Nearly a year's worth of rain was dumped on parts of the state in four days this fall. The downpour from the heavens created a slurry on the mountainsides that scrubbed away soil, trees, boulders and buildings. Scientists say the flooding may have been a once-in-a-thousand-years event.

When politicians say that small businesses are key to job growth, what most people imagine are mom-and-pop shops 鈥� the dry cleaner or coffee place. It may make a good sound bite, but research shows that most small businesses stay small. Only a fraction of these do grow into something big.

A new analysis from the Regional Economics Institute at Colorado State University says a decline in tourist activity in Estes Park could ripple through鈥�

Despite spills of nearly 62,000 gallons of petroleum products from oil and gas wells during September鈥檚 floods, no pollutants have been detected in鈥�