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Federal authorities have indicted the owners of a Colorado funeral home on criminal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government. The husband and wife already face state charges of corpse abuse after 190 decaying bodies were discovered in their funeral home's storage building last year. The new charges Monday against Jon and Carie Hallford underscore their alleged lies, money laundering, forgery and manipulation over the past four years that devastated grieving family members.
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Mike Morgan/NPR/Mike Morgan/NPR/MMPReporting on underrepresented communities requires care and nuance. Journalists who come from those communities are often best suited to cover them – but sometimes that comes with a cost. Today on In The NoCo, we listen back to our conversation with Lori Lizarraga, co-host of NPR's Code Switch. -
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Brian Green of Aurora’s Parks, Recreation and Open Space Department said the city has spent about $36,000 on two Action Trackchairs, featuring tank-like treads that allow users to cruise over the uneven surface of dirt trails. -
Lawmakers in at least 12 states are debating bills that would legalize physician-assisted death. The laws would allow terminally ill patients under specified conditions to end their lives with a doctor's help. Physician-assisted death is contentious and only 10 states and Washington, D.C., allow it. -
Damage inside Glen Canyon Dam could mean problems with the "river outlet works," a set of small tubes near the bottom of the dam that were originally intended to release excess water when the reservoir is nearing full capacity. The dam allows water to pass through to the Colorado River and Grand Canyon. -
Why is a famous elementary particle in the news? Where is Chechnya and what did it ban? Which prince is Andrew again? If you know these things, you'll get at least a 3 out of 11. -
Doctors and clinic leaders say there'll be a scramble across the Southwest and West for abortion care, including to Colorado. The Arizona Supreme Court said this week officials may enforce an 1864 law criminalizing abortion except when a woman's life is at stake.
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For the first time, the federal government is putting limits on “forever chemicals” called PFAS in the nation’s drinking water – a move that will protect communities across the Mountain West. -
A federal judge in the Mountain West recently ruled in favor of wild horse advocates who sued federal land managers for failing to stick to their own rules. -
Solar and wind power is surging in the Mountain West but there’s plenty of room to grow, study findsA new report shows wind and solar power account for more of America’s energy than ever before. Some states in the Mountain West are helping lead the charge. -
A legal analysis by regional and national animal welfare groups says Wyoming’s animal cruelty statute should apply. -
This spring, the federal government is expected to finalize a rule that would require oil and gas companies to pay more to drill on public lands across the Western U.S.
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