Jason Blevins, The Colorado Sun

A survey of hikers on Mount Elbert showed several hundred people a year pooping on the trail to the summit. And with access to wag bags, many of those hikers are packing out their own waste. Listen to KUNC host Marty Lenz discuss this story and then read the entire article.

The Colorado Sun is celebrating 150 years of statehood with these recommendations. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jason Blevins and then read the entire article at the link below.

The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency cut 1,753 land management jobs last year, or 26% of the jobs managing 24 million public acres. "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. and Colorado Sun reporter Jason Blevins discuss the ramifications of these cuts.

The state’s highest court is considering a case involving a snowboarder who collided with an employee-driven snowmobile at Breckenridge, with a focus on “broad” wording in a pass sale that waives “any and all claims."

Demand for counseling is pacing well above last year as communities empty, costs rise and work ebbs. “It feels like tension is really high.”

Paddling groups want to float. Others want to wade. Landowners want the status quo. And lawmakers seemingly don’t want to get wet in a water fight.

From his remote cabin in the once snowier hinterlands above Gothic, Billy Barr tracks decades of warming, snow-starved winters.

The skiingest state in the country will be well represented at the Winter Games in Italy.

A Colorado attorney has submitted proposals for 97 new names of peaks around Colorado, including changing the name of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board did not advance the changes. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this article with Colorado Sun reporter Jason Blevins then read the entire story at the link below.

The partnership with Responder Alliance is designed to support mental well-being in front-line workers. The hope is the strategies will trickle into overwhelmed communities. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jason Blevins and read the entire article at the link below.