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CO GOP Preps For 2018; How Hyperloop Could Get To Colorado; Search And Rescue On Public Lands

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Colorado's one of the few places in the country where Republicans don't have political control right now. State GOP chairman Jeff Hays hopes to change that with the campaign for governor already underway. Then, there's a lot of hype around the hyperloop. We talk with the head of Colorado's transportation department about what the state is willing to do to get a high-speed train in a tube. And, if you go missing in the wilderness, what kind of search and rescue you can expect depends on where you go missing, writes journalist Jon Billman. Last, the story behind the teacher shortage in rural Colorado.