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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Alec Berg |Carly Rose |Chase McCleary |Emma Vanden Einde
DENVER — Abi Loihl kept a close eye on the news during her time as an AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) member. As the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency slashed funding for environmental and social service programs, she feared AmeriCorps, a 32-year-old federal program that sends workers from 18 to 26 years old around the country to do service work, would be next.
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1 month 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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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Chase McCleary |Andrea Kramar |Kyle Cooke
FORT MORGAN, Colo. — Between the calm of puffy, mid-morning clouds, a half-dozen drifting parachutes and fluttering spring butterflies slices the glistening red of the MSU Aerobatics Team’s GB1 GameBird, climbing and diving, twirling and torquing, rearing and roaring, until returning smoothly to the runway below. Describing the performance is enough to turn a stomach. MSU Aerobatics coach Dagmar Kress assures the trip becomes more digestible after a few flights.
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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Andrea Kramar |Alec Berg |Ziyi Xu |Chase McCleary
DENVER — Carpool looks a little different this year at some of Denver’s elementary schools. Instead of parents dropping off their kids by car, they’ve been doing it by bike. On a brisk, sunny spring morning in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood, Rocky Mountain PBS joined Park Hill Elementary School’s bike buses. About 70 kids clad in bright helmets and spunky backpacks sojourned together — with parental supervision — on a 1 mile-long bike route to school, picking up kids and parents along the way.
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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Chase McCleary |Emma Vanden Einde |Cormac McCrimmon |Peter D. Vo
DENVER — Punxsutawney Phil can prognosticate as he pleases, but Coloradans know that the surest sign of Spring is the return of the farmer's market. The veggies — artichokes, carrots, lettuce, spinach — are typically first on the scene, along with occasional early-season fruits like apples and strawberries.
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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Alec Berg |Ziyi Xu |Chase McCleary |Joshua Vorse
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs District 49 is the first school district in the state to ban transgender students from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity, bucking state policy and aligning with an executive order from President Donald Trump. Board members adopted the policy, called Protecting Fairness and Safety in Sports, Thursday night on a 3-2 vote.
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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Joshua Vorse |Alec Berg |Chase McCleary
The threat to public media has grown. Act now with a donation to sustain our work!GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Western peppergrass, green Mormon tea and claret cup cactus are some of the 3,300 species of plants that you can find on Colorado’s Western Slope. As temperatures warm in the approach to summer, native plants are emerging and blooming in places like Colorado National Monument, and Rocky Mountain PBS has the photos to prove it.
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2 months ago | 
rmpbs.org | Ziyi Xu |Chase McCleary |Cormac McCrimmon |Alec Berg
CORTEZ, Colo. — “Salsa, what kind? Green, red, or fire?” asked Esmeralda Estrada. The customers chose the fire salsa, and Estrada suggested they have it on the side — just to be safe. Esmeralda’s Ranchito is the only Mexican grocery store in southwest Colorado. Inside, customers find imported Mexican candies, a wall of spices, colorful paper decorations, piñatas hanging from the ceiling, and freshly made tamales.
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2 months ago | 
rmpbs.org | Chase McCleary |Cormac McCrimmon |Alec Berg |Peter D. Vo
SALIDA, Colo. — The Salida Fire Department is almost as old as the state of Colorado, and its 15-person crew still wear shirts reading “Salida Hose Company No. 1” to honor the station’s earliest days. This year, that station turns 123 years old. The station housed the Salida Fire Department and the South Arkansas Fire Protection District (SAFPD). Chief Aaron Jonke, who stepped into the chief position after more than three decades of service in Denver, leads both agencies.
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2 months ago | 
rmpbs.org | Alec Berg |Cormac McCrimmon |Peter D. Vo |Chase McCleary
DENVER — Tamika Cox has always wanted at least a dozen roommates. Soon, she’ll get her wish. Cox is one of five tenants approved by the Boulder Housing Coalition — which manages four affordable housing co-ops in Boulder — to join The People’s Mansion, a permanently affordable housing co-op in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. The house, formerly called the Starkey Mansion, was built in 1901 as a single-family home.
