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The Breck Film Festival has a packed schedule this weekend with over 90 films. They're also highlighting the growing film industry in Colorado and supporting the next generation of female filmmakers.
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Courtesy Lee Frankel-GoldwaterMany people are uncomfortable with the idea of using artificial intelligence to create art. But a Boulder-based poet has recently been working to teach AI to write its own poems. And he says the process reveals a lot about how we view creativity. -
John Ingold/The Colorado SunA court case in Denver looks at whether the hospital should be held in contempt if physicians who specialize in gender-affirming care refuse to offer hormone therapy and other treatments. The doctors say they face threats and intimidation from federal officials.
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Steamboat Springs Police Chief Mark Beckett updated City Council last week on the process of removing Flock cameras and automated license plate readers from the city. KUNC's Marty Lenz asked Julia Coccaro, who wrote about this in the Steamboat Pilot, why the sudden change with Chief Beckett. -
Colorado teachers and other public school employees can now get help with down payments and closing costs through a new state program aimed at making homeownership more attainable. -
The survey also found Coloradans viewed data centers and AI leaders unfavorably. -
Colorado, like the rest of the contiguous U.S., experienced its warmest summer on record this year. Temperature monitors in Denver recorded 15 more days than average of 90 degrees or above. -
Democratic leaders in rural parts of the state believe the party and its candidates can make inroads in a state that has turned deeper red in recent elections. -
What’s on the mind of Colorado voters in different congressional districts heading into the midterms? Purplish hit the road to find out.
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Municipalities across the Grand Canyon State are raising concern over the rapid rise of data centers, especially when it comes to water consumption in the drought-stricken Southwest. -
The nominations include Peekabo Street and signal that major change could be afoot. -
The Native American Rights Fund finds disparities in voter registration, mail-in ballots and other stages of voting in Native communities -
The faster a fire burns, the more severe its ecological impacts. That's one of the findings of a new paper in the journal Science Advances. Climate change only promises to further accelerate those fires, according to its lead author. -
That’s especially true in the Mountain West. In most states, if one delivery unit shuts down, the next closest one is more than an hour away. -
The new agreement means less water for Mexico, but provides stability to those who use the Colorado River near its delta.
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