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All eyes are on an Aurora courtroom for the Elijah McClain case that went on trial last week. Mclain, a 23-year-old Black man, died four years ago during a violent encounter with Aurora police and paramedics. His death has had major reverberations in Colorado and far beyond.

Within the last several years, there’s been a surge in efforts across the country to challenge and remove books from library shelves. Many challenges target books with themes of race and racism, or with LGBTQ+ characters or themes – but in some places, those challenges have expanded to include titles that discuss grief and loss, violence, and adolescent health and well-being. In The NoCo talked with Poudre Libraries’ Executive Director Diane Lapierre ahead of Banned Books Week.

Mariachi music is deeply rooted in Mexico's history, and it's grown in popularity over the decades in the U.S. These days, it's showing up more often in Colorado schools' music programs, alongside the usual jazz, orchestra, or symphonic band options. That provides the opportunity for more culturally relevant programming to serve increasingly diverse student populations. In today's episode, we talk with music instructor and mariachi player Ben San Martin Kellogg.

A new exhibit opening this weekend at the Museum of Boulder aims to illuminate the stories of Black Coloradans. "Proclaiming Colorado's Black History" centers on places like the once-bustling farming community of Dearfield; and notable people like businessman Barney Ford and philanthropist Julia Greeley.Denver-based author and soul food historian Adrian Miller is the exhibit's lead curator. He joined host Erin O'Toole ahead of the launch.

Raven Payment, who is Ojibwe and Kanienkehaka, works closely on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people, who face disproportionately high rates of violence. She sat down with In the NoCo to talk about strides and setbacks since the passage of a state law meant to acknowledge and address the problem.

A shrinking Colorado River and aging infrastructure are putting our water supply to the test. And that means water bills are likely to go up in the near future. KUNC’s Alex Hager tells us more today on In The NoCo.

It’s Halloween — the perfect time to try and explain the unexplainable. University of Colorado Boulder’s Heather Kelley studies haunted theaters and ghostly happenings. In The NoCo sat down with her for a haunted All Hallow’s Eve episode.

Election Day is less than a week away and Coloradans are already casting their ballots with early in-person voting, or the hundreds of dropboxes throughout the state. All of this happens under the purview of Colorado’s top election official, Secretary of State Jena Griswold. She says she has embraced the mission of making Colorado elections secure and more accessible.

Activism gets Susy Bates up in the morning. She’s with One Colorado, a group fighting for LGBTQ rights in Colorado. Today on In The NoCo, she discusses how far we’ve come and where we still need to go in the battle for equal rights.

In Colorado’s mountain towns, few people are immune to the housing crisis. KUNC’s Stephanie Daniel explores this issue in The Colorado Dream Season 3. We go behind the scenes with her for a final look at the full season today on In The NoCo.