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.

The late-summer surge of bear sightings continues across Colorado, with the most recent involving a cub in Boulder County that needed rescue.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined a lawsuit opposing new rules on mail-in balloting.

Researchers have grown increasingly confident in global warming’s role in post-2000 ‘megadrought’ and its impact on the Colorado River.

Candidates from the Democratic and Republican parties get most of the votes and the attention, but dozens of independent and third-party candidates will be running for offices up and down the ballot in Colorado this fall.

Plenty of longtime educators and experts are skeptical about whether the tests are useful or even accurate. Listen to KUNC host Marty Lenz discuss this story and then read the entire article.

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.

Western cattlemen are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property.

Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming are not subject to mandatory reductions; instead, those states are setting up programs to voluntarily conserve water.

The federal decision, which imposes steep cuts on California, Arizona and Nevada, can now be challenged in court.