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Courtesy of Darlene Rooney-KellerForest bathing can be a powerful way to reduce stress and connect with nature. Here’s where to beginThere are lots of techniques people use to de-stress these days. But one unusual way to unplug is the practice of “forest bathing.” Users immerse themselves in nature and tap into all five senses as a way to slow down and reset. And there's no bathtub needed.We get some advice for how to try forest bathing for yourself. -
Courtesy Serena Saunders / SPCAIPeople who decide to get in-patient help for substance abuse or mental health issues often face a dilemma: While they get treatment, who will care for their pets? Today we hear about a Colorado program that offers foster care for pets of people in recovery.
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Incumbents, for the most part, outraised challengers, putting them in a good position to defend their seats. -
If the legislature and then voters sign off on the plan, every dollar of the surplus used for a tax credit over the next decade or more would be a dollar that could have otherwise been used for the general fund. -
Pressure to reach a deal is building.Forecasts for the water supply from the Colorado River continue to grow worse as snowpack lags far behind normal across the West. And negotiators from the basins have said there are “sticking points” that remain in the negotiations in recent weeks that even marathon talks have failed to resolve. -
The Hudson Town Council will set the stage to bring a new incarnation of Bandimere Speedway into town limits. The Bandimere family is partnering with longtime Colorado developers Carlson Associates to bring the project to fruition. -
The bills were in the works before Alex Pretti and Renee Good were killed in Minnesota last month. But their deaths and the scale of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities have delivered new urgency. -
A letter published by the National Science Foundation asks for ideas to dismantle the research hub. Scientists are responding en masse.
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Federal land managers are reopening their environmental review of a massive transmission line proposed across Nevada, a move conservation groups say could reshape how energy infrastructure is approved on public lands across the West. -
A growing body of research suggests transfusing it early while on-scene may increase a trauma patient’s chance of survival before reaching a hospital. -
The price of gasoline varies across the Mountain West—some states paying more than the national average -
Across the Mountain West, where drought and shrinking reservoirs are putting pressure on already limited water supplies, decisions about who uses how much water often hinge on imperfect data. A nonprofit collaboration called OpenET hopes to change that. -
The majority of justices upheld abortion access in Wyoming. How did we get here, and what’s next? -
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it’s looking for ways to make hundreds of wildlife refuges and dozens of fish hatcheries more efficient.
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