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With a regional planning body unconvinced about a project, East Grand Forks hopes to delay federal roadway funding With fiscal and logistical deadlines looming and Metropolitan Planning Organization officials unimpressed, East Grand Forks leaders hope to buy time to study a plan that would rebuild a segment of an industrial park road by, in effect, delaying the federal funding that would subsidize it. 9:23 pm, Jul. 27, 2021 × East Grand Forks City Hall In Mayor Steve Gander’s estimation, East Grand Forks leaders are pleased with the work the Metropolitan Planning Orga...

A growing number of people want Colorado officials to pause or ban medics from using ketamine on people during escalated confrontations with police. The list includes two men who were given the powerful anesthetic when medics and police decided they showed signs of “excited delirium” or extreme “agitation.” Listen This initial reporting paved the way for several other stories and helped inspire lawmakers to pass legislation to restrict paramedics' use of ketamine during encounters with police. As a bill sits on Gov. Jared Polis' desk awaiting a signature, Congressm...

Published June 22, 2021 at 5:31 PM MDT Erie Bard CC BY-SA 4.0 The Nantes Library in Gilcrest, Colorado has a reflective cool roof designed to increase energy efficiency and solar panels supplying most of the building's electricity needs. It was featured in a recent episode of "Heart of a Building." On today’s episode of Colorado Edition, we learn how the federal moratorium on evictions that’s soon to expire might impact tenants and landlords across the state. Then, we examine how the racial and ethnic diversity of faculty at Colorado’s universities impacts students. Next, we l...

On today’s episode of Colorado Edition, we discover how the rise of virtual health care during the pandemic changed both patient-provider relationships, and the future of health care. Then, we learn how communities damaged by last year’s wildfires are trying to recover their natural areas. Next, we hear about the first gray wolf pups to be spotted in the state since the 1940s. And, we check in with the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, where the Colorado’s last printing press approaches its final days.

Published June 1, 2021 at 5:10 PM MDT KUNC File Photo / On today’s episode of Colorado Edition, we dig into a new bill that helps people with past convictions for marijuana possession seal their records. Then, we learn how some colleges and cities are looking to acknowledge and reconcile their land as belonging to Indigenous nations. We hear about efforts to address when police officers are ill-equipped to interact with people with disabilities. And, we get a peek into potential changes to Colorado’s school funding formula. Today’s guests include Colorado House Rep. Alex Valdez...