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Garfield County School District 16 serves Parachute and Battlement Mesa, where some students struggle to read and write. It's getting more than $400,000 in federal grant funding to bolster those areas.
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Drew Shaw/Aspen Daily NewsColorado water experts and elected officials urged collaboration across industries, borders and political parties as the Western Slope seeks sustainable water systems that will serve future generations. -
Regan Mertz/Aspen Public RadioEvent organizers said Tuesday that they will focus on the new X Games League events instead. The motorsport only returned in January for one season after a six-year hiatus. -
Hannah Weaver/Aspen Public RadioWomen are using other brands or types of estrogen to avoid menopause symptoms while one local pharmacy works around the clock to fill prescriptions. -
Jason Charme/Aspen Daily NewsThe settlement followed nearly a decade of litigation over building defects. Under its terms, the city plans to purchase two parcels of undeveloped land from Centennial for $7.5 million, funds the HOA will use to complete repairs.
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On today's podcast: Glenwood Springs has tightened restrictions on short-term rentals. A downvalley school district has received federal funding to help kids learn to read and write. And Colorado’s economic forecast says, while the economy is growing, people are still struggling financially.
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Abigail EcklandReservoirs across the West are slowly losing space to store water as dirt, sand and other sediment pile up behind dams, according to new, sweeping, nationwide research. -
Kevin J. Beaty/DenveriteRepublican candidate for governor Victor Marx agreed earlier this week to a moderated debate with Democratic candidate Phil Weiser. -
Hanna Merzbach/Wyoming Public MediaThe institutions of western culture continue to introduce visitors, or “dudes,” to the West, taking them horseback riding, rafting, fly fishing and more. -
LP McKay / KSJD NewsPost-fire specialists are assessing soil damage, debris flows and watershed risks after the Ferris Fire, as parts of the burned landscape begin to recover.
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Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty ImagesThe future of Trump's D.C. arch was already fraught. Then he rebranded it as a military complex. Experts say that only raises more legal and logistical questions. -
Yuki Sugiura/Booker Prize FoundationThis year's shortlist is made up of former Booker winners and debut authors, with tales spanning a wide range of genres, from historical fiction to campus novel to dystopian fiction. -
Felix MikusScientists have found a species they've named the fire amoeba, which is capable of reproducing at 145°F and continuing to move up to temperatures of 147°F — a record for complex eukaryotic life. -
Stefan CohenAs the classical concert season ramps up, two of America's finest orchestras will soon be led by new conductors when Daniel Harding takes over in Los Angeles and Elim Chan leads in San Francisco.
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The Islamic State group-inspired attacks were among the deadliest in Sri Lanka's history, killing 42 foreigners. -
As the U.S. conflict with Iran drags, the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have opened a new front, taking new territory and displacing more than 100,000 people. -
Jim Acosta has already been through a White House press-pass fight. Now, three news organizations are barred, and he says the press is showing solidarity that should have come sooner. -
A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson. -
OpenAI beat humans to solving the Navier-Stokes problem, but mathematicians say the AI's solution isn't telling them much. -
Four states will vote on abortion-related ballot measures in November. The measures follow the Supreme Court's "Dobbs" decision, which upended federal abortion protections.
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