Colorado Matters

Flight nurse Dave Repsher was burned over 90 percent of his body. After three years of treatment, he and his wife talk about reclaiming their lives in the mountains. Then, How much oil and gas drilling is too much in Colorado? How close should it be to homes? Former Sen. Ken Salazar remembers his late friend and fellow senator, John McCain. And, the latest statistics show that 55 percent of high school graduates move on to college. But there is a lot of inequity across Colorado.

After a 4th grader who was bullied in school killed himself last week, Denver educators and LGBT advocates are reckoning with what to do next. Then, the founding tenets of AIDS healthcare were revealed not in a coastal city, but in Denver. Next, you respond to our segment on California. Also, a new play draws inspiration from Masterpiece Cakeshop.

Rising temperatures mean rising seas levels, which mean more flood plains, which means more poorly valued, high-flood risk homes. Next, one of the Chicago Seven who now lives in Colorado remembers the turbulent year of 1968. Then, Hazel Miller sing Aretha. Also, DCPA remakes “Oklahoma!” with an all-black cast. Finally, photos give us a look at deep space.

District attorneys say deciding to try a juvenile as an adult is one of the hardest decisions to make. Next, how Colorado ranchers are supporting each other in the drought. Then, how Colorado GOP leaders are responding to Trump. Also, the challenges Colorado schools face this year. Then, a Colorado comedian comes home to record his stand-up album.

Victor Mitchell, one of the candidates for the Republican nomination for governor, broke rank with other members of his party and said Trump should resign following developments with Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort. Also, Breaking Bread returns to Sandy Russell and Adam Brock, as the two visit his urban farming nonprofit to talk partisanship.

Colorado’s economy is booming in a way that benefits workers. Next, how long-term Crested Butte residents are handling the sale of the “Last Great Ski Town” to the Vail conglomerate. Then, a new thriller from a Colorado author draws inspiration from the 2014 Slender Man stabbings. Also, rising temperatures are making rivers too hot for fish.

Colorado poet Jovan Mays penned a poem to Glenwood Canyon as part of the Wild I-70 audio tour.

A court-appointed psychiatrist to James Holmes has written a book about his interviews with the Aurora theater shooter, “A Dark Night in Aurora.” Also, California had a much worse wildfire season than Colorado, and it may come down to luck. Then, the Cubs rookie who hit a grand slam is from Colorado. Finally, remembering vigil volunteer Joe Doak, dead at 96.