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The state desperately needs special education teachers. This Cañon City teacher answered the call after 22 years as an aide

By Jenny Brundin

· May. 22, 2025

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Colorado Book Award finalists are here, the Mountain Words Festival returns to Crested Butte and things to do this weekend

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

· May. 22, 2025

Polis joins other Democratic governors to denounce looming GOP cuts to federal health programs like Medicaid and SNAP

· May. 21, 2025

Government and Politics

As Colorado wrestles with how to regulate AI in business decisions, Congress moves to preempt the issue

By Bente Birkeland

· May. 22, 2025

Government and Politics

Revise, delay or implement? The standoff over Colorado’s AI discrimination law

By Bente Birkeland

Colorado Capitol dome in Denver

Women balancing on metal ring

Life and Culture

At this circus, a show of human talent takes center stage

By Stephanie Rivera

Tornado Damage In Bennet

In Photos: Tornadoes touch down near Elizabeth and Bennett

By Hart Van Denburg

BLM Holds Wild Horse Auction

Colorado Wonders

How to tell if the horses you see on rural roads are wild

By Sarah Mulholland

A man plays piano on stage, looking out over a lawn full of people in the beautiful box canyon of Telluride.

Your complete guide to 2025 summer music festivals in Colorado

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

Fire crews working to contain the Bucktail fire

Montrose County man pleads guilty after dog cremation led to wildfire

· May. 21, 2025

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Trump plans to merge wildland firefighting efforts into one agency, but ex-officials warn of chaos

By The Associated Press

· May. 21, 2025

Indie 102.3 Giveaways

By Shawn Lucero

· May. 21, 2025

Man holding kangaroo

Police catch loose pet kangaroo hopping around Durango

By The Associated Press

· May. 21, 2025

Picture shows two women seated on stools in front of an audience. There is a small black draped table between them. They are seated in front of large floor-to-ceiling windows.

Embracing and empowering an older population: How Colorado is preparing for its fast approaching future

· May. 21, 2025

Aurora Police officers in riot gear at a protest

Latest consent decree gives Aurora PD good marks for SWAT overhaul

· May. 21, 2025

Humans cause most of Colorado’s wildfires, but a lack of investigative resources means few are held responsible

By Ben Markus and Veronica Penney

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ERPO in 8 charts: What we learned from reading hundreds of ‘red flag’ cases in Colorado

By Andrew Kenney

The new park "cap" over I-70 in Elyria Swansea. Nov. 30, 2022.

Colorado built a park over I-70 to contain pollution. Is the air safe to breathe?

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‘There’s winners and losers’: Colorado is hoping to reform mental health, but a failed overhaul in 2014 shows how political connections maintain the status quo

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