Emergency workers took four days to stop a major leak at a Chevron well pad in Galeton. Nearby residents are still evacuated and a local elementary school lost a week of school.

KUNC’s In The NoCo is a daily window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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You might be familiar with talk therapy, art therapy, or even music therapy. But have you heard of cuddle therapy? Today on In The NoCo we’ll hear how cuddle therapy works and how it helps people get more comfortable with physical touch.
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A glut of unused office space in downtown Denver could be transformed into affordable living units. That’s according to a recent study that looked at converting empty office space to increase the available housing in the city. We explore that proposal, on today’s In The NoCo.
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Under pressure from survivors and lawmakers, Colorado struggling to address huge delays in evidence testing.
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The price of eggs remains high – and we can't blame it all on outbreaks of the avian flu. Today on In The NoCo, we explore how the systems we use to produce and deliver eggs in the U.S. are the root of the problem — and what might be done to fix it.
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The suit would essentially force taxpayers to pay for an effort to dismantle the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, which was approved by voters in 1992
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House Bill 25-1011 would have required daycare chains to be more transparent about pricing and to notify parents prior to layoffs. But opponents said it'll discourage operators from opening up centers.
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The In the NoCo podcast recently talked about why many homeowners are landscaping with native plants – and put out a call for YOUR questions about growing native plants in your yard. Today, our friends at the CSU Extension answer your questions – ranging from which seeds to buy, to how to restore native prairie vegetation.
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University of Colorado hydrologist Toby Minear captures river flow data with the NASA satellite he helped develop. Then he runs rivers to double check its work. Listen to our "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tracy Ross and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.
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New Mexico lawmakers have passed a bill to create an alert system for missing Indigenous people, a growing trend in the Mountain West region.
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The judges said the ranch could not deny access to federal public lands for lawful purposes and affirmed that corner crossing is not trespassing, as long as private land is not physically touched.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is making new efforts to help solve Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) cases. Now, the federal agency is using forensic technology to help reunite the remains of Native Americans with their families and tribal nations.
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A new scientific analysis shows spring is getting warmer across the U.S. because of climate change. Some of the fastest-warming cities are in the Mountain West, threatening to shrink water supplies and increase wildfire risk.
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The Trump administration has cut federal education dollars, and that includes money that goes to schools serving Indigenous students. A lawsuit says these funding cuts are a violation of treaties between the U.S. and sovereign tribes.
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The report finds that about one-third of species, including many in the Mountain West, are at high or moderate concern from a conservation perspective.
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