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Fall is a feeding frenzy for bears as they fatten up for winter hibernation. Habitat loss and climate change are driving more bears into urban areas in search of food—a trend that's dangerous for both bears and humans. Community Fruit Rescue, a Boulder nonprofit, works to harvest residential fruit trees before the bears do.
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KUNC’s In The NoCo is a daily window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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Courtesy of Carson MacPherson-KrutskyWhen a natural disaster forces people to evacuate, not everyone gets the message – or is physically or financially able to get out of harm’s way. On today's In The NoCo, we talk with a researcher who studies how communication during emergencies works... and how it can be improved to help keep people safe. -
Kathryn Scott/The Colorado SunThe price you pay for a medical procedure at a hospital could vary widely in Colorado – depending on where you go and what insurance plan you carry. But new websites could help level out those price differences by letting patients shop around for medical care. Find out how they work, and how they might help, on today’s episode of In the NoCo.
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The Catch Up highlights the big stories from KUNC's newscasts, so you don't miss out on the stories. This is a look ast the week of October 21 through the 25. -
Here's what Amendment 80 would do, who's for it, and who's against it. -
Colorado officials say at least 12 mailed ballots were stolen in a rural county and then sent in with fraudulent votes. The secretary of state says the issue was discovered during the signature verification process, and eight ballots were stopped at that point. -
President Joe Biden is preparing to issue an historic apology during his first diplomatic visit to a tribal nation as president on Friday. He's planning to formally apologize for the nation's 150-year campaign to assimilate Indigenous children by taking them away to Indian boarding school system. -
Crews near Boulder are preparing to extinguish an underground fire that has been burning for more than a century. It’s one of 38 underground fires burning in coal seams around the state. We’ll hear how this unusual firefighting operation works. -
Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds have pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges for defrauding customers.
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A new report shows that nearly half of metro areas in the U.S. – including some in the Mountain West – have only one or two health systems controlling all inpatient care. Experts say that’s driving up the prices that patients have to pay. -
This comes after a rare white bison calf, born in Yellowstone, made headlines for fulfilling a Lakota prophecy. -
The popular mama bear was hit by a car near Jackson, Wyoming. We hear from some of the people grieving the loss of the “Queen of the Tetons.” -
If the U.S. Supreme Court hears the case, it could drastically change the ownership and management of public lands across the West. -
Crisis pregnancy centers have become more prevalent, and lawmakers want to investigate their fundingCrisis pregnancy centers, which are largely places that convince women not to go forward with abortions, have increased since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Some Democratic lawmakers want to see how much federal funding these centers are getting. -
Ranked-choice voting is on the ballot in Idaho, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon. Alaskans will also consider getting rid of their ranked-choice system.
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