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These parks in southeastern Utah attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, and are home to striking geologic formations and significant Indigenous cultural sites. The new superintendent Lena Pace brings years of experience, having previously worked on a floating ranger station in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, and at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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The program included athletes, advocates and influencers from all over the country. They gathered for snowboarding lessons, festive parties and fireside chats about race and inclusion, in an effort to show more people the joys of mountain adventure.
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An interview with Lake City physician assistant Bob Downs about his recent trip to Ukraine on a medical mission.
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A Colorado Sun politics reporter was kicked out of the Colorado GOP Assembly which took place in Pueblo over the weekend. Sandra Fish has been covering politics since 1982. She was escorted out of the state GOP assembly on Saturday by a sheriff’s deputy, after being told that party Chair Dave Williams thinks her current reporting is “very unfair.”
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Responding to the region's ongoing construction boom, one organization is working to repurpose homes that would otherwise be demolished — saving waste in the landfill and addressing a worsening housing crisis.
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Women make up half the population, so the cars they choose to drive matters — especially if they’re electric vehicles that can wean us off fossil fuels.
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Urban wildlife might conjure images of pigeons, rats, raccoons or squirrels. But in the Poplar Grove neighborhood, something far more glitzy roams the streets.
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On March 28 the city of Denver cleared out an immigrant camp at Elitch Gardens, an amusement park at the edge of downtown. About 60 people, mostly from Venezuela, have camped there for several weeks, in the shadow of the waterslides and roller coasters.
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On March 28, the Colorado State Capitol hosted a theater production featuring members of the Boulder-based Motus Theater troupe. The performance was part of the TRANSformative Stories project that shares the personal stories of transgender and nonbinary people.
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Several inmates at Delta County Jail were able to get replacement photo ids and driver’s licenses through the Colorado Mobile DMV Initiative also known as DMV2GO. Last week Delta County became the first jail in the state to offer such a service outside of Department of Corrections facilities. Officials at the jail say the lack of identification post incarceration is a significant obstacle to accessing crucial services, securing employment, and successfully reintegrating.
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The City of Durango has appointed its first ever poet laureates. The two poets will provide a constant presence of poetry at community gatherings and in public spaces.
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Last week, 13 new candidates became citizens of the United States in southwest Colorado. It’s the first time a naturalization ceremony is taking place in the city of Durango.