Colorado News

Shares of Spirit Airlines rose Thursday after it postponed a vote for the second time on a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines, allowing for a bidding war over the budget airline between Frontier and JetBlue Airways to play out.

Life expectancy dropped in Colorado for the second straight year in 2021. It’s the kind of decline, driven by the pandemic, not seen in decades, data from the state health department show.

On this episode of Colorado Edition, we hear how Coloradans are reacting to the news of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. We delve into the stories of salvaged objects from the Marshall Fire. Finally, we take a turn around the Greeley Stampede as it celebrates its 100th year.

Colorado’s water shortages are not relegated to the distant future. Water supplies cannot meet current demands in many communities, and are only likely to worsen as climate change heats up and dries out the state’s cities and farms.

KUNC's Samantha Coetzee speaks with Colorado Sun environment writer Michael Booth about the primaries, Marshall Fire recovery efforts, and how some companies are combatting the Great Resignation.

A Colorado man who Yellowstone National Park officials say got too close to a bison was thrown by the animal while trying to get himself and a child away from danger.

More and more Hispanic students are graduating from Colorado high schools. After a decade of steady progress, dropout rates have decreased, and so have the number of students needing remedial classes.

Republicans chose Heidi Ganahl as their candidate to challenge Jared Polis in the governor’s race. Ganahl defeated former Parker Mayor George Lopez in the primary.

Colorado’s top Republican primary contests Tuesday — for U.S. Senate, secretary of state and governor — will show if right-wing candidates have made inroads in the party’s quest to break a Democratic stranglehold on the state’s top offices.

KUNC's Samantha Coetzee speaks with Colorado Sun editor Larry Ryckman about price gouging in the Marshall Fire burn area, electric school buses and how ranchers are making money these days.

On Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a ruling that for nearly half a century had protected the constitutional right to abortion for people across the nation. Now, the decision on whether abortion will remain legal is turned over to the states. Colorado has laws on the books that protect abortion in this state, but for many surrounding states that isn’t the case.

Dr. Warren Hern, the director of the Boulder Abortion Clinic, discusses how many abortion providers are already at capacity in the state, and how lower-income people are affected by restricted access to the procedure.