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2 months ago | 
rmpbs.org | Jesse Paul |Brian Eason |Chase McCleary |Caroline Llanes
This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. DENVER — Insurance companies operating in Colorado would be required to inform homeowners of ways they could reduce the risk of wildfire to their properties and subsequently pay less in premiums under a bill introduced this week in the state legislature.
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2 months ago | 
marketplace.org | Caroline Llanes |Dylan Miettinen
States across the country have big goals for renewable energy and carbon emission reductions. Meeting these goals requires development of renewable energy projects at scale, and the workforce to do them. In Colorado, labor unions are asking, “Who better to complete these projects than workers already in the trades?”At the Denver Joint Electrical Apprenticeship and Training Center, Dan Hendricks is multitasking.
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2 months ago | 
rmpbs.org | Chase McCleary |Caroline Llanes |Kyle Cooke |Joshua Vorse
BURLINGTON, Colo. — If you are “leavin’ on a jet plane,” there is a fair chance you are headed through Denver. According to data released by the Official Airline Guide this month, Denver International Airport (DIA) ranked as the sixth busiest airport in the world in 2024, and third in North America after Atlanta and Dallas.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
aspenpublicradio.org | Caroline Llanes
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a case brought by the state of Utah, seeking to force the federal government to dispose of 18.5 million acres of public land in the state. Utah refers to these as “unappropriated lands” in their lawsuit, meaning they don’t belong to the national parks or forest system, or the U.S. military or postal service. They’re largely overseen by the Bureau of Land Management. The Court issued its one-sentence decision in the January 13 Order List.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
rmpbs.org | Cormac McCrimmon |Andrea Kramar |Caroline Llanes |Peter D. Vo
PALMER LAKE, Colo. — The first introduction to the bygone industry of ice harvesting for kids born in the 21st century might be through the opening scene of Disney’s “Frozen”, where a young Kristoff and his reindeer Sven accompany a team of Arendelle ice men singing their way through a harvest. While the kingdom of Arendelle might be fictional, ice harvesting is very real.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
ksjd.org | Caroline Llanes
On December 30, 2021, the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes, damaged 149 homes, caused over $600 million in damage, destroyed and damaged dozens of commercial businesses, and killed two people in Boulder County. In the following three years, experts have studied the conditions that led to Colorado’s most destructive wildfire — and whether another similarly destructive fire could happen again.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
ksjd.org | Caroline Llanes
When Colorado’s 2025 legislative session begins on January 8, lawmakers will have 120 days to get their bills across the finish line. Democrats no longer have a supermajority but continue to hold the majority in both the state house and the senate. State Rep. Elizabeth Velasco (D-Glenwood Springs) will serve as the vice chair of the House Energy and Environment Committee for the 2025 session.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
rmpbs.org | Caroline Llanes |Cormac McCrimmon |Andrea Kramar |Peter D. Vo
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Heidi McCullough is working on her computer in the lobby of the Glenwood Hot Springs Athletic Club on a snowy November morning, but it’s a lot noisier than usual — mainly, due to construction. The whirring noise of some equipment interrupts our interview — and at my confused expression, she smiles. “I can tell you what it is,” she said. “It's a specific type of little saw.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
ksjd.org | Caroline Llanes
Heidi McCullough is working on her computer in the lobby of the Glenwood Hot Springs Athletic Club on a snowy November morning, but it’s a lot noisier than usual — mainly, due to construction. The whirring noise of some equipment interrupts our interview — and at my confused expression, she smiles. “I can tell you what it is,” she said. “It's a specific type of little saw.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
aspenpublicradio.org | Caroline Llanes
On December 30, 2021, the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes, damaged 149 homes, caused over $600 million in damage, destroyed and damaged dozens of commercial businesses, and killed two people in Boulder County. In the following three years, experts have studied the conditions that led to Colorado’s most destructive wildfire — and whether another similarly destructive fire could happen again.
