US says it will honor separate state agreement while it paves way for roads in 44 million acres of Forest Service wildlands. Listen to KUNC host Marty Lenz discuss this story and then read the entire article.

The share of Colorado students who were chronically absent last school year declined from the year before, although the percentage remained above pre-pandemic levels, according to data released by the Colorado Department of Education.

A construction industry-backed group says a “funding framework” they’ve agreed to with Democrats at the Colorado Capitol will provide more dollars than Initiative 175 would have.

Nationwide, since 2024, there’s been a surge of borrowers who have missed nine months of payments, with many more borrowers at risk of ending up in the same spot. The consequences of falling behind can disrupt lives, ruin credit ratings, and mean the debt could be sent to collections.Listen to KUNC host Marty Lenz discuss this story and then read the entire article.

The pardons come three months after the governor commuted the sentence of former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters. More pardons and commutations are still possible in Polis’ final year.

Dolly Parton, the beloved queen of country and cultural sensation who had an impact on so many, passed away earlier this week. KUNC's Marty Lenz spoke with a local who was closely connected to Parton for many years. David Grapes II is a professor of theater and director of the School of Theater and Dance at the University of Northern Colorado. He spent more than a decade at Dollywood, Parton's acclaimed theme park and resort.

When the rule was first enacted in 2001, the government held hundreds of public hearings that took nearly two years

There were early signs that this fire season could be a big one, especially the record-low snowpack last winter. In Teton County — near the Grand Targhee Resort — that spurred interest in a novel effort: raising money to help hire a local wildfire mitigation coordinator.

In some parts of the West - like the grass and shrublands of the Idaho-Oregon-Nevada tristate area - closer to two-thirds of burned area is associated with heatwaves.

Environmentalists fear it could set a dangerous precedent

Nevada filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump Administration's new rules drastically cutting the state's access to the Colorado River.

The Trump administration is revising the Travel Management Rule, a U.S. Forest Service policy that dictates when motorized use is allowed.