- More than 30 Coloradans will compete at the winter Paralympics, which start Friday in Sochi, Russia. The event marks 20 years since the Paralympics were first played immediately after the Olympics on the same terrain.
- The maker of NuvaRing is trying to settle with thousands of families who say young women died or were injured from using the estrogen-based product.
- Some lawmakers and citizens aren’t happy about the deal CDOT is finalizing to work with a private company on U.S. 36 between Denver and Boulder.
- While not as medal-rich as Coloradans had hoped, the Sochi Olympics provided plenty of bright spots--including gold, silver and bronze keepsakes.
- Aspen’s DJ Naka G says one high-profile U.S. rider would take Guns ‘n Roses over pop music anyday.
- In the sport of skijoring, horses tow skiers over jumps and around obstacles. Colorado is home to several skijoring festivals.
- Paper Bird’s Esme Patterson releases her second solo album this spring, responding to songs by The Beatles, Elvis Costello and others from the perspective of their female subjects.
- Residents and businesses worry that CDOT is privatizing a stretch of U.S. 36 and putting in expensive tolls. CPR sorts fact from fiction.
- Some Colorado athletes have been injured in practice runs. Others haven’t performed up to their own standards in competition.
- A Littleton company is one of the largest U.S. makers of credit cards that have a computer chip in them. Experts say such cards would help prevent security breaches like the one at Target in December.
- The EPA has proposed caps on emissions for new power plants. Officials in northeast Colorado asked the Governor to oppose them.
- Republicans failed this week in their latest attempt to repeal expanded gun background checks but the governor says he would support a subtle change to the law.
- Gov. John Hickenlooper has asked for such a campaign and says the state has one in the works. Meanwhile, teachers are asking for more drug counselors.
- Richard Krugman is the longest-serving medical school dean in the country.
- At least 19 Coloradans are competing in the Winter Games, many of them in skiing disciplines.
- In an interview with CPR, the governor talked about efforts to repeal gun measures, what still needs to be done to keep marijuana from children and proposed rules on carbon emissions.
