From Boulder to Greeley, farmers markets are popping up for the season across the region. Go for the fresh veggies, and maybe you'll find some live music or craft activities for the kids while you're at it!
KUNC’s In The NoCo is a daily window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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Eagle County school officials struggle with twin issues: a shortage of affordable housing and a shortage of teachers. A new housing complex designed for educators offers a solution. We’ll hear from one of the first teachers to live there in today’s episode of In the NoCo.
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States that rely on water from the Colorado River are on a deadline to come up with a plan for how the river should be managed. And with climate change rapidly shrinking the river's water supply, the pressure is on. But finding consensus won't be easy. KUNC's Alex Hager explains what's being proposed, and why the states can't agree, on today's In The NoCo.
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Colorado News
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Conservation groups are celebrating the approval of the wolverine restoration bill. They see Colorado as a key piece of a strategy to ensure the survival of the extremely solitary member of the weasel family.
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Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation last week that commits millions in state funding to several higher education projects intended to boost Colorado's healthcare workforce. Among them is the University of Northern Colorado, which is getting $127 million towards a new college of osteopathic medicine.
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Colorado Mountain College has a new president. Today on In The NoCo, Matt Gianneschi discusses the unique role the college plays in Colorado's mountain communities, how they're working to address the difficulties posed by the high cost of housing there, and his advice for this year's graduating class.
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Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, has fired a Colorado-based auditor that federal regulators recently charged with "massive fraud."
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Colorado lawmakers have passed a sweeping bill to overhaul the state's lax oversight over funeral homes after a series of horrific incidents, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the discovery of 190 decaying bodies.
Mountain West News
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With the habitat shrinking for Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, fish and wildlife officials are working to return the fish to a river in the Mountain West.
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A coalition of Western conservationists and tribes are working to protect more public lands before the November presidential election.
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Vice President Kamala Harris made an appearance in Las Vegas on Monday, touting President Joe Biden's record in preserving reproductive rights and framing Donald Trump's choices for Supreme Court justices as the reason Roe v. Wade was overturned.
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Weddings on unusual dates, such as ones with patterns — think 12/31/23, which is 1, 2, 3 repeated, or 07/07/07 — are popular. In April, there are several palindromic dates, or dates that are the same backwards and forwards, such as 4/22/24. There's also 4/20/24, which falls on a Saturday and might be a chance to have a cannabis-related wedding. It could be even bigger business for chapels in Las Vegas.
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Social media can influence everything from what we eat to where we vacation. Now, a new study shows it’s also driving more visitors to U.S. national parks, especially in the Mountain West.
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