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A power outage from Glenwood Springs to Silt shut off electricity to thousands Saturday afternoon. Residents reported a flash and a boom near New Castle along a transmission line that afternoon, but as of the evening, Xcel Energy had not confirmed the cause of the outage.
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Courtesy Gordon WalkerMushrooms require only a fraction of the water required to grow other food products. But one expert doesn’t think Americans are ready to embrace more edible fungi. -
Wheeler Opera House/Courtesy PhotoThe fledgling initiative is a series meant to showcase locals’ talent in the Roaring Fork Valley — especially during Aspen’s off season. -
Sarah LopezFor more than a decade, Julianne Guy was the only midwife living in the Roaring Fork Valley. After years of dealing with what she calls bias and discrimination from the state, she joined a class action lawsuit against Colorado regulators. -
Regan MertzThe Community Hope Fund will offer financial assistance for therapy. The new fund will be overseen by the Aspen Hope Center, a mental health care provider in the valley.
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On today's newscast: El Niño could bring needed precipitation to the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, households and businesses from Glenwood Springs to Silt spent hours without electricity Saturday, the French singer and actress who was also known for shooting Olympic skier "Spider" Sabich in 1976 died last week, and more.
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Lucas Brady Woods/KUNCThe Colorado Sun and Colorado Capitol News Alliance parsed through nearly 650 pieces of legislation debated in the legislature this year to find the ones that will most directly impact people's lives — or would have had they passed. -
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsThe controversial commutation follows a months-long pressure campaign from the Trump administration to free Tina Peters. -
The Revolving Door ProjectInsurance regulation is complex, in part, because it’s done state-by-state, meaning there are dozens of different schemes across the country. -
U.S. Forest ServiceThe Wilderness Act prohibits motorized vehicles and equipment to protect places “untrammeled by man” and to preserve “solitude.”
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Godofredo A. Vásquez/APMusk had sought to oust Altman from his leadership position over claims that he and others breached their duty to OpenAI's original nonprofit mission and unjustly enriched themselves. -
Bloomberg via Getty Images/BloombergNPR is offering buyouts to journalists as it overhauls its newsroom, with the threat of layoffs to follow. Two recent gifts totaling $113 million are primarily dedicated to NPR's tech infrastructure. -
David Handschuh/Associated PressDohrn's parents, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, helped found the the Weather Underground. "I knew that the FBI was chasing us," he says. His memoir is Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young. -
Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesThe president sued the IRS and the Treasury Department in January, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns years ago.
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Why catching insider trading is so tricky nowadays, and just how helpful is it for kids to sleep in?Millions of dollars have been made through eerily well-timed bets on prediction markets like Polymarket. We look at why they're so hard to police. And, a new study that supports kids sleeping in. -
The decision follows years of tax troubles in Spain for the Colombian superstar. Spanish tax authorities did not prove that the singer was a resident of Spain, the court said in its decision. -
Over 550 men in California have fallen ill after cutting natural or factory-made stone countertops. But epidemiologists say this isn't just a California problem. -
The Supreme Court's recent ruling threatens the power of racial-minority voters in Voting Rights Act cases about not just Congress, but also at least 17 state and local governments, NPR finds. -
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ends on Thursday. Here's how he has evolved to meet the moment. -
When a large tortoise named Rex got loose, a Phoenix-area neighborhood went into a tizzy. More than just a fun commotion, Rex's daring getaway shows the challenges of sulcata tortoise ownership.
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