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From lawmakers to Catholic followers, many had a reaction to the news of Pope Leo.
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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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Evan LorenzenAn unusual art project is headed for the moon later this year. It’s an 80 page book roughly the size of your thumbnail … filled with contributions from artists and writers around the world. We’ll hear from the Colorado artist who helped create the book — and why he thinks art deserves a home on the moon. -
William Woody/Special to the Colorado SunThe threat of tariffs is creating uncertainty for many Colorado companies – including small businesses that make or sell outdoor recreation gear. We hear about how tariff turmoil is affecting these companies’ bottom line – and how they’re coping with it.
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Legislators failed to make revisions or to come up with a plan to keep a first-in-the-nation AI law that's been derided by tech companies from taking effect early next year. -
Senate Bill 5 would abolish a requirement in the Colorado Labor Peace Act that 75% of workers at a company sign off before unions can negotiate with businesses over union security. That’s after a majority of workers vote to unionize. -
Robert Prevost was brought to the Vatican in 2023 by Pope Francis as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. On Thursday, he ascended to become Pope Leo XIV — the first American pontiff. -
Governor Jared Polis announced Colorado’s new deal with Union Pacific, calling for three passenger trips per day on mountain rail, replacing a century-old contract between them. -
White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. -
Domus Pacis Family Respite, a Frisco-based non-profit organization, sets up cancer patients and their families with vacations to the mountains.
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An amendment introduced late in the evening includes over 10,000 acres in Utah and identifies nearly 450,000 acres in four Nevada counties for sale or exchange. -
A new report shows the Trump administration’s plans to repeal clean energy tax credits could increase energy bills for households. Some of the highest anticipated increases are in the Mountain West. -
Bird flu is spreading to dairy farms in the Mountain West, but it isn't a concern for the public yetBird flu is spreading to dairy farms in our region, according to federal officials tracking the virus. It has been found on poultry farms and its spread to cattle is a new concern, but experts say the outbreaks are not currently a concern for the general public. -
The three mineral-rich western states agreed to make their grids more resilient, build transmission lines together, and boost university research and private investment in energy. -
Over 3,000 visas were issued last year to foreign farmworkers – a fraction of what the agriculture industry needs for its labor force. That guest worker program is getting new scrutiny from labor and industry critics who have long wanted to overhaul it. -
Frustration among outfitters and guides over federal permitting is not new. Recreation-focused staff and budgets at national forests, in particular, have gone down as demand has gone up. This has been resulting in lengthy delays in responses to applications.
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