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Feb. 17, 2023: Hickenlooper on Colorado River water crisis; Uncertain future of Larimer Square

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COLORADO RIVER GREEN RIVER MOAB CANYONLANDS UTAH AERIAL
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Fort Bottom Ruin on the Green River in Utah, north of its confluence with the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park, seen from a commercial flight, Oct. 2, 2022.

In cities and on farms, westerners use more Colorado River water than the river can provide. We talk with U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, who's pressing his colleagues downstream to devise a solution, before one's forced onto them. Then, the uncertain future of Denver's oldest commercial block, Larimer Square. Also, questions after the autopsy is released for a man who died in ICE custody in Aurora. Later, a state aroma?