Colorado Public Radio

ZIP code or zip no? Colorado communities struggle to get a unique postal code

That used to be the ZIP code for Silver Cliff, Colorado, before the U.S. Postal Service removed it from use and forced the town to use neighboring Westcliffe’s ZIP code. “We lost our identity,” said ...
Summit County

These Colorado mountain towns have a new area code: Say hello to 748.

Colorado’s familiar area code for mountain towns has some new company. As of July 7, the region now has a second area code, 748, which will overlap with the existing 970 code that encompasses much of ...
Fort Collins Coloradoan

Live in Northern, western Colorado? A new area code is coming in 2026 after we outgrow 970

Northern and western Colorado are outgrowing the 970 area code. So, telephone customers in the 970 area code region who request new service, an additional line or move their service starting in the ...
Colorado Public Radio

Colorado’s new 748 area code is here. Here’s a new song about it

They need more telephone numbers in Fort Collins, Grand Junction, and Vail. So the Colorado Public Utilities Commission approved a new area code. The area code 748 will overlap the existing 970 region ...

GOP lawmakers urge Polis to call second special session to address Colorado’s ‘crime crisis’

Several Republican members of Colorado’s congressional delegation are renewing calls for Colorado state lawmakers to address ...
Colorado Politics

Congressional Republicans call for special session to take action on Colorado’s ‘crime crisis’

Colorado’s Republican U.S. Representatives are asking Gov. Jared Polis to call a second special session this year to address ...