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Skiing and snowboarding in Colorado comes with some major price tags: from lift tickets to that bowl of chili in the lodge. Not to mention long lift lines and I-70 traffic. KUNC News talked with people about the high cost of hitting the slopes.
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Courtesy of Caitlin Clark / Colorado State UniversityA laboratory run by Colorado State University is devoted to the study of chocolate: how it’s made, how to create new varieties, and why people can’t get enough of those Valentine’s Day chocolates. -
National Park ServiceAn ecosystem on the verge of “collapse:" That’s a term one scientist used when talking about a valley on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park. But scientists say they were able to repair the area quickly — by installing manmade beaver dams along a creek there. Today on In The NoCo: Why beaver dams are a secret weapon for conservationists looking to repair an ecosystem.
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Candidates sometimes simultaneously maintain campaign accounts for state and federal office, or state and municipal office, when their pursuit of those jobs overlaps. Technically, they are running for two positions at once. Practically, they are not, and state elections officials don’t treat it as a violation of the law. -
Breckenridge Town Council took staff members’ recommendation to amend the town’s employee housing impact mitigation policy at a Tuesday, Feb. 10, meeting. -
The YMCA of Northern Colorado recently announced it would end fitness and recreation services at its Longmont location. The nonprofit says federal cuts and scant membership returns are to blame. -
While prostitution is legal in Nevada at licensed brothels in certain counties, and Maine decriminalized the selling of sexual services, no state has fully removed the criminal penalties for prostitution. -
Several athletes with strong ties to the Centennial State are competing in events such as alpine skiing, snowboarding, and cross-country events.
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Scott Socha is an executive at Delaware North, a company that contracts with the National Park Service to provide lodging and food at several national parks. -
The power grid across Western states is under growing strain. Now, a new report argues the region’s governments and utilities need to work together to keep the lights on and costs down. -
Less snowfall means less water in rivers and reservoirs. The economies in many of these communities rely in part on water activities. -
At less than 140,000 square miles, snow cover across the region was the lowest ever recorded on February 1 in the satellite record, which goes back to 2001. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) call it the “worst snowpack on record.”
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