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Colorado food banks may soon run out of the federal funds they use to buy local produce
AURORA — On Wednesday evenings at the edge of a wide parking lot in Aurora, there is a forest green pop-up tent with five large, scraped-up coolers stacked nearby. The coolers hold 27 bags of fresh produce, harvested that morning at Switch Gears Farm in Longmont. The arugula gets...
The Big Reveal: Have Your Baby’s Gender Revealed Live on the Radio
Western Colorado's Greatest Hits Kool 107.9 is giving expecting parents the chance to have their baby's gender revealed in a unique and exciting way!. Kool 107.9 has partnered with the Birth Place at Community Hospital to give one lucky expecting couple an on-air gender reveal party and gift them $500 plus a basket of baby essentials to welcome the family's newest addition.
Asbestos exposure may concern veterans even today
During the last century, the U.S. military resorted to asbestos when the World War II war effort demanded accessible materials to mass-produce equipment. Manufacturers wanted to profit from the fibrous mineral, hiding evidence of the health risk emerging from mixing asbestos in products for military properties such as aircraft, vehicles, ships and barracks. Out of […]
Gold rush mines are a 21st century safety hazard. It may take Colorado decades to close them all.
This story originally aired on “Marketplace” on July 30. Mere feet from a prospect pit where miners dug for gold in the second half of the 19th century, bikers whizzed by on the Maryland Mountain trail system west of Denver. “This one is 15-to-16-feet deep with vertical walls....
More Colorado Schools Saying ‘No’ to Phones in the Classroom
Kids and instructors of every generation in Colorado have had to deal with ever-changing technology concerns. Some school districts are taking measures to address today's tech. One can see where it's good on one side, yet worrisome on the other. You want your child to learn while at school, but...
Hello, not 'Farewell,' to returning State Historian William Wei
It was past 10 o’clock on Tuesday night, and William Wei didn’t want the moment to end. That’s how much fun he was having talking with a Sie FilmCenter audience at a special screening of “The Farewell” about the film, Denver’s long-gone Chinatown neighborhood, the Chinese Exclusion Act and the things that distinguish Chinese from Chinese Americans. He’s a born teacher, and he taught on Tuesday until literally no one...
This Is The Most Dangerous College Campus In Colorado
This week, universities and colleges all across Colorado are welcoming in new students for the new semester. While Colorado has many different great options when it comes to higher education, Colorado School of Mines stands out as the best, being the only one ranked in U.S. News’ Top 100.
See which teams are in every Colorado high school football conference for the 2024-25 seasons
The Colorado high school football landscape is changing yet again. Several schools have moved up or down classifications in CHSAA's latest placement, meaning there are new leagues and conference rivals for at least the next two seasons. ...
Farmers’ Almanac Predicts Downright Freezing Fall in Colorado
This summer has been absolutely brutal when it comes to the heat. In fact, Colorado was recently ranked as the third worst state for “extreme heat days” in the entire country with 17.5. An extreme heat day is categorized as a day where the max temperature is above the 95th percentile of the historical threshold.
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