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Rep. Ken Buck's early departure from the U.S. House prompted a special election to fill the remainder of his term. A Colorado Republican committee on Thursday will select their candidate for the special election, and is expected to pick one of the primary candidates already running to replace Buck in 2024.
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Residents in Steamboat Springs rejected a city plan to annex 420 acres of the Brown Ranch property. The property was intended to help provide affordable housing to more than 6,000 workers. The plan also called for the city to invest in parks, improvements to Highway 40 and police and fire stations. Colorado Sun reporter Jason Blevins joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to discuss the aftermath of the vote.
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On International Women in Music Day we look at the women musicians that left lasting impressions on the music culture of Fort Collins.
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City leaders and some of its residents are blasting the so-called community noise roundtable as a waste of time and money. The airport is owned by Jefferson County and residents in neighboring communities have been raising concerns for years about the impacts of airport noise on their health and wellbeing.
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Recent data from the La Raza Report, a report commissioned by Denver Public Schools, found that Latino students are under-resourced and the district has too few Latino teachers and leaders. Chalkbeat Colorado Reporter Melanie Asmar discussed the report and her story with KUNC’s Michael Lyle, Jr.
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Carestream Health recently announced it will close its Windsor facility and hundreds of workers there will be laid off. Chris Wood with BizWest joins us to break down the story.
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A record surge of new outdoor participants helped grow gear sales for a few years. But a report from the Outdoor Industry Association earlier this month found that sales of outdoor gear, apparel and accessories was down 3% for 2023. Sales at independent stores also declined 10%.
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Meta is now limiting the amount of political content it recommends to Instagram and Threads users. Here's why it made the change — and how to opt out of it.
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Geomagnetic storm from a solar flare could disrupt radio communications and create a striking auroraSpace weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday. They say a plasma burst from a solar flare could interfere with radio transmissions on Earth. It may also make for great aurora viewing. According to the alert issued Saturday by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, there's no reason for concern. Jonathan Lash, a forecaster at the Boulder, Colorado-based center, says the storm could interrupt high-frequency radio transmissions, such as by aircraft trying to communicate with distant traffic control towers. Most commercial aircraft can use satellite transmissions as a backup.
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Summit County community members are embracing harm-reduction techniques to lessen the burden that substance use has on society.