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From selecting the music to handling pressure, figure skating coaches help their athletes find balance

By Anthony Cotton

· Feb. 4, 2026

Life and Culture

Can ‘Tin Can’ be the answer to delaying smartphone use? Some Colorado families are giving it a try

By Allison Sherry

· Feb. 4, 2026

The family of Pueblo man held by the Taliban for a year is still working for his release

· Feb. 4, 2026

Colorado South Asian artist collective celebrates first anniversary in Evergreen

By Sandy Battulga

· Feb. 4, 2026

Life and Culture

We toured three psychedelic healing centers in Colorado. Here’s what we saw

By Kiara DeMare

ETC Hospitality's treatment center in Golden. Jan. 9, 2025.

Despite a warm winter, the Ouray Ice Fest wasn’t ice-less after all

A kids sit in a crowd on the floor as a woman in black speaks to them from a microphone. Behind them are shelves full of books and a dozen international flags hanging on the wall.

Wondering about this mild winter? Third-graders get the answers from a meteorologist.

By Elaine Tassy

Government and Politics

From a South Dakota stage to a national platform: The winding road that got Tina Peters on the President’s radar

By Bente Birkeland and Tom Hesse

Lindsey Vonn Returns Skiing

Here are the Coloradan skiers and snowboarders headed to the Olympics

Ripple Cannabis Company co-founder Justin Singe

Potential for contaminated cannabis products in Colorado creates risk for buyers

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Denver Field Office Centennial

Federal cops spent weeks tracking young immigrants, was it for their safety, or to make deportation easier?

By Allison Sherry

Federal law enforcement outside the Cedar Run Apartments

ICE detention, deportation can deny justice in local criminal cases, frustrating prosecutors

By Ben Markus and Allison Sherry

Body-worn camera video shows a man with a long rifle approaching a person with their back to him

Despite efforts at reform, Colorado officers still shoot people at a high rate

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