An apprenticeship program in Colorado and the Mountain West teaches agriculture students to farm and ranch for more extreme weather.
KUNC’s In The NoCo is a window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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In 1955, a man planted a bomb in luggage aboard a United Airlines flight shortly before it took off from Denver. The plane exploded over Weld County, killing everyone on board. Now, 70 years later, a new memorial has been unveiled to commemorate the tragedy.
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A leading conservation organization says owls need a hand – and they’re rolling out a program to do it. The Bird Conservancy of the Rockies is about to launch a project to get homeowners along the Front Range to place boxes in their backyards where owls can live.
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The future of an affordability measure for a workforce housing complex that officials say has some of the lowest rents in Silverthorne is in question as officials showed opposition to a proposed extension agreement.
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After a successful protest of an earlier petition effort related to the $1.1 billion Cascadia development in west Greeley, four Greeley residents Friday filed another protest, this one against a petition that on Wednesday was ruled “initially insufficient” by the city clerk.
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Higher education is teaming up with skilled trade industries in Colorado’s High Country to grow the rural climate workforce of tomorrow.
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To limit damage Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been increasing its efforts to detect the bivalve since it was first discovered in the state in 2022.
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Colorado State University's First-Generation Summit starts this weekend. It's the inaugural run of an event to support students that are the first in their families to pursue a degree.
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Over the last decade Medicaid spending has risen at a rate of 8.8% a year — about double what the state government is allowed to spend under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, according to the governor’s office.
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The U.S. Senate version of the Fix our Forests Act (FOFA) is advancing with strong bipartisan support. If signed, it would bring big changes to the country’s approach to wildfires.
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Providing food, personal hygiene products, baby and pet supplies
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Western states will see the highest increases in health care costs
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Every summer, thousands of wildland firefighters endure months of heavy exposure to smoke and other toxins without respiratory protection. As a troubling picture of the health implications emerges, policies are beginning to change.
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The ongoing federal government shutdown is putting crucial food programs – and families that rely on them – at risk.
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At least 1 in 5 Interior cuts could be in the Mountain West.
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