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May 16, 2025: Air traffic control disruption, massive oil spill cleanup, civil rights leader remembered

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The Rev. James D. Peters of New Hope Baptist Church offers an invocation  at the inauguration ceremony for Jared Polis as governor of Colorado on Tuesday Jan. 8, 2019 on the west steps of the state Capitol.

Air traffic controllers in Colorado temporarily lost communications with pilots flying into Denver International Airport. Then, there’s new information about the oil spill in Weld County that now could be the largest in state history. Plus, Coloradans pay their respects to Rev. Dr. James D. Peters, a prominent civil rights activist.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Stephanie Wolf and Alejandro Alonso Galva. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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