Gun violence is a major topic of the day as a gun control advocacy group stages a sit-in at the Capitol and demands executive action from the governor, and the faith-based community takes a “swords into plowshares” approach with gun buyback programs.

Thirst Gap is a six-part podcast series about how the Southwest is adapting to water shortages as climate change causes the region to warm up and dry out. The series zooms in on people and places grappling with limited water supplies in the Colorado River watershed, and examines the trade-offs that come with learning to live with less water.
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Protestors want Gov. Jared Polis to sign an executive order banning all guns in the state and implementing a gun buy-back program. Polis said such an order would be unconstitutional.
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Relatives of Japanese Americans incarcerated in Amache find common threads with descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre — which occurred just 46 miles away — during annual pilgrimage.
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The deficits in students’ grasp of civics became more apparent when the results of last spring’s National Assessment of Educational Progress — which includes state and national tests that gauge student achievement in subjects including reading, math and civics — revealed fewer students reaching proficiency in civics. Colorado students in the Denver metro area, Arvada, Buena Vista, Craig and Pueblo put their civics knowledge to the test in local contests. Bee organizers at the state and national level say the task of polishing students’ grasp of civics falls on far more than educators.
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Colorado ranks 3rd among states for older adults' health outcomes, according to the new America's Health Rankings 2023 Senior Report from UnitedHealthcare. Comments from Dr. Michael Stockman, market chief medical officer, UnitedHealthcare; and Dr. Rhonda Randall Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHealthcare.
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The event will feature five designers from African countries including Kenya and South Africa.
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The Biden administration has ordered a 20-year ban on new oil and gas development around Chaco Canyon in northwest New Mexico, a landscape considered sacred to many tribes.
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A new analysis from Climate Central shows summer temperatures have risen steadily across the U.S. over the last half century, a trend that’s even sharper in the American West. The report chalks up much of the blame to climate change, but in urban areas the built environment can also play a huge role in temperature jumps.
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New research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology shows that moving sheds farther away from homes is one way homeowners can reduce wildfire risk.
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A federal judge in Wyoming has ruled in favor of four hunters in a case that tested the legality of "corner crossing," or stepping from one parcel of public land to another over a common corner shared with private property – a common practice due to the checkerboard pattern of land ownership in parts of the Mountain West.
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It’s something many current and former wildland firefighters ask themselves: what does all this smoke, dust and ash I’ve been breathing for months on end mean for my health? A new national registry for all firefighters could eventually shed a great deal more light on that largely unanswered question.
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