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August 29, 2025: Dairy worker deaths, federal layoffs aftermath, legacy of environmental disaster, weekend ideas

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The Prospect Ranch Dairy outside Keenesburg
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The Prospect Ranch Dairy outside Keenesburg, Aug. 25, 2025, where where six men died after a suspected gas exposure on Aug. 20, is surrounded by irrigated crop land.

Six workers died at a dairy in Weld County. Now other workers in the industry say they’re fearful it could happen again. Then, federal workers who’ve been laid off band together, just as many more of them are getting ready to file for unemployment. Plus, it was supposed to be an awakening about environmental disasters, but 10 years after the Animas River turned orange, has anything really changed? And, you can get ideas for your weekend.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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