KRMA-TV (Denver, CO)

Rocky Mountain PBS is a network of PBS member television stations that serves Colorado. It is managed by the Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network, Inc., which holds the licenses for most of the PBS stations in the state, except for KBDI-TV (channel 12) in Denver. This station acts as a secondary PBS outlet for the region under the network's Program Differentiation Plan. The network includes five main stations: KRMA-TV in Denver, which is the flagship station, along with KTSC in Pueblo (also serving Colorado Springs), KRMJ in Grand Junction, KRMU in Durango, and KRMZ in Steamboat Springs. The broadcast signals from these five stations and 60 translators reach nearly all areas of Colorado and extend into parts of Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, and New Mexico.

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Summit Academy will move to Castro Elementary’s building. Castro parents have concerns.

1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Carly Rose |Melanie Asmar |Ziyi Xu

DENVER — Castro Elementary School, which has served generations of students in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood, will close at the end of the school year. The school is named after education and civil rights activist Richard T. Castro. The building will welcome a different cohort of students in August. Summit Academy is moving into the building this summer with plans to open in time for the 2025-26 school year. The academy is a Denver Public Schools-run “pathways school” for sixth through 12th graders.
Colorado to honor Vietnamese resilience April 30

1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Peter D. Vo |Elle Naef

DENVER — Nga Vương-Sandoval isn’t a stranger to the Colorado Capitol. In June 2023, Vương-Sandoval, along with members of the Lunar New Year Allies Advisory Group, celebrated the official designation of Lunar New Year as a state holiday. On that day, Chinese battle drums were heard throughout the building as dancing lions paraded around the grand rotunda.
Sand Creek Massacre memorial to replace Civil War statue at the Colorado State Capitol

1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Lucas Brady Woods |Bente Birkeland |Andrea Kramar |Jenny Brundin

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at kunc.org. DENVER — In front of descendants of Sand Creek Massacre survivors, Colorado lawmakers unanimously greenlighted a memorial sculpture Monday to commemorate the 1864 atrocity at the State Capitol. “Our hope is that this memorial will be a turning point when Colorado says, ‘We are not afraid to confront our past because we believe in a just and honest future,'” said Sen.
Colorado won’t comply with Trump anti-DEI demand, state schools chief says

1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Melanie Asmar |Ziyi Xu |Carly Rose |Chase McCleary

DENVER — Colorado will refuse a demand from the Trump administration to certify that its schools have eliminated what the federal government says are illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, state Commissioner of Education Susana Córdova said Thursday. “I am not signing that,” Córdova said.
Q&A: Colorado issued its first psilocybin healing center license. Here’s what to expect.

1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Alec Berg

DENVER — Coloradans 21 and older will soon have access to psilocybin therapy to treat PTSD, depression, and other mental health challenges. Psilocybin therapy, now legal in Colorado and Oregon, uses psychedelic mushrooms to treat a wide range of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and eating disorders.
CBI using outside labs to chip away at evidence backlog in sexual assaults

1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Bente Birkeland |throughout Colorado

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has sent nearly a third of its backlogged sexual assault evidence kits to outside labs for testing, as it tries to bring turn-around times back within state guidelines. The legislature gave the bureau $3 million to outsource examination of one thousand kits because right now the state doesn't have enough DNA scientists trained to process evidence more quickly.
Inside the only natural vapor cave in Colorado

1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Joshua Vorse |Amanda Horvath |Ziyi Xu |Alec Berg

Rocky Mountain PBS is producing a documentary about hot springs in Colorado. This and other stories will examine the history and culture around hot springs, and what they mean to Coloradans and visitors today. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado is home to more than 100 hot springs in Colorado. But next door to Glenwood Hot Springs — and 30 feet underground — sits a natural vapor cave, the only one like it in the state.
Carpool apps offer an affordable solution to I-70 traffic. Why haven’t they taken off?

2 weeks ago | rmpbs.org | Cormac McCrimmon |Peter D. Vo |Chase McCleary |Alec Berg

FRISCO, Colo. — When Erwin Germain moved from Paris to Denver in 2015, it wasn’t the croissants or world-class museums he missed — it was public transportation and carpooling. Germain grew up at the foot of the Alps in Grenoble, France. Buses and trains provided easy access to skiing, and carpool apps offered affordable city-to-city transportation. What makes carpooling special is its “freedom and flexibility,” said Germain, who moved to the U.S. to live with his partner.
He served his country, then he served time. Where does Jose Barco go now?

2 weeks ago | rmpbs.org | Kyle Cooke

DENVER — Jose Barco, a decorated war veteran, walked out of the Buena Vista Correctional Complex January 21, 2025, after spending 15 years — a vast majority of his adult life — behind bars. He planned to reunite with his wife, Tia, and their teenage daughter, and travel to Florida for a family reunion. He never got the chance. Federal immigration officers met Barco, who was born in Venezuela to Cuban parents and moved to the U.S. with his family when he was 4 years old, outside of the prison.
As need grows, a Cortez food pantry brings cultural foods to the table

2 weeks ago | rmpbs.org | Ziyi Xu |Chase McCleary |Peter D. Vo |Alec Berg

CORTEZ, Colo. — By noon, a line of people stretched down Beech Street, chatting while waiting for the doors of the Good Samaritan Food Center to open. When the clock struck 12, a volunteer stepped outside, tablet in hand, and began taking down names. One by one, shoppers entered the pantry, where carts awaited them. Unlike traditional food pantries, Good Samaritan operates more like a free grocery store.