Shannon Mullane

2 days ago | coloradosun.com | John Ingold |Shannon Mullane |Michael Booth

Hey there, Colorado, and welcome to another edition of The Temperature. I’ve been thinking a bit lately about sliding doors — specifically the sliding doors at the entrance to the Children’s Hospital Colorado emergency department in Aurora. About two weeks ago, they slid open when my wife and I carried our infant inside for a check on his oxygen levels as he dealt with that made it hard for him to breathe and put a cannula up his nose. He was ultimately fine then and is fine-r now.

1 week ago | coloradosun.com | Shannon Mullane

LA PLATA COUNTY — Some La Plata County residents are looking for alternate sources of drinking water after a wastewater treatment system malfunctioned, sending E. coli into the local waterways. The wastewater treatment system serves Pine Winds Mobile Home Park, where about 60 people live east of the La Plata River and west of Durango. Rivulets of water crisscrossed the community’s main road Monday, flooding its central leach field.

1 week ago | coloradosun.com | Shannon Mullane

The Colorado Water Conservation Board, one of Colorado’s top water policy agencies, has a new leader: Southern Ute tribal member Lorelei Cloud. The 15-member board sets water policy within the state, funds water projects statewide and works on issues related to watershed protection, stream restoration, flood mitigation and drought planning.

1 week ago | kunc.org | Shannon Mullane

Denver, Aurora, Colorado Springs and Northern Water voiced opposition Wednesday to the Western Slope’s proposal to spend $99 million to buy historic water rights on the Colorado River from Xcel Energy. The Colorado River Water Conservation District has been working for years to buy the water rights tied to Shoshone Power Plant, a small, easy-to-miss hydropower plant off Interstate 70 east of Glenwood Springs.

1 week ago | steamboatpilot.com | Shannon Mullane

Denver, Aurora, Colorado Springs and Northern Water voiced opposition Wednesday to the Western Slope’s proposal to spend $99 million to buy historic water rights on the Colorado River from Xcel Energy. The Colorado River Water Conservation District has been working for years to buy the water rights tied to Shoshone Power Plant, a small, easy-to-miss hydropower plant off Interstate 70 east of Glenwood Springs.