Energy
Community activists and oil and gas companies battled head-to-head over how large a buffer must exist between production sites and homes and schools and other non-industrial properties. New regulations have now set that limit. BizWest file photo.

Energy in Colorado continues along two paths

Energy, especially in Northern Colorado, cannot be described without looking at the two primary sectors: traditional and renewable energy. Both are critical to the economy of the region, with Weld County the epicenter for oil and gas production in the state — and one of the leaders in the nation...