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Believers say microdosing psychedelics helps them. Scientists are trying to measure the claims

By The Associated Press

· Apr. 17, 2025

Colorado Arts Spotlight: A new director for Opera Colorado, local band ‘Tennis’ calling it quits, Spirituals in schools and more

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

· Apr. 17, 2025

Western Slope judge warns ICE to stop civil immigration actions in courthouses

By Allison Sherry and Ben Markus

· Apr. 16, 2025

Destroying endangered species’ habitat wouldn’t count as ‘harm’ under proposed Trump rule

By NPR

· Apr. 17, 2025

Future of federal funding for Colorado schools remains uncertain, student civil rights investigations stalled

By Jenny Brundin

Joe Murphy and Sarah Newman speaking

Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore

Denver music duo Tennis to hang up their rackets

By Kiara DeMare

A vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine

A measles checkup: What to know with three cases confirmed in Colorado

By Andrea Dukakis

two people drink from wine glasses while standing near wine barrels outside a building

Wine made in Southern Colorado is on the menu at Yellowstone National Park this year, a first for the state’s wine industry

By Shanna Lewis

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OSHA fines EVRAZ steel mill in Pueblo $61k following 2024 worker death

Humans cause most of Colorado’s wildfires, but a lack of investigative resources means few are held responsible

By Ben Markus and Veronica Penney

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ERPO in 8 charts: What we learned from reading hundreds of ‘red flag’ cases in Colorado

By Andrew Kenney

The new park "cap" over I-70 in Elyria Swansea. Nov. 30, 2022.

Colorado built a park over I-70 to contain pollution. Is the air safe to breathe?

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‘There’s winners and losers’: Colorado is hoping to reform mental health, but a failed overhaul in 2014 shows how political connections maintain the status quo

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