Dec. 8, 2025: Big drug busts in Colorado, debate over trans athletes, and a moose-sized environmental question
olorado law enforcement is seizing unusually large amounts of illegal drugs, and investigators say the state’s own infrastructure helps explain why traffickers route shipments here. Then, we have an update on the ongoing debate over how Colorado high schools should handle transgender athletes, a discussion playing out without statewide data. And for Colorado Wonders, we dig into how much impact Colorado’s hungriest residents, the moose, have on their environment.
Hickenlooper draws primary challenge from State Sen. Julie Gonzales
Democratic State Sen. Julie Gonzales has launched a Democratic primary campaign for the U.S Senate, hoping to deny Sen.
Have Colorado’s moose restoration efforts been too successful?
Around 3,500 moose now wander Colorado. The hungry herbivores are also threatening a once-wetland-rich valley in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Speed cameras in Colorado Springs could soon be sending you a fine
Improving traffic safety is “an essential core function,” and one of the top issues the police department hears from the community each year.
Colorado forecast to add more jobs next year, but still not a lot
The state’s lagging employment market should be slightly better than this year, according to a CU economic report.
Fort Carson looks to ‘modernize’ Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site in Southern Colorado
The Army is in the process of collecting public comments.
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What does a series of record-breaking drug busts mean for Colorado?
Cartels have a direct line from I-25 to hit I-70 and beyond, but the seizures’ impact is yet to be seen.
Faith Winter remembered at Colorado Capitol for adoring her children, inspiring women to run for office
Winter, a Democratic state senator from Broomfield, was killed last week in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 25 south of Denver.
Colorado health leaders react to CDC limiting hepatitis B vaccine recommendations
CDC vaccine advisory panel overturns decades-long guidance on the hepatitis B, a move the state health department does not support.
In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries to boost industry
The Cooper family has worked in the coal industry in Colorado for generations. That’s ending as one of three coal mines in their area closes in a statewide shift to cleaner energy.
Long legal road ahead for Colorado’s first-in-the-nation gas stove labeling law
Judge partially dismisses lawsuit, though it may still proceed.
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump’s birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution
His order would upend more than 125 years of understanding that the Constitution’s 14th Amendment confers citizenship on everyone born on American soil, with narrow exceptions.
CPR Statement: Colorado Public Radio Fights Executive Order in Court Hearing
Leaders from Colorado Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio, KSUT Public Radio and NPR, appeared in US District Court for the hearing on their lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order.
