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As Colorado prepares for summer tourism, visitors planning trips to rural communities might assume that if they have a medical emergency, they will receive the same level of emergency care they would at home. However, that's not always the case. Rural communities may lack a hospital or even a fully staffed emergency response team. For example, the rural Hinsdale County Emergency Medical Services recently lost its only paramedic. That's left the county's EMS system in a pinch ahead of its peak tourism season.

The Department of Energy ordered the Craig Unit 1 power plant to continue operating in December, just days before it was set to sunset permanently. Now, Colorado and the utilities that own the plant are suing.

A new exhibit of Colorado legislator pictures hangs in the former U.S. presidential portrait gallery at the state Capitol. Organizers say the new exhibit celebrates Colorado's 150th anniversary of statehood.

As conventional funding methods become more uncertain, and the Trump administration's hostility towards scientific research continues, geologist Jonathan Stine decided to try crowdfunding as a way to pay for the cost of his research in Southeastern Utah.

The Bureau of Reclamation announced plans to release water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir, and to reduce flows out of Glen Canyon Dam on Lake Powell in an attempt to prop up the Colorado River Basin's infrastructure.

Native American athlete and skiing Hall of Famer Ross Anderson grew up in Durango and he's held the U.S. record in speed skiing for 20 years. This is the first time the city has formally recognized his athletic achievements.

In Colorado's North Fork Valley, thirty volunteers drive long roads and set aside the weight of their days to sing classical music together. Director Brent Helleckson reflects on what draws people to do something hard — and why it keeps bringing them back.

A new study from Western Colorado University found that winters with low snowpack tend to yield wildfire seasons that destroy more live biomass. The findings don't bode well for Colorado forests this summer, but the worst outcomes can still be avoided.

Since October 2023, Aspen has required restaurants to compost, keeping thousands of tons of organic material out of the landfill and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

NPR and three public radio stations in Colorado, including Aspen Public Radio, sued the Trump administration in May for First Amendment violations stemming from an executive order that demanded federal agencies strip the company of its federal funding. A federal judge ruled it was "unlawful and unenforceable."