, but some farmers and ranchers on the high plains are struggling amid a lengthy dry spell and the aftermath of destructive wildfires.

Smog and haze obscure the Denver skyline as traffic moves north on I 25 near Thorton Parkway.

Denver, Fort Collins ozone scores improve, but still rank on list of worst 15 cities in country

April 19, 2017 at 12:55 p.m.

Ozone pollution has improved in both Denver and Fort Collins, but both cities are still among the 15 worst in the nation, the American Lung Association said.

Attorneys dramatically reduce damage claims for Gold King Mine spill

April 3, 2017 at 11:38 a.m.

Economic damage from a Colorado mine waste spill caused by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may be far less than originally feared after attorneys drastically reduced some of the larger...

A technician prepares at a training facility before helping neutralize stockpiled mustard gas at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.

Colorado chemical arms waste may be trucked to another state

March 31, 2017 at 3:46 p.m.

The U.S. Army is considering trucking hazardous wastewater from a chemical weapons destruction plant in Colorado to another state because the plant isn't yet fully operational.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper during his ...

Colorado will push forward with clean energy despite Trump order, Gov. John Hickenlooper says

October 31, 2017 at 12:38 p.m.

Colorado will push ahead to develop more affordable renewable energy despite President Donald Trump's order eliminating many restrictions on fossil fuels production, Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday.

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