Adam Burke

20 years ago, a couple running a nursery in Cortez, Colorado, started looking for an apple variety that had been common in Montezuma County in the early 1900s. Jude and Addie Schuenemeyer's quest to find a Thunderbolt apple tree would change the course of their lives.

In the 1980s, Janice Sanders worked as a geologist at the Sunnyside Mine near Silverton, Colorado. She loved the work, but she and other women who worked there, faced sexism and discrimination.

Native American athlete and skiing Hall of Famer Ross Anderson grew up in Durango and he's held the U.S. record in speed skiing for 20 years. This is the first time the city has formally recognized his athletic achievements.

Campbell is one of only four Native Americans in U.S. history to serve in the United States Senate. On Monday, April 13, 2026, a gathering in Ignacio drew hundreds to celebrate Campbell's unusual life trajectory.

Becky Mitchell represents Colorado in the ongoing negotiations over the river. At a seminar last week, Mitchell outlined Colorado's position in talks with six other western states and talked about why hope is fading for a negotiated settlement.

Bob Corn-Revere reviews the recent ruling, striking down a Trump Administration executive order that illegally targeted public broadcasting.

The ruling, issued Tuesday, March 31, 2026, found that Trump's executive order unlawfully singled out public broadcasters because the President didn't agree with the content of their speech.

On December 4, NPR and three Colorado-based public radio stations faced off against the Trump Administration in federal court. After reviewing a transcript of the hearing, First Amendment litigator and scholar Robert Corn-Revere said that NPR's lawsuit appears to have merit.

We hear from KSUT Executive Director Tami Graham and Attorney Steve Zansberg, who represents the co-plaintiffs. They talk about KSUT's decision to join the case and what’s at stake for public radio stations. We also hear from NPR correspondent David Folkenflik on the December 4 court hearing.

In Cortez, Colorado, there are no streets or parks named after Jasper Hall . But in the early 1900s he put Montezuma County on the map, growing some of the finest fruit anywhere in the US. Was his quest to turn southwest Colorado into an apple Mecca a dead end, or a blueprint for the future?