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Some Colorado business leaders say the state is falling behind – and losing its reputation for being a great place to start or grow a company. Governor Polis says he’s working to turn the trend around. A conversation about Colorado’s flagging business climate, and what might fix it.
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Library of Congress/Courtesy History ColoradoWomen in Colorado won the right to vote in 1893 – nearly three decades before the 19th Amendment that made women’s suffrage the law across the United States. So how did it happen – and what did women in Colorado do with their new political clout? A new exhibit at History Colorado examines that question. -
Courtesy Colorado Snowsports Museum, VailWarren Miller created hundreds of ski films over his decades-long career. His work highlighted the culture of skiing and snowboarding around the world. A new exhibit at the Colorado Snowsports Museum in Vail honors Miller’s life and legacy.
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Colorado health officials on Thursday issued a new demand for information about tuberculosis at the immigrant detention center in Aurora, escalating a showdown between local and federal authorities over oversight of the facility. -
It took two years, one veto and the voices of survivors to get Colorado to enact new protections for rideshares. -
Extreme heat can be ‘invisible’ compared to wildfires and drought — but it’s more dangerous by far. -
The Future Legends Sports Complex in Windsor is back in bankruptcy court. Seven Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings have halted a long-running lawsuit. The project’s largest lender is asking a judge to let that case move forward. -
Smoke from Colorado’s intense wildfire season is drifting far beyond the flames, keeping people indoors and compounding long-standing air quality problems. -
Spending in 18 high country communities dropped to a 4-year low in 2025-26, when visitation numbers fell and snow didn’t. But towns are diversifying economies and showing resilience to bad snow years. Listen to KUNC host Marty Lenz discuss this story and then read the entire article.
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The tribe's river water allotment largely goes to alfalfa and cotton operations, which pay for healthcare, housing and more. But as agencies negotiate over water, tribes are often left out. -
To find traces of an ancient sea, paleontologists and "rock hounds" head to the desert. -
Scientists have a new name for a weather pattern reshaping how the West gets its water: so-called “snow-eater” heat waves. -
Friends and family are sharing what they’ll miss about Chris Andersen and Miles Elliott. Their deaths have also further shaken the wildland fire community, which has lost a number of firefighters during the intense and ongoing season. -
Conservationists worry that a Trump Administration review of land management rules could threaten these wild places. Here's how to weigh in through public comment portals. -
New technology streamlines a complicated and cumbersome process
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