The pace of booking for lodging in Western U.S. mountain destinations slowed for the sixth month in a row in May.

KUNC’s In The NoCo is a daily window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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Fourth of July celebrations usually entail loud, colorful blasts of fireworks. But for veterans and others with PTSD, that can make the day a struggle. Today on In The NoCo, a PTSD specialist with the V-A in Aurora shares advice for people coping with trauma – and for friends and family who want to support them.
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Colorado artist Detour is known for his colorful murals all around Denver. But a recent installation in Concourse B at Denver International Airport is a different type of experience.
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The state is home to 16 Hispanic-serving institutions that could lose funding due to a Tennessee lawsuit.
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There were 407 unaccompanied immigrant children placed with sponsors in Colorado from October through May, plus 75 refugee children in the state foster care system. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jennifer Brown and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.
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Earlier this year, a commercial airliner struck an animal as it was taking off from Denver International Airport and had to make an emergency landing. Which led KUNC investigative reporter Scott Franz to ask: Just how often does this kind of thing happen? Scott found documents that show planes at DIA hit birds and other animals hundreds of times each year.
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The suspect in the Boulder attack, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, is facing multiple federal hate crime charges.
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A college degree goes a long way in Colorado. That's a takeaway from a new report that examined how higher education impacts income.
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Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday that money from Colorado's opioid settlement will go into a statewide fund to buy naloxone, also called Narcan, in bulk.
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Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, is said to have accepted a plea deal.
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Over the weekend, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) withdrew his proposal for the Bureau of Land Management to sell parcels for the highest value. This follows several rounds of revisions and narrowing down aimed at keeping it in the bill after it ran afoul of Senate rules.
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The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office provided an update late Sunday night on the fire and shooting that happened on Canfield Mountain.
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The Trump administration’s proposed budget bill would cut funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by nearly 40%, including grants to universities. That could affect funding relied on by survey offices in several Mountain West states.
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The updated bill targets Bureau of Land Management land near population centers. But hunters say these areas are important for recreation — and wildlife.
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The report comes as the Trump administration tries to “unleash” domestic energy supplies.
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