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Pastor Eddy Hopkins at Peak Community Church on December 11, 2023. Last year over the holiday, Hopkins turned his Fort Collins church into a temporary shelter for migrants. As people continue to arrive in Colorado from the U.S.-southern border, Hopkins is thinking about ways he can continue to help.

Keeping the faith: In the face of the migrant crisis, some churches have stepped in to help

Migrants facing turmoil and uncertainty continue to make long journeys from the U.S. southern border to Colorado. Pastor Eddy Hopkins says churches often step in to help when shelters are overwhelmed. He tells us about his work sheltering migrants today on In The NoCo.

Colorado musician Domi Edson reimagines traditional Hanukkah songs with new album

Our local jazz scene is quintessentially Colorado. That means it’s full of good vibes, according to jazz musician Domi Edson. We hear sounds from her new jazzified Hanukkah album today on In The NoCo.

Colorado Crush: Climate, culture, characters define state's growing wine industry

What does it take to grow wine grapes in Colorado — and is the industry here to stay? Today on In The NoCo, we uncork the state’s blossoming wine culture.

In her new book, "Different Kinds of Minds," Temple Grandin explains to a young audience what it means to be neurodivergent and how to harness different ways of thinking.

‘We need those thinkers:’ Temple Grandin explains how to support neurodivergent minds

We’re talking a lot more these days about what it means to be neurodivergent. Temple Grandin is an animal scientist, author and advocate. She’s also autistic and has a lot to say about how we can support neurodivergent thinkers. She joins In The NoCo today to discuss her new book and more.

Sci-fi writer Connie Willis invites us to imagine new worlds this National Science Fiction Day

The Northern Colorado author joins us on In The NoCo to discuss our fascination with the future and what tales of tomorrow can teach us about today.

Recent landmark Colorado law is taking aim at crippling medical debt. Here’s how it works

Medical debt can be debilitating and a recent law in Colorado acknowledges those steep costs. It removes medical debt from Colorado credit reports. Today on In The NoCo, we learn about this pioneering new law.

Cary Morin has been part of the Northern Colorado music scene since he moved from Montana in the early 1980s. He visited a music display featuring one of his guitars, a black Fender electric, at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery on November 30, 2023.

'Native Americana' singer-songwriter Cary Morin brings the Old West to life with new album

Images of the Old West conjure a certain wild feeling that Indigenous singer-songwriter Cary Morin captures with his new album. Today on In The NoCo, the local singer-songwriter tells us more.

Getting to the promised land: How former state lawmaker Wilma Webb created MLK Day in Colorado

Amid the ongoing battle for racial justice, MLK Day, celebrated on Monday, gives us a moment to see where we’re going and what we still need to do. Today on In The NoCo, we hear from former state lawmaker Wilma Webb, who fought for years to bring MLK Day to Colorado.

Lessons from ‘The Green Rush’ with the Denver Post’s first cannabis editor Ricardo Baca

We cut through the haze and smoke of 10 years of recreational marijuana with the Post's first pot scribe.

Humans are hard-wired to adapt. But adapting to climate change can be a thorny pursuit

We’re still learning how to live with the effects of a changing climate. In his new book, Colorado journalist Stephen Robert Miller investigates our need to adapt and how some of those attempts are backfiring. He joins In The NoCo to tell us more.

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