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Hickenlooper addresses concerns from college student leaders

Eight student body presidents met with senator

DATE: Nov 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado PERA budget calls for 20% jump in spending to modernize its benefit system, even as state pivots toward austerity

The computer system PERA uses to track and pay out benefits is 40 years old – the oldest still in use by any public pension in the U.S.

DATE: Nov 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado wolf advocates launch $50,000 anti-poaching reward

A nonprofit that advocates for the restoration of gray wolves in Colorado said this week that it will begin offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information on acts of illegal wolf poachin...

DATE: Nov 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Western Slope just asked for federal climate dollars to buy crucial water rights. Trump wants to roll back the funding

A $99 million plan to buy and permanently preserve some of the oldest water rights in Colorado is inching closer to securing all of its funding. But President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to...

DATE: Nov 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado funeral homeowners who let nearly 190 bodies decay plead guilty

COLORADO SPRINGS – The owners of a Colorado funeral home who let nearly 190 bodies decay in a room-temperature building and gave grieving families fake ashes pleaded guilty on Friday to corp...

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Some head to the mountains for Christmas trees – others let the Eastern Plains come to them

Little junipers are cut like a traditional Christmas tree and don’t come with any roots

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado marijuana sales – and tax dollars – are still falling

Sales peaked in the 2020-21 budget year, netting $424 million in taxes for the state

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jeff Hurd wants to bring the BLM back to Grand Junction

Trump moved agency to Colorado in 2020, but Biden moved it back to Washington D.C.

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Forest Service won’t hire seasonal workers next year

Agency warns volunteer groups not to expect big projects

DATE: Nov 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

DIA nears 100 million annual passengers ahead of schedule

Rapid growth has created fewer satisfied passengers

DATE: Nov 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Why now might be the best time to buy an EV in Colorado

Tax credits about to shrink; dealers offering mind-boggling discounts

DATE: Nov 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado hospitals missing mark on displaying discounted care program information, report finds

Program expands financial assistance for uninsured and low-income patients

DATE: Nov 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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