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But a lot of industry representatives aren’t happy with portions of the law.
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Paul Ashton/Courtesy Butterfly PavilionEach year, the Butterfly Pavilion works with citizen butterfly observers to track the state’s butterfly populations. And the data they’ve collected shows that butterflies are declining in Colorado. -
Timothy Faust/Courtesy of the National Repertory OrchestraMany of the musicians who take jobs in some of the country’s best orchestras get their start right here in Colorado. Each summer, the National Repertory Orchestra brings about 80 young musicians to Breckenridge, and helps them practice the art of playing in a symphony. We hear about the orchestra's demanding performance schedule, and hear the musicians in action, on today's In The NoCo.
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Environmental regulators have launched an investigation into a heavily trafficked lake below the Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range, with an enterococci reading 384 times the safety threshold. -
Now that lawmakers in D.C. are done, lawmakers in Colorado’s Capitol will have to figure out how to absorb its many cuts. -
Evan Munsing is a Marine veteran who works in finance. He’s never held elected office before, but he thinks that’s an advantage in the crowded primary field. -
Ivo Daalder discusses the role of the United States in the world, saying America has been the superpower that has kept the world at peace since World War 2. -
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Denver’s City Park Jazz summer concert series draws around 10,000 people every Sunday. Despite rising costs and pressures, the event remains free and only hosts Colorado-based artists.
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The bill would have required the Bureau of Land Management to sell up to 1.2 million acres within five miles of population centers in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah. -
It’s the latest development in the ongoing battle over the future of grizzly bear protections in the lower 48. -
In recent weeks, destructive and deadly flash floods have hit several parts of the country, including the Mountain West. A New York Times analysis found the National Weather Service has vacant senior leadership positions at many offices overseeing areas vulnerable to flash floods. -
For three years now, Sacha Wells, an interpretive ranger for the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, has made “Ground Squirrel High School” an annual summer exhibit. Last year’s theme was prom. This summer, it’s spirit week. -
The Forest Service's new chief recently published a letter that called for wildfires to be suppressed "as swiftly as possible." That may sound prudent to many, but it raised eyebrows among some who study fire policy. They worried that it may signal a return to aggressive suppression that has been linked to growing wildfire severity. -
Town leaders say the purchase will boost local economic development and will allow it to better support mountain ski employees.
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