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Have you ever yearned for just one more conversation with your deceased loved one? That possibility is closer than ever ... thanks to a technology known as a generative ghost. But would that encounter be moving ... or unsettling? That’s the focus of a CU Boulder researcher featured on today’s In the NoCo.

According to a new policy in Colorado Springs, students need to put their phones away all day inside special pouches. Schools in Boise, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas already have similar policies.

Following an alarming report from the U.S. Surgeon General, a Colorado poll shows voters are concerned about the impact of social media on youth mental health and want action from the state.

Meta says it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers' accounts on Instagram and Facebook. That includes posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders.

Two high-profile Colorado congressmen are leading a takedown of TikTok. Democratic Senator Michael Bennet and Republican Representative Ken Buck both say the popular app is a way for the Chinese government to gather information.

On TikTok 25-year-old Teal Lehto goes by “WesternWaterGirl,” and her clips regularly garner hundreds of thousands of views. Since joining the app in April, she’s amassed nearly 48,000 followers who tune in for her fast-paced, snarky and often profanity-laced takes on the West’s water crisis.

Within weeks of coming together, the chair of Colorado’s Congressional Independent Commission, Danny Moore, was forced out of his position on Monday. Three Republican, four unaffiliated and four Democratic commissioners all voted for the removal. Moore, a Republican from the Sixth Congressional District, was the only one to not vote, abstaining instead. He will remain on the commission in a non-leadership role.

Soon after Walmart announced it would require customers to wear masks, someone posted an article about the announcement in a closed Facebook group called…

#StayAtHome.

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, UTAH — The dark blue, predawn sky was just beginning to brighten over Mesa Arch — a once-hidden gem in southern Utah — as...