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Woman wearing sunglasses is pictured with her hand holding a damaged cluster of cherries on a cherry tree.

Hailstorm pounds some Western Colorado fruit growers, dents food donation program

By Tom Hesse and Stina Sieg

Listen: Scientists say Denver is like Airbnb for miller moths, so don’t kill our guests

water flows from a pump into a plastic jug held by hands with latex gloves

Study offering free well testing for homeowners in Otero, Bent, Prowers and Kiowa counties for certain contaminants

By Shanna Lewis

A wolf sprinting through a field towards the tree line

Why Colorado wildlife officials killed a wolf suspected of preying on Pitkin County livestock

A young girl with curly hair scoops soil into a white pot labeled Callie in red letters. An adult assists nearby. The scene is set in a classroom with an American flag and decorations in the background.

Eco-anxiety in little kids? These early childhood teachers are on the case

Warren Tech Firefighter Cadets CSI Students

Burning buildings, pig cadavers and a chance to solve a ‘crime’ — Warren Tech’s Fire Day gives students a unique way to learn

By Kiara DeMare

Vials for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine

Colorado hits double digits for measles cases recorded this year, with additional confirmed cases linked to Turkish Airlines flight

A teenage girl holds out her hands with her fingers pinches together, making a hand gesture as she speaks in a classroom. The wall behind her says "Read" in giant letters.

Teens take a closer look at their cell phone use in a student-led Socratic Seminar — and they were alarmed into action

By Jenny Brundin

A man sits on a concrete wall

Colorado environmental justice groups are struggling to keep their projects alive after federal funding cuts

Vietnam Veteran David Lyons PTSD Treatment

Early studies suggest psilocybin can help people with PTSD. But the VA doesn’t allow it. Will veterans be left behind?

People stand outside on a trail in the plains. They look through binoculars.

Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival: Four days of avian adventures and learning about bats, bugs and other critters

By Asa Gartrell

The U.S. Capitol

Government and Politics

As Colorado wrestles with how to regulate AI in business decisions, Congress moves to preempt the issue

By Bente Birkeland

Colorado Capitol dome in Denver

Government and Politics

Revise, delay or implement? The standoff over Colorado’s AI discrimination law

By Bente Birkeland

A plastic bag labeled "EVIDENCE/PROPERTY: Rape Kit 1"

Colorado’s crime lab has been in crisis. Here’s how another state fixed theirs

Steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.

Government and Politics

President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ and how it could affect Colorado

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