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Courtesy Rachel Juritsch / CSU Extension Adams CountyWinter’s long nights and cooler temperatures can bring on the winter blues – even in a mild winter like this one. But research finds that spending even 20 minutes a day outside can help. And keeping a nature journal is a great reminder to tune into your surroundings with all five senses. -
Photo of Dr. Reiland Rabaka by Glenn J. Asakawa/University of Colorado BoulderYou may think of funk music as pure fun. But it has a much deeper history and cultural meaning. A CU professor digs into the overlooked history of funk, and why it spoke to changing times.
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The team is currently on a franchise record seven-game win streak. They are looking to win their first NLL championship in four years. -
Heavy snow and wind this week is creating some of the most dangerous avalanche conditions of the season. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is warning recreators to stay out of harm's way. -
Neonicotinoids hit the market as a safer way to kill pests. Then many pollinators started dying. -
Colorado is developing an online portal where people can sign themselves up for the “do not sell” registry. -
The proposal, brought by an organization called Coloradans for a Level Playing Field, would ask voters to temporarily override the independent redistricting process that they enshrined in the constitution less than a decade ago. -
Leaders of environmental groups are issuing fresh warnings this week about the impacts the ongoing gridlock could have in the river basin.
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The 16th annual "Conservation in the West" poll by Colorado College revealed that voters across the political spectrum are concerned by the Trump administration's cuts to public land management. -
More than a century after the Mountain West’s silver and gold rushes, mercury used to process those metals is still moving through a northern Nevada river system and showing up in local wildlife. -
Negotiators are focusing on a five-year agreement for sharing water from the shrinking river. Experts say that would provide some much-needed flexibility. -
As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Native families say increased ICE activity is creating fear in their communities, even among U.S. citizens and tribal members. -
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Health and environmental advocates vow to fight it in court
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