A dinosaur was discovered beneath the parking lot at the monument’s most-visited attraction. It’s the first excavation in ...

Located near Grand Junction, Colorado, the Colorado National Monument, or “mini-Grand Canyon,” has six distinct canyons and 43 trails. Its red rocks, towering formations, and sheer cliffs are visible ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Resiliency Ranger Program is a newly launched initiative at the Colorado National Monument. Rangers for the Colorado National Monument began creating the program ...

Many aspire to check national parks off their bucket list, believing them to be the nation’s most spectacular landscapes. But before earning their more prestigious label, Great Sand Dunes and Black ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Colorado National Monument Association has a new Executive Director. Ashely Ojala started the position in July and has big goals for the Association. Ojala has been ...

I wish I had known John Otto. He was an amazing man. Otto was the first person to explore carefully the canyon country now known as the Colorado National Monument. He settled in Grand Junction in the ...

Gary Kinn, from Longmont, snaps a photo of a large aspen grove of the hillside by Bear Lake Road on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, in Rocky Mountain National Park. Planning a road trip for fall colors around ...

Long before anyone claimed to be a “native Coloradan,” there were cliff dwellers, hunter-gatherers and even Ice Age inhabitants shaping the landscape. Many of their settlements have been excavated in ...

Thousands of federal land agency workers face furloughs as a result of the federal government’s partial shutdown, although public access to those lands largely remains in place. Asked about shutdown ...