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Life and Culture

The year in photos: What Colorado looked like in 2024

From climate change to Old West traditions, politics to justice, earning a living to looking for a home, sadness to joy, here is a look at some of the moments captured by the photographers and reporters of CPR News in 2024.
By Hart Van Denburg
Dec. 30, 2024, 6:56 am
A closeup photograph of $100 dollar bills.
News

Colorado minimum wage is increasing again

Experts say it’s not enough and concerns for small businesses are unfounded.
By Kiara DeMare
Dec. 30, 2024, 4:00 am
An old man in suspenders, a green shirt, and a brimmed hat sits against a brick wall. He holds the bridle of his large brown donkey.
News

KRCC’s favorite Southern Colorado stories of 2024

From attending gator fests to exploring turquoise mines, here was the year that was.
By Stephanie Rivera
Dec. 30, 2024, 4:00 am
An ASCENT student talks with her instructor in an astronomy class at the Community College of Aurora Lowry Campus
Education

Program providing free college classes to 5th-year high schoolers needs overhaul, report says

The recommendation to change ASCENT is one of several about college and career offerings from a consulting firm commissioned by state lawmakers to study the issue.
By Chalkbeat
Dec. 30, 2024, 4:00 am
An exterior shot of a courthouse with the Colorado and USA flags in front.
News

When it comes to juvenile crime, Mesa County wants prevention over diversion

The Lighthouse Program seeks to get to kids before the criminal justice system does.
By Tom Hesse
Dec. 30, 2024, 4:00 am
Richard Blumenthal
Government and Politics

Despite strong bipartisan support, bill to protect kids online fails to advance in Congress

The bill would have required social media companies to create stronger controls to protect the data of minors, default to the highest privacy settings for their accounts and give parents new controls to protect their kids online.
By Caitlyn Kim
Dec. 30, 2024, 4:00 am

The Broadmoor World Arena

Arts

CPR Classical Presents: Mozart and Now Jan 11

Mozart’s Violin Concerto #5 is the type of piece you can stomp your feet along to.
By Karla Walker
Dec. 29, 2024, 10:56 pm

Western Sky Bar & Taproom

Comedy Works Downtown

Stoney’s Bar & Grill

Drew Jarvis speaks about her new product.,
Health

Colorado entrepreneur pursues her high school dream: creating a better period product

“We are the first and only menstrual cup applicator with FDA 510(k) clearance. So the only ones that are legally allowed to sell in the United States,” explained Drew Jarvis, Sunny’s co-founder.
By Nell London
Dec. 29, 2024, 4:00 am

Garden of the Gods Park

A whiteboard in a classroom with English lessons for non-English speaking students
Education

In Aurora high schools, students learning English as a new language might get new materials

The Aurora school board will vote on the recommendation Dec. 17. The district’s comprehensive high schools have been trying out the materials since August.
By Chalkbeat
Dec. 28, 2024, 4:00 am
News

What drivers should know about Colorado’s new ‘hands-free’ cellphone law

The hands-free law requires people driving passenger vehicles to link their phone to the car’s communications system or install equipment like a bracket to hold the device.
By Michelle P. Fulcher
Dec. 27, 2024, 2:14 pm
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News

Committee forming to research Colorado’s boarding schools that stripped Indigenous children of their identity

History Colorado is doing two things to get the bill moving: finding a leader to handle the research and forming a committee inclusive of survivors, to steer it.
By Elaine Tassy
Dec. 27, 2024, 11:37 am

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