How pronghorns became so fast
On Colorado’s high plains and sagebrush steppe, the pronghorn moves like it’s running for its life. It’s the fastest land mammal in North America – 60 miles an hour.
Have you been impacted by recent federal layoffs? We want to hear from you
Budget cuts to federal agencies from the Trump administration has resulted in a reduced workforce and an end to research and other projects. CPR News wants to hear from those impacted.
Rattlesnake Kate
Struck by lightning once, married and divorced several times, Kate McHale Slaughterback was independent and resilient living on the Colorado plains. But rattlesnakes made her a legend.
Multiple people burned in apparent antisemitic attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall
A man threw burning objects at people finishing a walk to call attention to prisoners of Hamas.
Colorado Checkered Whiptail
There is no war between the sexes with the Colorado checkered whiptail. That’s because she’s always female. In dry canyons and grasslands, these lizards reproduce through parthenogenesis.
Canada Goose
The goose may or may not spend summers farther north, so it isn’t Canadian. But, properly identified, it is the Canada goose.
WATCH: NPR and PBS CEOs testify on federal support for public broadcasting before House subcommittee
NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula A. Kerger will be asked to defend their stations’ news coverage before the DOGE subcommittee chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Gertrude Tendrich
Two visionary Coloradans helped give modern women more freedom — through the invention and manufacture of the tampon.
What to know about the ICE detention of immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra
Once best known for taking sanctuary in a Denver church, Vizguerra is now the target of the Trump administration’s latest immigration push.
Former US Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, born in Colorado, dies at age 93
Simpson played a key role rallying GOP senators around the party’s legislative agenda as a top Senate leader.
Fannie Mae Duncan
Colorado banned racial discrimination in the 1930s, yet many restaurants and bars refused to serve Black patrons, or made them use the back door.
A retrospective of Black history in Colorado
Learn more about the achievements and contributions of African Americans throughout Colorado history.
Threat of a federal funding freeze sows confusion across Colorado
Phones rang off the hook in federal offices Tuesday as local officials, nonprofits and others tried to figure out if their support would keep coming.
WATCH: Jimmy Carter funeral service at Washington National Cathedral
His casket was lying in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda from Tuesday evening to Thursday morning.
From guns in cars to family tax credits, here are some of the new laws going into effect Jan. 1
New policies also touch on everything from sperm and egg donation to seatbelts to minimum wage.
