Anthony Cotton

There is a world of opportunity in Southeast Colorado, with growing businesses like hemp farms in Baca County and a bulk mail sorting center in Grenada. There are also people anxious to move, or perhaps return, to the area. But the question of where those people will live has vexed community leaders who now have a new possible solution.

How many beads will you need to cover your beaded bolo tie? It’s a question kids at Kwiyagat Community Academy consider when they learn about geometry, and it’s just one of the ways the academy melds education with Ute Mountain Ute culture.

The light at the end of the tunnel has disappeared for many health care workers. The pandemic has proven unrelenting with the onslaught of the Delta variant. Let’s get the picture now in Northern Colorado, where Dr. Diana Breyer is a critical care physician for UCHealth.

Is there a COVID-19 booster shot in your immediate future? And if not now, when? People with compromised immune systems can now get a third shot if they’ve already received two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. The news has raised questions about when — and if — a third dose will become available for everyone. Joining us once again to help provide some answers is Dr Anuj Mehta, an ICU pulmonologist with Denver Health who’s advised the state on vaccine allocation.

As climate change worsens, it will have a greater and greater impact on our infrastructure. Ralph Trapani, the lead civil engineer for the Glenwood Canyon Pass project, says it may be time to rethink how we rebuild the interestate.

With debris more than 10 feet deep in spots and infrastructure damage to the highway, the effort to clear and reopen I-70 through Glenwood Canyon will be a long, slow process. We get perspective from CDOT’s chief engineer, Steve Harelson, and talk about ideas to prevent mudslide and debris flows from shutting down the much-travelled stretch of road in the future.

The first day of school is just around the corner. It’s August 23 for the state’s largest district, Denver. And DPS has a new superintendent. Alex Marrero arrived earlier this month and already finds himself with a full schedule of subjects. The pandemic and academic performance chief among them.

The Denver Broncos open training camp today. And unlike last year, there are fans in the stands at Dove Valley. But any fanfare is tempered as uncertainty for the franchise reigns on and off the field. Ryan Harris is the former offensive tackle for the team and co-hosts a show on Altitude Sports Radio. He joins us with perspective on what’s ahead.

COVID-19 mutates and people are left to wonder where they stand with masks, vaccines and life in general. We get answers to your questions from a leading ICU pulmonologist, Dr. Anuj Mehta of Denver Health. And CPR health reporter John Daley is tracking how infections can vary between neighborhoods just blocks apart.

Denver native Jillian Geib will be the official scorer for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Futures Game at Coors Field. She takes us through the ins and outs of professional scorekeeping.

We’re going to work through a fairly depressing headline you might’ve seen. “World Health Organization Urges Fully Vaccinated People To Continue To Wear Masks.” The reason? The COVID-19 Delta variant that’s circulating. The news comes just as Coloradans have been returning to some semblance of normal life. Critical care and ICU physician Dr. Anuj Mehta of Denver Health gives us perspective on what this means. He’s helped advise the state on vaccine allocation.

Johnny Hurley is hailed a hero for taking down the gunman who killed Arvada police officer Gordon Beesley this month. Hurley himself was killed by another officer responding to the scene. As the investigation continues into what happened, we ask Don Black for perspective about officer training to determine who’s friend or foe. Black is a former Aurora police officer who’s now an instructor at the Police Training Academy at Aurora Community College.

A 150-day rollercoaster ride. That’s one way to describe the 2021 state legislative session, with debates over health care, infrastructure and climate change. We wondered what the ride was like for a freshman, coming into the Capitol in a pandemic and in the minority. State Rep.

The aspirations for this year’s Western Conservative Summit are as big as, well, the American West, and this year’s annual gathering features a lot of regional voices. Jeff Hunt. the summit’s organizer and also the director of Colorado Christian University’s Centennial Institute, says it’s important that the voices of Western conservatives are heard in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere, adding that they’ve been excluded from the national conversation. Hunt says that could ultimately have negative consequences moving forward.

In Colorado, you live with wildlife. That’s part of the beauty of this place… but there’s tension as urban areas grow rapidly — they often displace animals, and roads split up their roaming territory. Sometimes, that’s deadly. An 18-year-old woman struck an elk on I-25 north of Castle Rock early Monday morning. When she got out of her damaged car, she was hit and killed by another vehicle. This tragedy raises questions about the space shared between people and wildlife in Colorado. What’s being done to protect both?