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Emergency drought-induced draw to save downstream Lake Powell wreaks havoc on Wyoming-Utah’s lucrative Flaming Gorge.
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Clela Rorex photo/Courtesy of Mardi Moore and Museum of BoulderBack in the 1970s, same-sex marriage was illegal in the U.S. But one day, a gay couple walked into the Boulder County clerk’s office and asked for a marriage license. And the county clerk gave them one. It was a historic moment. -
Gregory Bull/APThe Colorado River – which supplies water to about 40 million people – is under new management. Federal officials announced recently they’ll take control of how that water is shared among the seven states that rely on the river. The decision comes after years of negotiations over how the water is divided – and years of drought that have reduced the amount of water in the river.
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The U.S. Senate passed an approximately $70 billion funding bill for federal immigration enforcement, without any reforms. -
Republican Jeff Hurd and Democrats Alex Kelloff and Dwayne Romero weigh in on some of the big environmental issues in Western and Southern Colorado. -
A KUNC News investigation on funeral home misconduct discovered last year that lawmakers had quietly removed the public’s access to funeral home inspection reports in a 2024 bill that was meant to restore trust in the funeral home industry. -
Gov. Polis’ decision to commute the election-deniers’ sentence has reverberated through the political world. -
Water negotiators, river enthusiasts, Native tribes and lots of lawyers convened at the University of Colorado Law School on Thursday to take stock of the future of the dwindling Colorado River. -
A Colorado court reversed homicide convictions against two paramedics on Thursday in the ketamine overdose death of Elijah McClain after the Black man was pinned down by police. The court ordered new trials for Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec.
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People living near oil refineries can often see or smell signs of industrial pollution. Now, a new interactive map aims to help them better understand the potential health impacts associated with those facilities. -
Colorado's negotiator, Becky Mitchell, and Nevada's, John Entsminger, spoke to a crowd of policy experts and answered questions from the audience. -
After a wildfire, rivers and streams can take years to recover. Native plants and wildlife are often crowded out by invasive species in the aftermath. But in Nevada’s Virgin River watershed, a collaboration between federal agencies and conservation groups is pointing to early signs of recovery. -
The microreactor from Antares, a private nuclear technology company, had a successful nuclear fission reaction for the first time at Idaho National Lab. National officials dubbed it ‘historic.' -
Coal mines in New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming could go to revived coal plants and be exported through a new port in California. -
Wildfire smoke is associated with a growing list of health impacts. New research now ties it to reproductive harm in bulls – a finding with implications for humans.
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