Rocky Mountain Community Radio

A new nonprofit, the Wyoming Immigrant Advocacy Project, will offer assistance to the growing community in Teton County.

Family members of the victims in the body-brokering scam conducted by the owners of the Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Montrose met on Friday, September 22, at Confluence Park in Delta to remember their loved ones and to release remains that had been returned to them. Sunset Mesa was raided and shut down by the FBI in 2018, and its owners are serving time in a federal prison.

Small communities trying to take advantage of massive federal funding now available for broadband expansion deal with multiple hurdles. Resistance from major providers is just one of them.

For community college students who study science, opportunities for fieldwork are rare. But one program in Boulder is trying to change this. Each summer, about a dozen students pair with mentors for a nine-week immersive experience studying science in all its forms. We hear about one of these students, who spent her summer catching and counting grasshoppers.

The Outdoor Native Youth Wilderness Camp that took place in late June at Tall Bull Memorial Park in Sedalia, Colorado, gave Native youth a chance to connect to the land and their histories.

Politics, ideology and flawed statistics stand in the way of state funds designated to help bring in more affordable housing across Colorado. One small town is slowly working to get those obstacles out of the way.

For months, fraudulent sober living homes have targeted tribal communities across the western United States, including the White Mountain Apache Tribe and the Navajo Nation, coercing vulnerable Native American people into coming to facilities in Phoenix. A victims’ advocate says grassroots organizations like hers have been relying on social media to connect Native families looking for loved ones who’ve ended up living unhoused in Phoenix because of this scheme.

Garfield Re-2 school district has been holding a series of community meetings as it considers a possible switch to the American Birthright Standards. The social studies curriculum was created by the Civics Alliance and endorsed by school board Vice President Tony May. Education journalist Erica Meltzer of Chalkbeat Colorado has covered the issue in detail as some schools are considering the standards.

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.

Wildlife biologists in Utah are trying to bolster the state's population of roundtail chub, a fish endemic to the Colorado River system. The fish is listed as a sensitive species in Utah due to habitat loss and competition with invasive species.