Colorado News
News from around the state. Explore stories produced by KSUT, Colorado Public Radio, the Colorado Sun, the Mountain West News Bureau, Rocky Mountain Community Radio, and other sources.
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For decades, farmers in western Colorado have used stilts to help prune and harvest their crops.
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According to state party officials, Harris won over 95 percent of Colorado voting members’ support for her candidacy, with 95 percent of delegates to the Democratic National Convention pledging to support her nomination.
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Dr. Gloria Beim will be the head team physician for Team USA at the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Paris. This will be her fourth time working as a medical provider at the games, and she's also served at four Paralympic Games.
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In an unusual move, Montrose Mayor J. David Reed addressed the audience following public comments during a recent city council meeting. Reed’s prepared statement followed continued calls for the City to declare itself a non-sanctuary city.
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It was over 100 degrees last week when 160 workers in Colorado were culling 1.8 million chickens with avian flu at a commercial egg-laying facility.
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In 2019, Colorado legalized sports betting and levied a 10% tax on all sports betting wages. That revenue is going towards water conservation projects around the state. Even though tribes are exempt from paying state taxes, they allege the state has blocked them from setting up online betting operations.
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These state-regulated plans are typically more expensive and offer less coverage compared to private insurance. Colorado’s is the first new Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) plan created in the U.S. in decades.
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The coalition is an Indigenous-led nonprofit that received a grant to set up weekly packages of local produce for 20 families for 16 weeks.
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The recently opened Mancos Commons building combines crucial affordable housing units with space for artistic programming.
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The new cases are linked to a poultry farm in Weld County. Health officials say the risk to the general public remains low.
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A group of birdwatchers gathered in Telluride recently to find out what’s flying around by the San Miguel River.
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The South Canyon Fire west of Glenwood Springs was one of the deadliest for firefighters in the nation’s history. Since the fire, federal agencies made a lot of changes to make wildland firefighting safer.
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Southern Ute Indian Tribe calls actions by Polis, Division of Gaming “bad faith” and “anti-sovereign,” alleging the state seeks to freeze them from the online sports betting market
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According to recent state data, vaccination rates in Colorado for K-12 schools are still below pre-pandemic levels. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment hopes to reverse that trend.
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Panels explored topics like productive discourse, bipartisanship and electoral reform to address “divisive times.”