Colorado Public Radio Staff

Homeless people who took part in a new housing program in Denver spent less time in jail, detox and the emergency room.

Long before his 2005 suicide in Woody Creek, gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson said he wanted his ashes shot into the sky by a cannon of his own design.

There’s disagreement over whether the Gunnison sage grouse, found in southwestern Colorado, is disappearing. For six years, it was on the short list to become an endangered species.

In a busy world of work, marriage and kids, of music and a life sometimes lived pretty close to the edge, Robin Chotzinoff moves to the foothills of Denver.

For more than three decades, one issue has divided the city of Aspen: its entrance. Commuters in the Roaring Fork Valley want an easier ride in and out of town.

Jill Watts is the author of Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood. McDaniel was the first African-American to win an Academy Award.

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is starting a new, unique degree: a Bachelor of Innovation.

Illegal immigration in the Roaring Fork Valley is the subject of a new documentary from longtime NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw.

The eclectic Denver quartet DevotchKa mixes piano, guitar and drums with a sousaphone, theremin and accordion.

After eight years as governor, Bill Owens will leave office January 9th. He’s had an up-and-down ride. There’ve been economic gains – and slumps.

The Clyfford Still Museum now has an architect. Portland, Ore.-based Allied Works Architecture, led by Brad Cloepfil, will design the building, set to open in Denver in 2009.

Robert Gift, a part-time chimney sweep and emergency medical technician, is the man behind the bells at Denver’s city hall during the holiday season.

Listeners respond to our series on Colorado’s uninsured. Plus, an update.

When armed federal agents arrived at the Swift meatpacking plant in Greeley last Tuesday, reporters from the Greeley Tribune were already there.

This year’s Christmas stamp (view online) features a painting from the Denver Art Museum.

In November, state voters overwhelmingly passed a tax break for severely disabled veterans. Now, about 2,000 property-owning vets in Colorado will get about $500 back on their state taxes.