Maeve Conran
RMCR Managing EditorMaeve Conran has been working in public and community radio in Colorado for more than 15 years. She served as the news director at KGNU in Boulder/Denver until 2020 and has since been working as the Program Director at Free Speech TV based in Denver, as well as host/producer of the Radio Bookclub podcast and radio show which is a collaboration with the Boulder Bookstore.
As the Managing Editor of Rocky Mountain Community Radio, she coordinates news journalism collaboration and content distribution through the Rocky Mountain region. Originally from Ireland, she lives in Longmont with her two daughters, her husband and a very cute dog called Ginny. She teaches audio production at CU Boulder.
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Over the Labor Day weekend, the Historic Theater in Estes Park will play host to the annual Silent Comedy Movie Festival. -
The family of Joaquin Oliver, one of 17 people killed in the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, are on a national anti-gun violence tour. In Colorado they visited several mass-shooting sites including King Soopers in Boulder, Columbine and Aurora.
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Three formerly incarcerated women from Texas attended a conference organized by the University of Colorado, Boulder, advocating for better treatment of prisoners in the face of rising temperatures.
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Cowboy Brad Fitch has entertained tourists and locals in Estes Park for nearly three decades
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In 2019 Finn Murphy bought a farm in Boulder County, Colorado, hoping to cash in on the hemp boom. Like thousands of others, he was enticed into the "hemp space." But one year later, it all went bust. He chronicles his adventures in the new book Rocky Mountain High - A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West.
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The podcast The Thirst Gap examines how the Southwest is adapting to water shortages as climate change causes the region to warm up and dry out.
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A new report from Headwaters Economics outlines how many towns in the Rocky Mountain West with natural attractions are at risk of being 'loved to death' as people flock there. Nick Bowlin writes about it in High Country News.
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On May 16 Arizona government officials announced they would take action against fake rehab centers that have been targeting Indigenous communities throughout the Rocky Mountain West, including the Navajo Nation.
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Facility schools which serve students with intense behavioral, mental health, and special education needs are closing in rural Colorado leaving families with few options.
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Colorado's Attorney General has been visiting communities around Colorado who could be impacted by the possible merger of two large grocery chains.Phil Weiser was in Longmont on Tuesday as part of his state-wide listening tour, where he heard from consumers and former and current grocery employees.
