Stephanie Paige Ogburn
Stephanie Paige Ogburn has been reporting from Colorado for more than five years, primarily from the Western Slope.
She was previously a reporter at ClimateWire, an editor at High Country °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ and a reporter at the Cortez Journal. When not reporting, she enjoys backpacking, mountain biking, growing food, cooking, and spending time with her family.
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Recent rains have helped to dampen the wildfire forecast for the Rocky Mountains. Storms in April and May brought much-needed moisture to the region after… -
Severance taxes are what energy companies pay to the state for the oil, gas, coal, or other minerals they take out of the ground. Each year that adds up… -
Boulder is one of the most unaffordable cities on Colorado's Front Range. And like other expensive U.S. cities (think Seattle and San Francisco) it’s… -
A measure to make it more difficult for condo owners to sue developers over defects from construction died during the state Legislature's final full week… -
In May of 2014 there was an earthquake in Greeley. This rarely happens, and scientists quickly started monitoring the area. A few quakes later, regulators… -
There are a lot of people wanting to buy homes in Northern Colorado right now. The problem is there’s not many for sale.This might seem like a great… -
The Rocky Mountain region fire outlook [.pdf] is not as bad as that of 2012 – at least not yet. For those with short memories, that was the year of the… -
This year's Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be a calm one, according to the annual tropical storm outlook released April 9 by Colorado State… -
On a sunny afternoon in a quiet neighborhood in Fort Collins, school buses are rumbling by and people are out walking their dogs. Heidi McCoy, an… -
Oil towns across the country are seeing the impacts of the price slump. The entire state of Texas is seeing an economic slowdown. Tiny oil towns once…
