Robert White, or Dakota Duke, as he calls himself, runs a gift shop full of t-shirts and knick-knacks in Cuchara, Colorado. The Cuchara Valley, which parallels I-25 between Walsenburg and Trinidad, is Colorado's "best kept secret," White said. He wants whomever the next governor will be to champion tourist-reliant communities, like his, that have been hurt by wildfires.
"The fire took the heart right out of the season," he said, referring to the Spring Fire. "We don't want to be overcrowded like Vail or Breckenridge. But yes, we do need more tourist traffic."
It’s an important question, with different answers depending where you go from the mountains to the plains, the cities to small towns, the Western Slope to the Front Range.
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The ins and outs of Proposition 111, which could wipe out payday loan businesses in Colorado by capping interest rates. Then, the politics of Jefferson County. Next, how climate change will lead to more floods and more droughts. Also, a poet gives a voice to an enslaved woman. Finally, the Boulder comedian who was the first woman to win this comedy fest.
Many of the 30-year comedy veteran's jokes focus on aging, gender fluidity and sexual orientation.
Unlike in other states, convicted felons in Colorado who have completed parole are allowed to vote. New laws require people leaving the criminal justice system to learn about their voting rights and give parolees the chance to pre-register. A bipartisan coalition is behind those changes, but how far is it willing to go toward re-enfranchising people within the criminal justice system?
Proposition 111 would cap interest rates at 36 percent on top of Colorado's already strict (by national standards) payday loan regulations.
Dominique Christina wrote poems from both the perspective of Anarcha and from the white doctor who experimented on her, Dr. J. Marion Sims.
A new study from the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder predicts more rainfall on fewer, concentrated days leading to more intense flooding.
Democratic Rep. Jared Polis and Republican Treasurer Walker Stapleton faced off Wednesday night in a debate at CSU.
Sheriff Fred McKee said his deputies are not qualified to care for a 66-year-old man who has been in jail for weeks with no word on when a hospital bed will open up.
How a person heals after a crime varies for each victim. Restorative justice is one approach, where a facilitator guides a conversation between the victim or their family and the perpetrator of a crime. Next, how a Western Slope brewery doubles as a water conservation organization. Brewing beer takes a significant amount of water.
Restorative justice has rarely been used for sexual assault in Colorado, but victim's advocates have seen success in other areas, even murder and manslaughter cases.
The open skies and arid landscapes were captured by adventure film director and conservation photographer Andy Mann, along with filmmakers Keith Ladzinski and Chris Alstrin.
Justices heard oral arguments in the high-stakes case but did not say when they would rule.
Fans are an impatient for the Nuggets to make the NBA playoffs in head coach Michael Malone's fourth year.
This year is already the most expensive political campaign season in state history, and there are still three weeks to go before votes get counted.
CPR reporters traveled to every corner of the state to talk to everyday Coloradans ahead of the November election. In this round table, a few of those journalists discuss what the people they met were worried about. Next, how the Western Slope town of Montrose has tried to reshape itself as a destination for vets over the last six years.