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Reporting on underrepresented communities requires care and nuance. The journalists who come from those communities often cover them with that requisite perspective. Latina journalist Lori Lizarraga of NPR's Code Switch discusses this and more on today’s episode of In the NoCo.

KUNC’s The Colorado Dream podcast captures the struggles and successes of residents determined to make a life in Colorado. Ahead of the third season's debut, which unpacks how Colorado’s housing crisis is affecting mountain communities, we explore how these stories reflect the resilience of Coloradans.

A Colorado businessman convicted of fraudulently siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars from an online fundraiser to build a wall along the U.S. southern border has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison.

En febrero, el gobierno de Nicaragua expulsó a 222 presos políticos y los envió a los Estados Unidos. Cuatro de esos ex-prisioneros viven en el condado de Summit. Ahora se están adaptando a la vida en pueblos en las montañas de Colorado con la ayuda de la comunidad nicaragüense local.

In February, the repressive Nicaraguan government expelled 222 political prisoners and sent them to America. Four of those ex-prisoners are living in Summit County. Now they’re settling into life in the Colorado mountains with help from their fellow countrymen.

The Colorado Sun Editor Larry Ryckman joins us to discuss the rapidly drying Republican River and stories from migrants about their arduous journey to Denver.

A new bill at the State Capitol aims to outlaw contracts between state and local governments and private immigration detention centers.

Denver has been overwhelmed by an unexpected surge in mostly Venezuelan migrants. The immigrants have crossed the border and taken buses north, usually from El Paso. Immigrants have long passed through Denver but never in such large numbers all at once. The city has scrambled to house them during a record cold snap. It's unclear precisely what led to the influx other than the convenience of Denver as a stopover on buses from El Paso, Texas. Many don't have Denver as a final destination. The state's Democratic governor generated controversy by chartering buses to send some to New York.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock declared a city-wide emergency on Thursday in response to the ongoing influx of migrants from the southern border. The city also opened a second emergency shelter to accommodate them.

On today’s episode of Colorado Edition, we hear about the new congressional map that was recently approved by the state’s independent redistricting commission. We also talk to a Fort Collins resident about her century’s worth of family history in Northern Colorado.