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Aspen teenager expedites surgery amid federal lawsuit over gender-affirming health care restrictions
The Trump administration issued an executive order in January restricting federal funding to institutions that provide gender-affirming health care for patients under 19 years old. The state of Colorado has joined a lawsuit challenging that decision, but transgender teenagers remain worried about their access to health care.
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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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Natalie Skowlund/KUNCColorado roads can be dangerous for bicyclists. Advocates say one way to keep cyclists safer is to require technology be installed in all new motor vehicles that could automatically detect and avoid bicyclists on the road. We explore the promise – and the limitations – of this emerging technology, on today’s In The NoCo. -
Courtesy of ACT Human Rights Film Festival / Patty Jen ArndtA new documentary celebrates the career of an extraordinary competitive runner. Libby James, a Fort Collins athlete, has an impressive array of race performances under her belt – many of which she achieved after the age of 40. We talk about her legacy in the field of women’s running, on today’s In The NoCo.
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Commissioners in a rural New Mexico county say pets are being snatched from front yards and livestock are being killed by endangered Mexican gray wolves, prompting them to consider declaring a state of emergency. -
The bill would further block local cooperation with federal authorities like ICE and attempt to make it illegal to conduct deportation operations in certain Colorado locations. It’s in part a response to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. -
Democratic soul searching. A Republican fork in the road. As the nation undergoes enormous political shifts, the parties in Colorado are struggling to find their footing. -
KUNC is inviting you to celebrate National Poetry Month with us! We’re asking the community to share their poetic skills with an ode to our Colorado home. We will take submissions all month long and feature listener poems on air and online. -
The Catch Up gathers all the news and headlines from the week. Read the stories from this week's newscasts. -
The 10th annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival will run through Sunday in Fort Collins. The festival aims to show films that address human rights situations all over the world. KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz says he finds three films in the festival exceptionally touching.
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The Trump administration wants to speed up data center construction to support the rise of the artificial intelligence industry. -
The proposal would give each park superintendent the authority to decide where micromobility devices can go. Some public lands groups worry they'll be permitted in environmentally-sensitive areas. -
A new scientific analysis shows the U.S. is generating more electricity from wind and solar than ever before, and several states in the Mountain West are helping lead the charge. However, the future growth of wind and solar is uncertain. -
Since a new law shuttered the state’s only procedural abortion clinic, its patients were referred to Colorado, Utah and Montana. -
Wildfires have grown in size in recent decades – but they still pale in comparison to centuries pastIn recent decades, wildfires have gotten larger and more intense, and community-destroying blazes are an increasingly common occurrence. But new research looking at centuries of wildfires shows that compared with fires in the 19th and earlier centuries, today’s blazes pale in comparison – at least in terms of size. -
A U.S. District judge said it was “not hard to imagine” that some horses and burros went to slaughter in his ruling that led to the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to shut down the adoption program.
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