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  • 3 days ago | rmpbs.org | Carly Rose |Joshua Vorse |Cormac McCrimmon |Andrea Kramar

    DENVER — Kindergarteners through fifth graders walked out of Castro Elementary School for the last time Tuesday after an early dismissal, kicking off their summer vacation under gray, cloudy skies. The somber weather matched the bittersweet ending to the school year. After more than 30 years of welcoming students in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood, Castro Elementary is closed.

  • 4 days ago | rmpbs.org | Lucas Brady Woods |Bente Birkeland |Andrea Kramar

    This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at kunc.org. DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis signed a law Tuesday launching new efforts to cut down the state’s delays in testing sexual assault evidence kits, including by increasing oversight over the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

  • 1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Joshua Vorse |Cormac McCrimmon |Andrea Kramar |Alec Berg

    GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Students at Grand Junction High School have finished their first academic year in the new, $145 million building.  In 2021, Mesa County voters approved a bond measure to replace the old high school, which dated back to 1956 and had serious foundation and structural issues that were impossible to repair. Over the years, the old school expanded, sprawling to seven separate buildings. The new facility consolidates the campus into a 250,000 square-foot, three-story school.

  • 1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Cormac McCrimmon |Andrea Kramar |Alec Berg |Ziyi Xu

    LAFAYETTE, Colo. — Since Centaurus High School banned cell phones in January, principal Carlyn Carroll said she can hear the difference. At lunchtime on May 6, Jenga blocks crashed to the ground, pucks whistled across air hockey tables and chatter rebounded off the walls of one of the school’s activity rooms. “It used to be really quiet. Kids would be on their phones. They’d be sitting at a table, and every single one of them would have a screen up,” said Carroll.

  • 2 weeks ago | rmpbs.org | Cormac McCrimmon |Chase McCleary |Andrea Kramar |Kyle Cooke

    KREMLING, Colo. — At 10 p.m., Caitlyn Taussig trudged through the darkness toward her Chevrolet Blazer. The car groaned to life as Taussig maneuvered through the pasture, shining a flood light outside the car window to search for cows in distress. Calving season is one of the most stressful times of year for Colorado ranchers like Taussig. Cows give birth with little warning and ranchers must vaccinate, tag and care for newborns. When births go awry, ranchers must act fast to save calves.

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Andrea Kramar @AndreaKsWorld
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