Atrazine contamination is most widespread in the Midwest, but affected watersheds extend into Colorado and New Mexico.
KUNC’s In The NoCo is a window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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A struggling novelist sets off a social media firestorm in a new novel by Colorado author R.L. Maizes. A Complete Fiction raises sticky questions about who gets to tell someone else’s story. The novel recently won the 2026 Colorado Book Award for fiction.
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Less than a year ago, transportation officials opened a $15 million overpass designed to funnel wildlife over I-25 near Castle Rock. Which animals are using it, and how effectively has it reduced collisions between motorists and wildlife?
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For the first time since Colorado’s been collecting this data, more perpetrators than victims died.
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Rejection rates jumped in states that began requiring ID numbers on ballots. Colorado could be next?As Colorado voters weigh Amendment 84, data from Texas, Georgia and Virginia show an initial increase in ballots thrown out after new ID requirements. Will that trend continue in Colorado IF the amendment is passed?
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Six candidates running to become Boulder’s next mayor faced tough questions about housing, city spending, homelessness, public safety and their qualifications for office during a debate hosted by Boulder Reporting Lab and KGNU on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The roughly 90-minute debate, gave candidates a chance to make their case to voters, challenge one another’s positions and explain how they would lead the city over the next two years.
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Yellowstone National Park and a Colorado company called Tallgrass have launched a $105 million conservation fund for the park. Announced Monday, officials said it is the largest private gift in the park's history.
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Alyssa’s Act requires mental health training for youth sports coaches and more guidance for families after a suspected concussion.
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Fall is here – and that often means raking up all those fallen leaves from the yard. But if you bag them and set them out for the trash, you might be missing an easy – and free – way to keep your yard healthier.
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Oil, gas and coal are rebounding under the Trump administration. In Wyoming, it's a big win for the fossil fuel industry.
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New research finds the Upper Colorado River Basin lost an estimated 4.6 trillion gallons of groundwater during a severe drought, raising concerns about Western water supplies.
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Supporters say it would prevent attempts to limit hunting, while opponents worry it could complicate wildlife management.
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Satellites like NOAA and NASA’s GOES constellation have been an important fire science tool for years. Over the summer, the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance launched the first three satellites of its FireSat program, and the first images taken by them were recently released.
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The route traverses across regions of Colorado that touch public lands and are slightly off the beaten path
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The reorganization would have included moving the agency's headquarters to Salt Lake City and closing nearly two dozen research facilities. Congress may later choose not to extend the restrictions.

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