Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners during a special meeting on Monday declined to direct the agency to kill or relocate a reintroduced gray wolf pack that has caused controversy in Pitkin County.

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How does a community heal from the shock and grief of a mass shooting? Journalist Erika Mahoney explores that question in a deeply personal new podcast series. Erika’s father died in the 2021 mass shooting at a Boulder King Soopers. We’ll hear why she made the podcast, and how she moved forward after the tragedy.
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The question of whether the federal government should sell off some public lands has been debated in Congress in recent weeks. Leaders in Western towns will consider a more focused version of that controversial idea in the months ahead: They’ll look at how places with severe housing shortages – like many mountain towns in Colorado – might buy or lease nearby federal land and use it for housing.
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A nonprofit called Sunshine Home Share is helping older homeowners fill up their extra bedrooms with people who want cheaper rent in exchange for doing household chores. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Kevin Simpson and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.
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The building on Vail Road, home of Vail's first bank, was built in 1972.
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Gen Zers are increasingly worried about a warming world. Here are tips to handle those anxieties.
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Future Legends Sports Complex will remain shut down because of safety concerns. District Court judge Kimberly Schutt ruled that, “based upon all of the evidence before the Court at this juncture, that the Town has met its burden of proving, through clear evidence, that grounds exist … for the Court to issue a preliminary injunction” to keep the complex closed until its owners satisfy a list of safety issues.
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The West Stillwater Pass Trail in the USFS Sulphur Ranger District was only open for a month before the East Troublesome Fire closed it. Now it's finally reopen.
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Tri-State power wants a new gas plant at Craig. Conservation coalition says it’s costly and unneeded.
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With 16-hour days for weeks straight, long separation from friends and family, and regular exposure to serious immediate and long-term risks, wildland fire pushes people to both their physical and mental limits. But the recently launched federal Wildland Fire Therapy Service is now available to help those workers ease the mental strain of battling wildfires.
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The pace of booking for lodging in Western U.S. mountain destinations slowed for the sixth month in a row in May.
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Birthright citizenship laws could be different in each Mountain West state after the U.S. Supreme Court reduced judicial powers.
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Farrell Hayes represents something that veteran firefighters say is harder to come by these days: a young person who wants to get involved in firefighting.
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Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, is said to have accepted a plea deal.
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Over the weekend, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) withdrew his proposal for the Bureau of Land Management to sell parcels for the highest value. This follows several rounds of revisions and narrowing down aimed at keeping it in the bill after it ran afoul of Senate rules.
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