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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A disagreement over the alleged violation during last year’s fair led to a young woman and her family filing a discrimination complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division. The fair's governing board denies the allegation.
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The northern lights were visible across parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah over the weekend.The colorful display was due to a geomagnetic storm which resulted in a burst of energy from the sun.
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Colorado’s 2024 lawmaking term ended with notable civility in comparison to the tense final days of last year’s session. This year, lawmakers came together to pass flagship legislation on property taxes, education funding, housing, and gun control.
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The state's shed antler hunting season opened on May 1. The annual hunt in Jackson usually draws hundreds of vehicles from around the country. They come to search for antlers, which elk shed around this time every year. However, because of a new state law, only Wyoming residents can participate for the first week this year.
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Conservation groups are celebrating the approval of the wolverine restoration bill. They see Colorado as a key piece of a strategy to ensure the survival of the extremely solitary member of the weasel family.
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Colorado lawmakers passed a bipartisan property tax cut. Outside groups are ready to ask voters for more.
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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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The program included athletes, advocates, and influencers from all over the country. They gathered for snowboarding lessons, festive parties, and fireside chats about race and inclusion in an effort to show more people the joys of mountain adventure.
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The roundup is produced by Rocky Mountain Community Radio, a coalition of public radio stations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. KSUT is a member of RMCR.
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New superintendent Lena Pace brings years of experience, from working on a floating ranger station in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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Sandra Fish has been covering politics since 1982. Last weekend, she was kicked out of the Colorado GOP Assembly in Pueblo after being told that party Chair Dave Williams thinks her reporting is “very unfair.”
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At the dawn of Colorado’s wolf reintroduction project, tourism leaders in mountain towns are offering mixed views on the animals. Some are fearful or indifferent, while others are cautiously optimistic they could become an attraction.
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Reporter Sandra Fish was escorted out by a sheriff’s deputy after being told the Colorado GOP chairman doesn’t like her reporting.
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This year’s “Boot Tan Fest” at Sunlight Mountain in Glenwood Springs brought hundreds of women and femme skiers together to celebrate their common love for the sport — and participate in a famed naked ski lap that’s become an annual tradition.