Colorado composer Nathan Hall mixed music with archaeology as he dreamed up his new album. The music focuses on hand-carved stone instruments called lithophones. They were carved several thousand years ago and discovered near what’s now Great Sand Dunes National Park. Learn more about new music played on ancient instruments.

However, another appeals court, the Eleventh, ruled against conversion therapy bans, finding the practice is protected speech.

Since the state’s high court last year questioned previously unassailable liability waivers, juries have issued record-setting awards in wrongful death lawsuits and new lawsuits are targeting ski resorts. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jason Blevins and then read the entire article at the link below.

Attorneys for a Colorado Springs-based counselor argue that banning conversion therapy restricts the First Amendment rights of therapists.

Following the shutdown of the federal government last week, government websites began featuring banners at the top of their websites noting the government's status and a slowing of updates.

When black bears’ natural food supply is altered by human habits or abnormal weather patterns, they find easy calories in urban spaces. This can lead to more encounters between people and bears.

The Public Lands Rule was among the Biden Administration's signature efforts to protect and restore Bureau of Land Management land in the face of climate change and increasing land fragmentation.

The federal government currently spends significantly more on suppressing fires than preventing them.

Environment and outdoor recreation advocates say changes to the Land and Water Conservation Fund could undermine its effectiveness.

A new approach to addressing water scarcity is underway — one that turns farmland into projects that benefit both people and the environment. Researchers say parched Mountain West states could learn from it.

Idaho's two Republican senators are signing on to a bipartisan bill that would triple the budget of a program to clean up water sources in national forests.

In an executive order earlier this year titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” President Trump directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to ensure monuments, memorials, statues and markers “do not contain descriptions, depictions, or other content that inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”