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Courtesy Rachel Juritsch / CSU Extension Adams CountyWinter’s long nights and cooler temperatures can bring on the winter blues – even in a mild winter like this one. But research finds that spending even 20 minutes a day outside can help. And keeping a nature journal is a great reminder to tune into your surroundings with all five senses. -
Photo of Dr. Reiland Rabaka by Glenn J. Asakawa/University of Colorado BoulderYou may think of funk music as pure fun. But it has a much deeper history and cultural meaning. A CU professor digs into the overlooked history of funk, and why it spoke to changing times.
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Drought is on everybody's mind right now as the State of Colorado reckons with a snowpack that is about half of normal. -
Gov. Polis clearly thinks a global health partnership has value. -
Colorado-based Cobalt Abortion Fund spent almost $2.5 million in 2025 helping people access abortions across the country. -
Authorities say an avalanche near Lake Tahoe has killed eight backcountry skiers, and one person remains missing. The slide occurred Tuesday in Northern California's Sierra Nevada mountains. It is one of the deadliest avalanches in U.S. history. -
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and a coalition of blue states sued the Trump administration over cuts to roughly $2.7 billion of dollars in clean-energy funding. -
Supporters say it would protect transgender kids and others, but Democratic sponsors removed a key provision after Gov. Polis signaled he would veto the measure.
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The 16th annual "Conservation in the West" poll by Colorado College revealed that voters across the political spectrum are concerned by the Trump administration's cuts to public land management. -
More than a century after the Mountain West’s silver and gold rushes, mercury used to process those metals is still moving through a northern Nevada river system and showing up in local wildlife. -
Negotiators are focusing on a five-year agreement for sharing water from the shrinking river. Experts say that would provide some much-needed flexibility. -
As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Native families say increased ICE activity is creating fear in their communities, even among U.S. citizens and tribal members. -
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Health and environmental advocates vow to fight it in court
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