Weld County

Attorneys and workers' rights advocates shared their thoughts following federal penalties on three businesses for not protecting workers who died at a Northern Colorado dairy last year.

An extremely rare geyser of spewed oil, water and sand contaminated 7 square miles. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth and then read the entire article at the link below.

Federal workplace safety regulators have penalized three businesses over their failure to protect six Colorado dairy workers who were killed by exposure to highly toxic hydrogen sulfide gas after a manure pipe disconnected in an enclosed space.

A coroner’s report on the cause of six deaths at a Colorado dairy points to their exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas as the cause. The report from the Weld County coroner’s office on Thursday is based on autopsies and toxicology tests.

Health insurance premiums on Colorado’s marketplace are expected to double when open enrollment begins this weekend, a change that will likely create many new uninsured residents, especially in rural communities.

KUNC's Alex Hager rode nearly 50 miles on the Poudre River trail and learned about the wildlife, people and farms that use its water along the way.

Six people who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons, one of whom was in high school.

First responders say the call came in as a confined space rescue. When they arrived they found six deceased people.

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