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Critical April 1 snowpack readings once again spell trouble, and new studies show the warming climate is lengthening dry spells and shrinking the snowpack, even in winter.

A prosecutor vowed Sunday to bring charges against anyone that can be identified who damaged property or caused injuries at a party involving hundreds of people near the University of Colorado Boulder.

The deadly coronavirus adds new uncertainties, while a growing body of research shows significant and enduring health risks from wildfire smoke.

Proposition 113 is the ballot measure that asks whether or not Colorado should be part of the National Popular Vote Compact. State lawmakers added Colorado to the compact last year, but the law was so controversial that a rare referendum was placed on the ballot, allowing voters to make the final call.

Boulder County health officials issued new restrictions Thursday on gatherings of college-age residents after state officials reported that a coronavirus outbreak at the University of Colorado's main campus had surpassed 1,100 cases.

CU Boulder sophomores Adacia Solomon and Taylor Stranberg both tested positive for COVID-19 in early September. They joined KUNC’s Colorado Edition to reflect on the experience.

Presidents at the University of Colorado and University of Northern Colorado are asking students to be cautious over Labor Day weekend and avoid parties in order to prevent a potential spike in COVID-19 cases.

The Pine Gulch Fire is now the second largest in our state’s history. Why is Colorado seeing record-breaking fires recently? KUNC’s Colorado Edition reached out to Jennifer Balch, a fire scientist and director of Earth Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder, to help answer that question.

A vaccine against the virus behind COVID-19 offers the only certain return to normalcy. Even so, misinformation and conspiracy theories abound – and a vaccine hasn’t even been developed yet. It’s an issue people have been trying to combat for other vaccines that do exist. Colorado researchers are taking an interesting approach to bridge the gap.

There’s a high demand for contact tracers across the nation. One university in the Mountain West is in the process of training 85 college students to help fill the gap once classes resume in the fall.