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The Colorado news you need in 15 minutes a day, from Colorado Public Radio’s newsrooms. Get connected with your community and understand how the biggest stories in Colorado impact your life. Available each weekday morning at 5:00 a.m. with host Arlo Pérez Esquivel. Follow this show, and consider donating to support future episodes at cpr.org.

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Yesterday · 16 min
Schools and fuel prices, judge orders return of Honduran man deported to Africa, the legend of Jane Kirkham
As fuel prices climb, school districts are watching closely to make sure their budgets can handle the impact.
Friday · 12 min
Electrical grid upgrades, Bus Rapid Transit: coming soon to Colfax, the inaugural Dolly Days
The U.S. Department of Energy is giving Colorado a quarter million dollars to better connect its grid to other states.
Thursday · 14 min
Methane emission rules tightened, Jeffco tackles pine beetles, Christian Glass memorialized with new art center
As the federal government moves to roll back emission regulations, Colorado is implementing its own.
Wednesday · 14 min
Armed security at USPS facility, homebuilding down, wild horse contraception, the Bug Man of Hollywood
The U.S. Postal Service has installed armed guards at the state’s largest sorting facility as it moves to automation, and prepares to handle mail ballots.
September 22 · 13 min
Oxygen supply scare at UCHealth, FEMA aid denials, Denver neighborhood tries to protect local beavers
No patients were harmed during the oxygen disruption earlier this month, but the crime could carry severe penalties.
September 21 · 15 min
Medicaid busting the state budget, courts shutdown livestreams over fears of misuse, St. Mary’s glacier has vanished
Colorado continues to struggle to pay for the health care program that covers nearly one in five people in the state.
September 18 · 15 min
Uncertain winter snow forecast, Colorado universities tackle enrollment, fall bird migration
When it comes to forecasting this winter, remember what the Magic 8 says: Reply hazy, try again.
September 17 · 14 min
Travel troubles on the roads, Congress tackles data centers, new Giraffes Center at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Rising gas prices are making driving more expensive, but if you are hitting the road this weekend, there’s a stretch of I-70 to avoid.
September 16 · 15 min
Evergreen parents question gun laws, Trump-backed PAC spends in CO, one-woman show tackles a mother’s dementia
Colorado’s safe storage law didn’t prevent last year’s Evergreen High attack. Some parents want to know why not.
September 15 · 14 min
Can Democrats turn rural counties blue, legal showdown looms for the Colorado River, Coloradans don’t like AI
The party hopes to make inroads with rural voters, but it will need to show that it understands their concerns.
September 14 · 13 min
‘Aridification’ has reached Denver, farmers frustrated with sewage spill, a foothills hummingbird sanctuary
With another dry winter looking likely, Denver Water is warning its customers it may be time to make some permanent changes
September 11 · 14 min
Why are so many Coloradans betting on…table tennis? Teaching 9/11 in schools, rare photos from ground zero
Coloradans are betting nearly $1 million a day on nonstop, low-fanfare ping pong games.
September 10 · 13 min
Where to get a COVID vaccine, Denver mayoral race heats up, drought brings early fall colors
The state is again trying to make it easy to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
September 9 · 15 min
Missy Woods sentenced for falsifying DNA evidence, lawsuits over lift ticket prices, Convict Coffee Co.
The former CBI forensic scientist told the court she began manipulating test samples as the demands of her job increased.
September 8 · 16 min
Federal disaster help on its way, families frozen out of childcare subsidies, sumo showcase
After refusing other disaster requests from the state late last year, Colorado finally got some good news from the Trump administration.
September 7 · 7 min
Purplish takeover: What’s happening with Buc-ee’s?
CPR’s public affairs podcast catches up on the latest in the saga to build a travel center — or maybe just a huge convenience store — on Monument Hill.
September 4 · 15 min
Student ICE protests, trans youth care lawsuit, Denver economic climate, Peter Heller on ‘The Dog Stars’
Thousands of students around the state plan to walk out today to protest the administration’s immigration crackdown.
September 3 · 15 min
Xcel data center plan gets pushback, CoSprings Utility proposes new solar fees, Latino voters’ views
Critics say the utility could end up burning a lot more fossil fuels to power all the new facilities.
September 2 · 14 min
Dangerous ozone summer, confidential voters exposed, private prison lawsuits, Waymo arrives
Front Range air hit the unhealthy range twice as often in the past few months than it did last summer.
September 1 · 15 min
Sewage spill in the Arkansas River, ICE brutality allegations, studying dementia in dogs
4.2 million gallons of untreated sewage have flowed down the river from Pueblo.

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