Emily Boyer

Construction is scheduled to begin this month on a 500-kilowatt solar farm in Greeley. The city is partnering with three companies to build the 3 acre farm to generate electricity for Greeley’s wastewater treatment facility.

Time to turn your clocks back and get an extra hour of sleep this evening. Daylight saving time officially began at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 11 and ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov 4.

A 73 foot, 74 year old Engelmann Spruce from Colorado is heading to the U.S. Capitol for Christmas. The tree was cut Friday from the Ripple Creek Lodge about 40 miles east of Meeker on the western slope.

This will be the third time Colorado has provided the Capitol Christmas Tree since the tradition began.

A bankrupt northern Colorado solar panel manufacturer is facing further scrutiny. The Weld County district attorney’s office says it is investigating Abound Solar to see if the company intentionally misled consumers.

Two to four inches of snow overnight helped calm a stubborn wildfire in Rocky Mountain National Park though the 1,030 acre Fern Lake Fire is still just 17 percent contained.