Originally published on December 26, 2019 4:58 am Copyright 2020 91.5 KRCC. To see more, visit 91.5 KRCC. NOEL KING, HOST: Colorado has a New Year’s Eve tradition that goes back 97 years. People watch fireworks launched from the top of Pikes Peak. It’s one of the state’s highest mountains.

Originally published on September 20, 2019 11:28 am As kids across the country head back to school for the year, the question of how to keep students safe is constant and ever-evolving, especially when it comes to mass shootings.

Originally published on August 19, 2019 2:36 pm Since the Great Recession, personal income and jobs have grown across the country and throughout our region. But that growth is uneven. Ever since the Great Recession began at the end of 2007, the U.S.

Originally published on June 26, 2019 4:11 pm The Trump administration may soon push for more uranium mining in the Colorado Plateau, arguing the mineral is critical for national security. The potential move prompted criticism from Democrats during a hearing of the U.S.

Originally published on April 17, 2019 4:56 pm A Florida teenager is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot sound following a nearly 24-hour manhunt. Sol Pais flew into Denver International Airport Monday night. She then bought a pump-action shotgun from a gun shop in Littleton near Columbine.

Originally published on April 10, 2019 7:51 am Copyright 2020 CPR News. To see more, visit CPR News. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Colorado’s red flag gun measure is raising red flags of its own.

Originally published on March 11, 2019 5:41 pm Much of the focus by the Veterans Health Administration has been on the growing number of younger veterans who commit suicide. However, statistics show that the suicide rate for elderly veterans is higher than that of non-veterans of the same age.

Originally published on February 27, 2019 4:11 pm The state of Wyoming is leading the way when it comes to migration corridors for wild game and is poised to designate two more.

Originally published on February 14, 2019 2:30 pm States that rely on the Colorado River for their water supplies are currently unable to finish a series of agreements that would keep its biggest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, from dropping to levels not seen since they were filled decades ago.

Originally published on January 3, 2019 3:56 pm Compared to the 89 millions acres of soybean in the U.S., the hemp industry is still meager at 25,000 acres, but experts expect that will quickly change now that President Donald Trump has signed the 2018 farm bill.

Originally published on January 21, 2019 7:10 am Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 90 years old this year. And on today’s holiday, the nation takes time to commemorate his legacy.

Originally published on December 24, 2018 6:46 am Amid the partial government shutdown, at least one critical service remains operational: NORAD’s Santa tracker. More than 1,500 military personnel and volunteers at an Air Force base in Colorado will be hard at work Christmas Eve, tracking Santa Claus and answering children’s calls.

Originally published on November 16, 2018 11:06 am The parents sat stiffly; some had clearly been crying. Their children, largely oblivious, scribbled with crayons on the carpeted floor of a Denver immigration court. In a matter of months, the judge before them will make 71 life-changing decisions.

Originally published on November 16, 2018 3:00 pm The high-desert town of Palisade, Colorado, is synonymous with fresh, locally grown peaches. Years ago, thousands of migrant workers would flock here each year in August to harvest the fuzzy fruit.

Originally published on November 27, 2018 5:56 pm For the first time in seven years, rural America’s population is growing. The annual U.S.

Thursday, November 1 is the first day of the six-week open enrollment for health insurance plans on the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. States in the Mountain West are seeing minor rate hikes — if any — this year. Last year Obamacare rates spiked in most states. In Utah, they went up 39 percent.