Colorado Governor Jared Polis has verbally declared a disaster emergency and authorized the deployment of National Guard members as a large winter storm bears down on the Centennial State. “This declaration is necessary to have resources in place to ...

“The storm is expected to develop throughout the day, and this declaration is necessary to have resources in place to support rescue efforts around the state as the storm worsens into the evening,” Polis wrote in his disaster declaration. Because of ...

On Thursday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency due to the incoming snow, but this declaration isn't all that uncommon.