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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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Hundreds of Native American tribes are getting money from lawsuit settlements with opioid companies. Some are investing the new funds in traditional healing practices to treat addiction.
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Didn't catch the rare spectacle? We've rounded up some photos of the celestial event, snapped as the moon charted its path over U.S. skies.
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The eclipse will take place around 10:30 a.m. Mountain Time, and mainly go over Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. It will also touch the Southwest corners of Colorado and Idaho.
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Researchers at the University of New Mexico have found that COVID-19 hit American Indian and Alaska Native patients hard — even inside the university’s hospital.
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Pitkin County’s Board of Health was briefed in August on the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey results from 2021. Students and school program administrators weigh in on findings.
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For community college students who study science, opportunities for fieldwork are rare. But one program in Boulder is trying to change this. Each summer, about a dozen students pair with mentors for a nine-week immersive experience studying science in all its forms. We hear about one of these students, who spent her summer catching and counting grasshoppers.
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Viewing events are popping up ahead of the cosmic event, including at Mesa Verde National Park. According to NASA, Dolores, Cortez, and Dove Creek will get a full view. Durango and the rest of Colorado will see a partial eclipse.
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Maternal deaths nationwide more than doubled from 1999 to 2019, according to a new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association.
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New data shows a dramatic rise in the U.S. suicide rate, especially for Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
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A new program targets people who are at higher risk of health complications from wildfire smoke.
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Despite the near- and long-term health implications of breathing wildfire smoke, few wildland firefighters use any sort of respirator on the fireline. A new survey is seeking to better understand attitudes surrounding such safety devices with an eye toward better protecting firefighter health.