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Wild Bear Nature Center
The Wild Bear Nature Center is mourning the losses of its animals after a fire burned down their interim facility in Nederland. But the community is grieving with them and stepping up to help.
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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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Tim Wint/UnsplashUsing powerful electrical charges to increase rainfall — and help farmers grow crops. That’s the concept behind a new “cloud seeding” project set to happen soon in Weld County. If it’s successful, it could mean farmers across the state will get a little more water for their crops. -
Isabel Guzman/Colorado Community MediaIn 2025, witches and witchcraft appear to be having a moment. More Coloradans are saying they align with pagan, wiccan or other new age beliefs. So, with Halloween around the corner, we talked with a CSU professor who studies the history of witchcraft – and what it can tell us about the modern world.
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Cutting minimum-parking requirements would likely boost housing construction in Denver by about 12.5%, translating into roughly 460 more homes per year. -
The race to open for ski season is underway as resorts get snow guns running. -
Bloomberg has poured half a million dollars into helping Sen. Michael Bennet defeat Attorney General Phil Weiser in the Democratic primary. -
But it's running short on cash, and lawmakers are going back to the ballot again, asking voters to increase that tax to fully fund the program. -
The midterms are a year away, but the money races are already going strong, as each party eyes control of Congress.
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A new data center campus is currently under construction in Elyria-Swansea — a neighborhood already struggling with pollution from major highways and Colorado’s only oil and gas refinery. -
A proposal to build one of the largest solar projects in the U.S. has been abruptly halted by the Trump administration — a move critics say undermines the nation’s renewable energy transition. -
New research shows that wildfires are a major contributor to ozone pollution, and can significantly exceed the impacts of human-generated emissions. -
The Great Outdoors Fund helps to fill funding gaps for public lands projects by leveraging private investment. -
Artificial intelligence is increasingly creeping into our lives. And in support of that super technology, nondescript data centers are popping up in cities, towns and even near cattle ranches. They require lots of power — creating new challenges for utilities. -
Maybe, but even the ones that want to be environmentally friendly face energy challenges.
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