/tags/san-luis-valley San Luis Valley en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:58:56 GMT /regional-news/2024-08-22/colorado-study-links-climate-to-kidney-dysfunction When humidity levels were low, study participants were more likely to show poor kidney function in health exams. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:58:56 GMT /regional-news/2024-08-22/colorado-study-links-climate-to-kidney-dysfunction Rachel Cohen /news/2023-08-15/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-hoa-foreclosures-and-the-state-of-the-drive-in KUNC Programing & Operations Manager Desmond O'Boyle spoke to Tracy Ross with the Colorado Sun about suspect HOA foreclosure practices in Colorado and the state of the drive-in movie theater. Tue, 15 Aug 2023 18:33:26 GMT /news/2023-08-15/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-hoa-foreclosures-and-the-state-of-the-drive-in Desmond O'Boyle /regional-news/2023-03-17/researcher-enlists-san-luis-valley-residents-in-exploring-how-drought-affects-aquifer-health A University of Colorado professor is partnering with community water groups to learn about metal contamination in water – an issue of increasing concern in the Mountain West. Fri, 17 Mar 2023 19:28:42 GMT /regional-news/2023-03-17/researcher-enlists-san-luis-valley-residents-in-exploring-how-drought-affects-aquifer-health Emma VandenEinde /environment/2019-10-04/in-the-san-luis-valley-lettuce-has-shaped-the-land-and-local-culture Farmers had been growing lettuce in the San Luis Valley for decades, but it wasn’t until the 1950s that the crop started to take off, thanks to advances… Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:00:00 GMT /environment/2019-10-04/in-the-san-luis-valley-lettuce-has-shaped-the-land-and-local-culture /environment/2018-05-25/keeping-a-unique-water-tradition-alive-in-southern-colorados-acequias A warm spring has already melted much of the limited snowpack that sits high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains in southern Colorado. Water is already… Fri, 25 May 2018 19:30:54 GMT /environment/2018-05-25/keeping-a-unique-water-tradition-alive-in-southern-colorados-acequias Luke Runyon /environment/2017-10-04/study-during-years-of-drought-western-groundwater-wells-go-dry Stories of Western groundwater wells going dry started bubbling up during a multi-year drought that began in 2012. Farmers and rural communities… Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:36:11 GMT /environment/2017-10-04/study-during-years-of-drought-western-groundwater-wells-go-dry Luke Runyon /environment/2017-09-25/it-takes-a-village-and-a-lot-of-money-to-save-an-aquifer In the summer of 2002, water pumps in Colorado’s San Luis Valley stopped working.The center pivot sprinklers that coax shoots from the dry soil and turn… Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:00:00 GMT /environment/2017-09-25/it-takes-a-village-and-a-lot-of-money-to-save-an-aquifer Harvest Public Media