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At 8 a.m. Tuesday, there was only silence and the occasional crunch of rocks as a dozen people in orange vests waited in a moonlike landscape beneath a 350-foot-tall dam near Loveland.
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Colin WoolleyThe annual Mountain Plover Festival happens this weekend in Karval, Colo. The festival celebrates this elusive bird, sometimes called the “prairie ghost.” We hear more about Mountain Plovers — and why it’s so hard to spot one. -
Courtesy Lori Peek / CU BoulderWhen a natural disaster strikes, children are often seen as some of the most vulnerable victims. But kids often help their families and neighbors in the wake of a wildfire or flood. And a CU researcher who studies this phenomenon says letting kids help with the response can help them emotionally and support their community.
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The request piggybacks off a ruling late last month that the requirement in Colorado law that 75% of the party’s central committee must support opting out of the primaries before it can happen “constitutes a severe burden on the major parties’ right to association and is therefore unconstitutional." -
Colorado just experienced its worst winter on record. The state could get moisture from a super El Niño later this year, but experts say to watch for a summer monsoon first. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Shannon Mullane and then read the entire article at the link below. -
Colorado State University has a logging sports club, and some events directly transfer to skills needed for forestry jobs. That’s all the more crucial as the state looks for workers to help fight a massive pine beetle outbreak. -
At least nine states conduct cloud seeding operations, including Colorado, California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas and North Dakota -
Supreme Court will hear from religious preschools challenging exclusion from taxpayer-funded programThe Supreme Court will hear from Catholic preschools that say it's unconstitutional to exclude them from a state-funded program because they won't admit kids from LGBTQ+ families. It's the latest religious rights case for the conservative-majority court. -
Sam Westerdale, a civics and government teacher at Aurora’s Rangeview High School, has a master’s degree in political science.
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The Arizona Department of Water Resources is gearing up for a legal fight over Colorado River negotiations and has hired a law firm to represent the state. -
When wildland firefighters are on prescribed fires, they’re breathing the same smoke and facing many of the same hazards found on wildfires, but they don’t get the same hazard pay. That could soon change. -
National Alcohol Awareness Month highlights progress and challenges in battle against alcohol misuse in the Mountain West -
As data centers rapidly expand across the Mountain West, researchers say a key question is getting harder to answer: how much water are they actually using? -
As the President touts cost savings during visits to Arizona and Nevada, Democrats and advocates raise concerns over affordability -
Ski areas with special-use permits must be primarily focused on skiing and other snow sports. But in a final rule, the U.S. Forest Service said that focus will no longer be determined by revenue, which could help ski areas to adapt business to a changing climate.
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