- For 22 years, John Chilson, of Longmont, has played the role of Santa, but the pandemic forced him to be creative in how he reaches kids. This year, he is bringing the Christmas spirit over radio airwaves.
- This week’s storms may not be blockbusters in terms of snow. But they will help.
- Edgar Allan Poe first published his poem "The Raven" in 1845. It's now considered a classic, with its distinct darkness drenched in loss, grief and the supernatural. To get you in the Halloween spirit, we're bringing you something a little different today. "The Raven," as read by CPR News and KRCC staff. Plus, musical perspective from the Colorado Symphony's William Hill.
- When hijackers flew a plane into the Pentagon 20 years ago, 184 people died. Among the survivors was Phil Beaver, then a lieutenant colonel working at the Defense Department. Today he teaches at the University of Denver and lives in Englewood. He worries that 9/11 will be forgotten by a younger generation.
- Today, Phil Beaver lives in Cherry Hills Village, just south of Denver. But on Sept. 11, 2001, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Defense Department, working at the Pentagon when hijackers flew a plane into the building.
- “It was heartbreaking, it was tragic. Seeing those scenes was terrible for all of us.”
- After closing the books on its first year of legalized sports betting, Colorado collected more than $6.6 million in tax revenue. The programs set to receive that money will start to do so this fall. Voters passed Proposition DD by a slim margin in 2019.
- The short answer: It’s the peak of spring migration season. The long answer has to do with biological clocks and weather. And please turn off your exterior lights if possible.
- The National Endowment for the Humanities has granted History Colorado $400,000 for its new Sand Creek Massacre exhibit which will open next year. The grant will help pay for museum staff to visit with tribal members on reservations in other states to ensure inclusive history.
- The 11-year veteran of the Boulder Police Department ran into the Boulder King Soopers on March 22 after reports of a shooting inside and was killed by a gunman.
- Veronica Markley contracted COVID-19 while pregnant last spring and spent days on a ventilator.
- Evacuating horses is no easy task. Let alone 200 of them. But when the East Troublesome Fire exploded last October, it’s the monumental task ranchers in Granby faced. And the two and a half hour slog was just the beginning. Henri Halle recounts the experience in a new podcast.
- Colorado’s avalanche danger this month has hovered around the moderate and considerable levels, and experts say that’s when most fatal avalanche accidents happen.
- It used to be free for hikers, bicyclists and horseback riders to enter most state parks. That changed last year, thanks to state law. And as of this month, even more of them are charging a daily entrance fee.
- The East Troublesome Fire is now the second-largest wildfire in recorded Colorado history. And on Thursday, there was a chance it would merge with the Cameron Peak fire, which is burning west of Fort Collins.
