Colorado Public Radio Staff

Former firefighter Ryan Borchers talks about selling franchise operations across the state designed to help homeowners fireproof their property.

Andrew Burnett, a Denver native who has traced the history of the Beat poets in Denver, tells about a driving tour he has created that visits some of the sites […]

Kay Keating talks about growing up in Beulah and the current drought that has forced residents to haul their own water.

Debbie Rose, owner of the Beulah General Store, talks about how the community at large is coping with the drought.

Laura Carlson speaks with Wayne Cook, who leads one of three teams in the country trained to manage fires for ecological benefit.

Denny Dearden, principal of Central High School in Grand Junction, talks about a new incentive program designed to encourage students to take an interest in doing well on CSAP examinations.

Congressman Scott McInnis and Suzanne Jones, assistant regional director for the Wilderness Society, discuss the Healthy Forests Reform Act of 2002, which proposes changes in forest management to prevent wildfires.

Laura Carlson speaks with resident Scott Brown about his efforts to restore the country’s first commercial building powered by AC electricity located in Telluride.

Chief curator of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Russ Graham talks about the discovery of a centuries’ old bison found in the mountains near Empire, Colorado.

Peggy Lamm with the Bighorn Center for Public Policy and Al Kolwicz with Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results discuss Amendment 28.

Laura Carlson speaks with Trina Lindsey of the Art Center in Grand Junction about an upcoming showing of historic Colorado art.

Oscar Joseph, assistant professor at the University of Colorado, discusses the Denver Dozen Project 2006, a four-year program to improve aspects of education that affect black student achievement.

Judy Haptonstall, assistant superintendent of the Roaring Fork School District, describes the use of a new grading system that eliminates letter grades.

Pueblo’s Karen Renz on a company she and her husband created called That’s Snooze to Me, which builds small sleeping compartments for use in airports and universities.

Sister Nancy Crafton, Rev. Maurice Gallagher and Joann Solano discuss living conditions of migrant workers in Avondale, Colorado.

Cal Otto, community chairperson for All Pikes Peak Reads, tells about a project involving hundreds of people in Colorado Springs and surrounding communities who are reading To Kill a Mockingbird.