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Steamboat Springs author and adventurer Eugene Buchanan has lived near the banks of the Yampa River long enough to notice it’s rhythms and moods are often mirrored by the residents in his northwest Colorado ski town.
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The Colorado Sun
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KUNC’s In The NoCo is a window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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Nathan Karsgaard/UnsplashCamping has become so popular in recent years that it’s harder to snag a campsite in the peak summer months – which might make you consider the quieter, less crowded experience of camping in winter. We hear from Patricia Cameron, an expert and guide who says with a little extra planning – and the right mindset – winter camping can open up a whole new way to experience the outdoors. -
Courtesy Genevieve Hofmann/CU-Anschutz Medical CampusThe FDA recently announced it would remove warning labels from many products for treating menopause. A clinician from the CU Anschutz Medical Campus says it’s a positive change that will help many women lead happier, longer lives.
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The funds will likely be mostly spent on the primary given that whoever wins the Democratic faceoff will likely become governor in November. -
The idea, brought to lawmakers by the Colorado Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, is the most recent proposal to retool the state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights. TABOR, as it’s known, limits the state’s revenue growth, making it hard to spend more money on schools and other priorities. -
Colorado lawmakers are considering new bills to ensure their massive batteries end up reused or recycled. -
CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut loomsColorado health officials were able to get ahead of the highly contagious virus by tracking its presence in sewer systems, researchers wrote. -
The three-judge panel was dismissive of many of the arguments made by Peters’ attorneys. But they grilled the state’s lawyer over the trial judge reciting Peters’ false statements about elections in handing down her sentence. -
Broncos coach Sean Payton aims to bring playoff success back to Denver. It's the first playoff game in Colorado in a decade.
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The National Park Service started free entry days in 2009. The selection and number of days have varied, but Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been on the list ever since 2011. -
The Department of the Interior (DOI) has formally announced the establishment of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service (USWFS), a development that came the same week that the U.S. Congress declined to fund it. -
The Interior Department’s secretarial order directs federal land managers to find places with unnecessary barriers to hunting and fishing and expand public access to outdoor recreation. -
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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.
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