That will come as welcome news to the 600,000 Coloradans, half of whom are children, who rely on SNAP funding to help buy groceries each month.
KUNC’s In The NoCo is a window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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A 'Goldilocks foot' designed by CSU students could offer new options for people who wear prostheticsStudents at Colorado State University have designed an innovative prosthetic foot. The design uses 3D printing technology that allows them to customize each prosthetic they make for the person who will wear it. Hear the story of the CSU engineering students who created the award-winning design.
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A struggling novelist sets off a social media firestorm in a new novel by Colorado author R.L. Maizes. "A Complete Fiction" raises sticky questions about who gets to tell someone else’s story. We talk with the author about how her own social media obsessions inspired the book.
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The resounding victory of Prop. 50 in California, Tuesday opened a new front in the state-by-state war over partisan redistricting.
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Airlines will likely keep their major routes but cut regional flights.
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A lack of early-season snow isn’t great for the state’s water supply. But it can have a surprising benefit in the mountains.
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Political influencer Katie Grossbard offers a steady stream of inspiring messaging, political news and calls to action for liberals on Instagram.
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Local governments across Colorado face budget deficits in 2026. Some are tapping their reserves to keep people fed as SNAP benefits lapse.
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Other local measures designed to send more dollars to child care initiatives were too close to call Tuesday night. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Erica Breunlin. The entire article is available at the link below.
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The Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule put conservation on equal footing with grazing and energy production. The Trump administration is trying to roll it back.
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Few states require building with fire-resistant materials, but some in the Mountain West are in the process of changing that.
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After the U.S. State Department increased social media vetting for international student visa applicants, some ski resorts worried about shortages of lift operators or food servers.
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Wildfires have grown substantially in size in recent decades, but they’re also burning much more intensely, with high severity areas growing much faster than fires overall. New research projects additional significant jumps in the scale of wildfires that kill most trees unless major management measures - like prescribed fire - are carried out.
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The dinosaurs were preserved head to toe in a thin layer of clay.
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The U.S. Senate version of the Fix our Forests Act (FOFA) is advancing with strong bipartisan support. If signed, it would bring big changes to the country’s approach to wildfires.
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