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Gregory Bull/APThe Colorado River – which supplies water to about 40 million people – is under new management. Federal officials announced recently they’ll take control of how that water is shared among the seven states that rely on the river. The decision comes after years of negotiations over how the water is divided – and years of drought that have reduced the amount of water in the river.
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Courtesy photoEarly in the Iraq War, Tom Mowle was a political science professor at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He answered a call from military leaders for strategic advice – and found himself living on a base in Iraq in 2004. Tom talks about the hard lessons from Iraq that he writes about in his new book – and how leaders might apply those lessons to the current conflict with Iran.
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Election officials say the state's mail voting system remains one of the most widely used and trusted in the country, even as questions about election security persist.
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Denver students won’t be allowed to use cellphones, smartwatches, or other personal devices during the school day when they return to class this fall.
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KUNC is interviewing every Democratic and Republican candidate running for Colorado governor ahead of the June 30 primary election.
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If ‘energy independent’, why do the events in the Middle East, specifically Iran now, and with the ‘Strait of Hormuz’ matter, or seem to be impacting and influencing gas prices locally?
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KUNC is interviewing every Democratic and Republican candidate running for Colorado governor ahead of the June 30 primary election.
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The private company that operate centers like the one in Aurora claims the new law oversteps the state's authority.
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Alex HagerColorado's negotiator, Becky Mitchell, and Nevada's, John Entsminger, spoke to a crowd of policy experts and answered questions from the audience.
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After a wildfire, rivers and streams can take years to recover. Native plants and wildlife are often crowded out by invasive species in the aftermath. But in Nevada’s Virgin River watershed, a collaboration between federal agencies and conservation groups is pointing to early signs of recovery.
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The microreactor from Antares, a private nuclear technology company, had a successful nuclear fission reaction for the first time at Idaho National Lab. National officials dubbed it ‘historic.'
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Coal mines in New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming could go to revived coal plants and be exported through a new port in California.
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Wildfire smoke is associated with a growing list of health impacts. New research now ties it to reproductive harm in bulls – a finding with implications for humans.
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Longer wildfire seasons can blanket communities in smoke. Summer heat records continue to rise. Drought remains a persistent concern for water supplies, agriculture and ecosystems.
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