colorado history

A single vehicle accident in Rio Blanco County in early January led to over 9,000 gallons of crude oil being spilled into West Douglas Creek between Rangely and Grand Junction. The spill, which is being cleaned and monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency, is just a small part of Western Colorado’s long legacy of extractive energy.

Carter Niemeyer is a wolf expert with more than 40 years of experience. He was part of the federal team that reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho in the '90s and was on the Technical Working Group that advised Colorado Parks and Wildlife during the Wolf Restoration and Management Plan process. He has written two award-winning memoirs about his career with U.S.D.A. Wildlife Services and will be in Carbondale this weekend for workshops and a book signing. He sat down with KDNK's Amy Hadden Marsh earlier this week to talk about wolves among humans and what made him go from Wildlife Services to wolf advocacy.

Local history in Western Colorado includes one true story often thought of as a wives tale, now integrated into an opportunity for family fun in Fruita, CO.KDNK’s Hattison Rensberry has more.

Dance Initiative organizes a bilingual conversation about racism and the artsThis story has a bilingual element, thanks to Bryan Alvarez-Terrazas and Claudia PawlEste cuento es en español y ingles, gracias a Bryan Alvarez-Terrazas y Claudia Pawl

Dr. Nicki Gonzales, a noted historian and Professor of History and Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion at Regis University in Denver, says Latinos played a significant role in Colorado history, particularly in labor issues.

In the foothills outside Longmont, Colorado, tucked high in a narrow valley, sits an ugly, cement slab. It's the size of a train car and juts out into…

A plan is being proposed to link a trail between Carbondale to Crested Butte. Last night at the Carbondale Firehouse, Dale Will, with Pitkin County Open…