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In February of 1981, six months before MTV hit the airwaves, FM-TV launched in Colorado on public television’s KBDI Channel 12. A year later, the music video showcase became “Teletunes” and for almost two decades, it helped shape the way many saw and heard music. Among fans, its impact can still be felt today.
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In 1882, 63 Russian Jewish immigrants found themselves in the small town of Cotopaxi, Colorado. While their attempts to farm on rocky soil in high elevation were soon deemed fruitless, they left a remarkable impact on the state and helped to carve out a space for Jewish immigrants in the West.
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The “Mile High Shift” is now underway. That’s what the Colorado Department of Transportation has dubbed the massive infrastructure project that will divert traffic off of the old, crumbling sections of I-70 in northeast Denver to a new, underground highway that’s been under construction for years. It’s a significant moment for Colorado’s infrastructure future. But it’s also an interesting moment for the state’s infrastructure past.
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Starting in 1969, Trinidad, Colorado, a small former mining town near the New Mexico border was one of the few places in the world with a clinic providing gender confirmation surgery. KUNC's Henry Zimmerman speaks with a pair of historians about a new book on the trans history of Trinidad.
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The Living Her Legacy Project unveiled public art works Sunday honoring four Fort Collins women. The portraits include Hispanic activist Betty Aragon-Mitotes and Becky Hammon, the first woman to serve as head coach in an NBA game.
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Most theaters were forced to close their doors during the pandemic, but drive-ins have found new opportunities and new audiences. With spring just around the corner and the state’s handful of drive-in theaters gearing up for the season, KUNC arts reporter Stacy Nick spoke with Michael Kilgore, author of "Drive-Ins of Route 66" and "Drive-Ins of Colorado," to find out more about our outdoor theater history.
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Descendants of the massacre see the steps of the Capitol as an ideal spot for the Sand Creek memorial because historians say it was where soldiers displayed victims’ bodies during a victory parade through Denver in 1864.
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Experts who studied the state’s response to the Spanish flu of 1918 say history is not repeating itself when it comes to how state lawmakers are responding to the latest outbreak.
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The Equal Justice Initiative's Community Remembrance Project is working with local communities to help uncover the lost stories of lynchings – including here in Colorado. Jennifer Taylor, a senior attorney at EJI, spoke with KUNC’s Colorado Edition about their work.
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The coronavirus pandemic has stalled the push to establish the Amache internment camp in southeastern Colorado as a unit of the National Park System. The Colorado Sun reports the crisis has stifled the normal schedule of public comment and wreaked havoc on the prescribed timeline.