The Colorado Sun

Customer rides won’t start immediately as “exploratory phase” is conducted. A dozen autonomous vehicles will be training in the Denver metro first. Listen to Morning Edition host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang and then read the entire article at the link below.

The Spaniard lands in Colorado next week to begin a project to race across all 58 Colorado 14ers before climbing peaks in California and Washington. Oh yeah, he’s going to pedal a bike between the peaks and states. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jason Blevins and then read the full article at the link below.

Golden-based Lunar Outpost is competing to be NASA’s human transportation system on the moon later this decade. Its rovers have been kicking up the dust on a rural testing ground in Huerfano County for two years. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang and then read the entire story at the link below.

Xcel Energy claims it needs to spend about 22-billion dollars by 2040 to keep up with demand from data centers across Colorado. So, how much demand will there actually be by then and what does Xcel want to spend that money on? Colorado Sun reporter Mark Jaffe discussed this with KUNC's Desmond O'Boyle.

The Colorado Division of Gaming reports that $37 million for the Colorado Water Plan came in as of June 30, up from nearly $31 million last year. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun and Fresh Water News Editor Jerd Smith and then read the entire article at the link below.

After years of record-setting tourism, Colorado’s mountain towns have seen a drop in the number of visitors this year – especially international travelers, who tend to stay longer and spend more than day-tripping vacationers. We hear more about what’s behind the decline, and the impact on local businesses.

More than 3,000 rebate winners told state officials how they were using — or not — their battery-powered bikes. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun Team Editor David Krause and then click on the link below to read the entire story.

The study by researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health looked more closely at how children said they could obtain a loaded firearm without their parents’ permission. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter John Ingold and then read the Colorado Sun story at the link below.

An uptick in pneumonia among bighorn lambs in the Pikes Peak herd has state wildlife officials on alert after this year’s count. Listen to "Morning Edition" Host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Olivia Prentzel and read the Colorado Sun story at the link below.

The federal agency has indicated it would withhold food assistance dollars from states that do not comply with its request for personal information. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Erica Breunlin and then read the story at the link below.