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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New ways to measure sea level means a humbling but not a total loss for the 14ers list, NOAA says.
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Across the region, Planned Parenthoods are seeing a spike in out-of-state patients. Many of Colorado’s neighboring states have enacted strict abortion laws in the past two years, leaving many with no choice but to travel for care.
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Despite the separation of church and state, prayers are said on the floors of state legislatures across the United States. Many states also have Bible study classes at their statehouses, including Colorado.
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Last year, lawmakers handed Gov. Jared Polis a major defeat when they rejected his controversial plan to tackle Colorado’s housing crisis. Now, a similar set of proposals is advancing in the legislature despite bipartisan opposition. Polis signed one proposal into law Monday that will ban occupancy limits statewide, but the rest of his housing proposals face an uncertain future.
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Each spring, a week-long quilt workshop takes over the Gateway Resort along a remote stretch of the Dolores River in Colorado's Canyon Country.
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Social media can influence everything from what we eat to where we vacation. Now, a new study shows it’s also driving more visitors to U.S. national parks, especially in the Mountain West.
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On the side-effects of necessary water use cuts.
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Women make up half the population, so the cars they choose to drive matters — especially if they’re electric vehicles that can wean us off fossil fuels.
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On March 28, the city of Denver cleared out an immigrant camp at Elitch Gardens, an amusement park at the edge of downtown. About 60 people, mostly from Venezuela, have camped there for several weeks in the shadow of the waterslides and roller coasters.
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Several inmates at Delta County Jail were able to get replacement photo IDs and driver’s licenses through the Colorado Mobile DMV Initiative, also known as DMV2GO.
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The Colorado House is set to take its vote on the state’s $40-billion spending plan on Monday.
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Leadville hosted its 76th annual Ski Joring competition, one of the longest continuous-running skijoring events in the world and one which has helped bolster the town through boom-and-bust mining cycles.
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The pilot UPK program served more total 4-year-olds, but new standards have reduced support for other vulnerable preschoolers.
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Native American speed skier Ross Anderson to be inducted during Park City event.
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March 22, 2024, marks the third anniversary of the shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, where ten people were killed.
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A bill backed by Rep. Elizabeth Velasco, Colorado’s first Mexican-born state lawmaker, would create a grant program for local organizations that help new arrivals get settled and connected with services like housing, healthcare, education, and employment.