Benita Lee
Benita Lee is a reporter at KGNU in Boulder, Colorado.
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More than 671,000 people braved freezing temperatures to attend the 118th annual National Western Stock Show in Denver. The event brought crowds from across the Rocky Mountain West for events like mutton busting, bull riding, and a Mexican rodeo.
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For those who celebrate Christmas, it's time to pull out the boxes of ornaments and string lights, untangle everything, and hang them onto something. For many, that something is a freshly cut tree. Others love the convenience of artificial trees which never need water and don't drop their needles. But an increasing number of people are choosing another option — a living Christmas tree.
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The annual Denver Mineral, Fossil, Gem and Jewelry Show opened last week, the largest show of its kind in the U.S. Vendors displaying their wares are spread throughout the National Western Complex and the Denver Coliseum.
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Boulder County is known as a place where one can find all sorts of alternative therapies. An eager audience seeking health and wellness can find everything from salt spas to sensory deprivation tanks to yoga with baby goats. And now for the first time in Colorado, bee huts.
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What happens when baby birds aren’t successful in their initial attempts to fly? They may end up with Donna Nespoli, a bird rehabilitation expert and founder of Colorado Native Bird Care and Conservation.