“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” – George Orwell, “1984” For nearly four decades, until 1989, the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant near Denver ...

The legacy of Colorado’s notorious nuclear plant is radioactive waste in a residential community—and public distrust of government. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree ...

ROCKY FLATS — People who lived downwind of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant while it was in operation are experiencing a higher rate of rare cancers and illnesses. That’s according to preliminary ...

Preliminary results from an ongoing health study performed by Metropolitan State University suggest that residents who lived near the Rocky Flats nuclear plant from 1952 to 1992 may have experienced ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... RJ Sangosti, Denver Post file A sign hangs outside the grounds of the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons production facility on May 29, 2014. A new survey on ...

Plutonium lasts forever, and so do legal cases involving Rocky Flats. Yesterday, 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges Stephen Anderson, Jerome Holmes and Michael Murphy heard arguments in the ...

DENVER — The $7-billion cleanup of the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant reached a milestone Tuesday when the last shipment of high-level radioactive waste rumbled off toward a dumpsite in New ...

KUSA - Colorado's Department of Public Health and Environment released its latest findings regarding a connection between living next to Rocky Flats and cancer rates. Researchers studied cancer rates ...

On December 30, as the Marshall fire engulfed more than 6,000 acres of nearby Boulder County, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees monitored the blaze from the edge of the Rocky Flats National ...

ARVADA, Colo. – This Saturday, 10 miles of hiking, biking and horse riding trails will open at the Rocky Flats National Refuge. Friday, a spokesperson for the Fish and Wildlife Service said U.S.