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Fort Collins educator Deborah Winking used to worry that her son’s disability might prevent him from living a full life. But she figured out a plan to help him grow into an independent, successful adult. Her new book explains how she did it – and offers a roadmap for other parents.

Patients have struggled with more severe eating disorders in recent years. And Colorado, which is a national hub for this treatment, is taking steps that could improve options for people who need help.

As the prospect of large-scale immigration action looms, school leaders across Colorado are making plans to help students who will be affected by those actions. And they're getting help from a Nebraska superintendent who saw his own community shaken by an immigration raid two decades ago. He shares the lessons he learned – and what educators need to do right now – on today’s In The NoCo.

Brittany Pettersen represents Colorado’s seventh congressional district in Washington. She’s about to give birth to her second child – and because of that, she can’t be in D.C. to vote on matters that come before Congress. Today on ITN, we hear from Pettersen about why she thinks the rules are unfair to lawmakers who are new parents – and how she’s working to change them.

A CU researcher made an interesting discovery recently. He found that injecting mice with a strain of helpful bacteria prevented weight gain – even in mice that were fed the equivalent of an all-fast food diet. He joined In The NoCo to talk about why this could be a promising solution for obesity in humans.

You may think of funk music as pure fun. But it has a much deeper history and cultural meaning. That’s the subject of a new book from a CU professor that digs into the history of funk, and why it spoke to the upheaval of the late 1960s. The overlooked history of funk – today on In The NoCo.

'Bipartisanship' is not a word you’ve heard lately in headlines out of Washington D.C. But Colorado Congressman and Army veteran Jason Crow still sees a path for Republicans and Democrats to work together. He’s on In The NoCo to talk about reaching across the aisle, immigration, and what he sees happening in Washington.

Workers at the Rocky Flats plant northwest of Denver helped build nuclear weapons during the Cold War. The plant is gone and the land is now a wildlife refuge. A new documentary looks at the controversial history of Rocky Flats, and the memories of its employees. We talk with the director, on today’s In The NoCo.

Hearing about students’ problems can have a harsh impact on teachers. That’s a key takeaway from new study by the University of Northern Colorado. It found that a majority of teachers deal with what’s called secondary traumatic stress. Today on In The NoCo: what the research tells us, and how this issue may lead to teachers quitting the profession.

Lawmakers at the state capitol hope a new bill can reduce the number of deaths by suicide with a firearm. The measure would allow someone who’s concerned about their mental health to put a voluntary freeze on their ability to buy a gun. Today on In The NoCo, we take a deeper look at what the bill would do and why it has bipartisan support.