- Some of the animals here have been abused by past owners. The sanctuary founder says people buying these animals and not knowing how to care for them has resulted in a captive wildlife crisis.
- The Wildlife Animal Sanctuary northeast of Denver has rescued hundreds of large animals once confined to roadside zoos and circuses, or housed by misguided people who wanted them as pets. The most recent rescues include tigers and other carnivores featured in the Netflix series “Tiger King.” Sanctuary CEO Pat Craig on providing a more natural environment for the animals and on the patchwork of laws prolonging the captive wildlife crisis.
- The annual Perseid meteor shower hits its peak next Wednesday and Thursday. Find a dark place and settle in to watch sand-sized bits of ice and rock streak through the night sky. The how-tos from astronomer Doug Duncan of CU-Boulder.
- Former Gov. Richard "Dick" Lamm was, as one friend called him, a “prophet and provocateur.” He died last week at 85, capping a career of more than 60 years in which he captured the spotlight by taking on thorny issues that resonate today. We hear excerpts from some of Lamm’s interviews with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner, and memories from longtime aide and friend Eric Sondermann.
- State lawmakers and local officials in northern Colorado are ramping up efforts to restore what remains of a historic Black settlement called Dearfield. The little farming community once embodied the dreams of people who lived there.
- A thunderstorm hit hillsides scarred by wildfire in Larimer County earlier this week. It caused a flash flood that raced through Poudre Canyon and killed at least one person. Last year’s fires scorched more than a half-million acres in Colorado. And rainstorms are a fact of life here. That means the threat will be with us for a while. For more on flash floods -- and how to stay safe -- we spoke with meteorologist Paul Schlatter of the National Weather Service.
- It turns out whales are saying "I'm here" as they travel underwater. Leanna Matthews is an affiliate professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver and assistant director of the nonprofit Sound Science Research Collective. Her work is chronicled in the new Apple+ documentary "Fathom."
- As the federal government pumps billions into the national housing crisis, it’s time to end a moratorium on evictions that kept millions of renters in their homes through the pandemic, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge said Thursday.
- Open again, closed again. That’s the way it’s been for a major interstate through Colorado for the last few weeks. Mudslides -- or the threat of them -- have led to frequent closures of I-70 around Glenwood Springs near the site of last year’s Grizzly Creek wildfire. And according to Colorado School of Mines geologist Paul Santi, it isn’t just burn scars that are causing trouble.
- The federal government says it has a slew of mysteries it can’t solve. The sorts of mysteries that thrill daydreamers, conspiracy theorists, and scientists: Are there Unidentified Flying Objects buzzing around us?
- This week, the state began calling the unvaccinated, the state's first lung transplant due to COVID and more.
- Dr. Robert Meguid is a cardiothoracic surgeon and associate professor at the CU School of Medicine. In March, he operated on Bryan Raymond , the first COVID-19 patient to receive a lung transplant in Colorado. Meguid talks about that surgery, why he thinks more COVID patients may need transplants, and his own brush with a severe respiratory illness.
- It started with cold symptoms late last year. It ended in a transplant. Bryan Raymond caught COVID-19 and is now learning to breathe again with a donor's lungs. He and his wife Trinity share their journey as he becomes the first COVID-19 patient to receive a lung transplant in Colorado.
- A year and a day after Colorado officially recorded its first case of coronavirus, Bryan Raymond, received the state’s first COVID-19-related lung transplant.
- Even before COVID-19, Colorado was in a behavioral health crisis. The state’s suicide rate has consistently been among the highest in the nation, drug overdoses are increasing, and people with mental health disorders crowd emergency rooms and jails. By most accounts, the pandemic made things considerably worse. State lawmakers tackled some of those issues in the legislative session that just ended, including addressing funding. We get perspective today from Moe Keller, director of advocacy for Mental Health Colorado.
- A lonely lane through Pueblo's Roselawn Cemetery held a silent secret.
