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A local-versus-state battle has taken hold over how Colorado will grow. It’s a fight about local control and who gets to decide what’s best for Coloradans.
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KUNC’s In The NoCo is a daily window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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Victor Schendel/Colorado Parks and WildlifeA moose boom in Northern Colorado has Rocky Mountain National Park’s biologists concerned. Moose love to graze on Willows while tramping through wetlands, which the park has been trying to restore. But Colorado Parks and Wildlife says they are maintaining the desired moose population with hunting. -
Courtesy of BizWestA massive new reservoir project in Northern Colorado has cleared a final hurdle, more than two decades after it was originally proposed. Today on In The NoCo, KUNC’s water reporter Alex Hager explains how this will supply enough water for a half-million new residents in fast-growing communities in the region – and why some environmental advocates opposed the project.
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The measure still needs to clear a few procedural votes, but it appears on its way to Gov. Jared Polis' desk. -
Freshman Representative Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) is sponsoring a bill that would require Bureau of Land Management field offices across the west to adopt plans that would open up more lands to oil and gas drilling. -
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a rally in Greeley Friday afternoon. The event was part of their "Fighting Oligarchy Tour," which targets competitive Congressional Districts that Republicans won last year. -
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The 14,500-seat stadium will open in 2028 as the anchor of Santa Fe Yards just off I-25. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss the story with Colorado Sun editor David Krause and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. -
Hundreds of educators and supporters gathered on what was a school day for many to push back on a proposal from Gov. Jared Polis.
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The report finds that about one-third of species, including many in the Mountain West, are at high or moderate concern from a conservation perspective. -
Cyrus Western will implement the Trump administration’s environmental and energy agenda, overseeing extractive industries in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, the Dakotas and 28 tribal nations. -
Office of Civil Rights is targeting 45 universities for 'race-exclusionary' advanced degree programsSix universities in the Mountain West are among the schools under investigation for participating in a program aimed at helping minority students earn doctoral degrees in business. -
Poll finds two-thirds of Americans support clean energy transition, but there’s a rural-urban divideAbout 1 in 3 Americans thinks global warming is a growing problem, but that sentiment isn’t as strong in some less urban Mountain West states, such as Wyoming and Utah. -
The announcement comes as many cities and rural communities across the Mountain West struggle with housing affordability. About half the land in the West is owned by the federal government. -
The debate over whether to keep federal protections for grizzlies is “deeply laden in values,” according to one expert.
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