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A group of House lawmakers look to H-2A visa reform to ease labor crisis, but can it get wider support?

After meeting for almost nine months, the House Agricultural Labor Working Group has put out a roadmap to ease a farm labor crisis. It’s an issue that has been coming up more and more at rou...

DATE: Mar 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southwestern Water Conservation District hosting 40th water seminar March 27

The seminar addresses water concerns and provides updates on water initiatives

DATE: Mar 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

In Silverton, the tangled debate over how – and whether – to protect wetlands in town goes on and on

The Silverton board of trustees has been grappling with how to handle its wetlands amid a desperate need for housing since 2022. After pausing construction while they figure it out, they’re at it again

DATE: Mar 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Free Menstrual Products to Students’ bill is introduced in Colorado

If passed, the bill would help provide free menstrual products to middle and high schools statewide

DATE: Mar 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Education

$1 million awarded to 26 open education grant projects from Colorado commission

The projects exist to help students get through college without debilitating textbook costs

DATE: Mar 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Education

Will votes for Trump count in Colorado’s upcoming presidential primary?

Fremont County Clerk Justin Grantham says he has been asked “every day” whether a vote for GOP candidate Donald Trump will be counted on Super Tuesday. “We are in a limbo situation where we ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Companies used scheme to shift liability for orphaned wells onto Colorado, lawsuit claims

Denver-based HRM Resources acted as a middleman, moving wells from larger companies to smaller ones that went bankrupt, lawsuit says

DATE: Mar 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s medical aid-in-dying residency requirement won’t be lifted

Senate BIll 68 was also changed to shrink the waiting period for people seeking medical aid in dying to seven days from 15. As introduced, the legislation would have reduced the waiting period to 48 hours

DATE: Mar 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

What is a ‘red flag warning?’

The term ‘red flag warning’ often appears in Colorado forecasts. But what does this term mean and how do experts determine when to issue one? “There are two parts to red flag warnings,” said...

DATE: Mar 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Enrollment is beginning for Colorado’s universal preschool

Registration will soon open for Colorado’s voter-approved program that gives free preschool instruction to nearly 40,000 4-year-olds and about 10,000 3-year-olds. There are some changes to t...

DATE: Feb 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado conservatives want a property tax cap. The state’s bipartisan tax commission hates the idea

Policymakers are trying to mitigate sticker shock for homeowners without harming public services like schools and emergency responders

DATE: Feb 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Climate change is erasing decades of air quality improvements. It’s also making Colorado’s air worse

Climate change is fueling environmental conditions that are worsening air quality across Colorado and other Western states, new data shows. The data, recently released by the nonprofit First...

DATE: Feb 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News