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As nuclear waste piles up at power plants around the country, many states are aggressively fighting plans for new storage facilities. But Northwest Colorado is quietly opening the door to the idea. On this special edition of In The NoCo, we hear why some people like the idea of what nuclear waste storage could do for northwest Colorado’s economy – and why others are dead set against it.

Cañon City in southern Colorado is still dealing with the fallout of radioactive contamination from decades ago. A nuclear waste watchdog group wants communities that are considering partnering with the government on future waste storage plans to have the full picture of the energy cycle and its history.

Local governments are allowed to set a minimum wage that's higher than the state rate of $14.40 per hour. Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang said if approved, the changes could take effect on January 1, 2025.

The program builds on the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps and aims to place 20,000 young people in jobs to tackle climate change.

Across the United States, chronic worker shortages have led many companies to invest in machines to do some of the work they can't find people to do.

According to the 2023 Higher Education Return on Investment Report, Coloradans who hold bachelor’s degrees make significantly more money than residents with only high school diplomas. But what other factors play into the cost-benefit formula? Chalkbeat Colorado Reporter Jason Gonzales spoke with KUNC’s Nikole Robinson Carroll about it.

A new report shows the U.S. has created more than 170,000 clean energy jobs since Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022. In the Mountain West, job creation by state is all over the map.

The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management has started posting positions using a new job classification system mandated by the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Fire managers are hopeful that it can help the agency begin to address the serious recruitment and retention issues they’re facing.

A new report predicts the Inflation Reduction Act’s climate and energy provisions will create or preserve 1 million U.S. jobs., including tens of thousands in the Mountain West.

A bipartisan bill in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to improve the nation’s supply chains by recruiting more drivers to the trucking industry.