Alix Midgley, Rural Food Access Coordinator, discusses her work expanding food security across the Four Corners, tackling challenges like transportation and rising food costs.
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You may have heard about the large underground seed vault in Svalbard, Norway, which opened in 2008. But you might be surprised to learn there is a similar facility in the Rocky Mountain region. The National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado, has been operating since the 1950s.
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House Bill 1182 would also require insurers to give customers an opportunity to appeal assessments of a property’s wildfire risk, which can lead to increased costs and nonrenewals
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If the Joint Budget Committee — and the rest of the state legislature — doesn’t fund the raises, it would force the union back to the bargaining table.
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“You can look at a piece of brush and just yell ‘fire’ and it will start.” That’s how Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin described current drought conditions to the county commissioners at their workshop on Monday.
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As housing costs skyrocket in the Roaring Fork Valley, homelessness and housing insecurity are on the rise, with many facing financial instability due to high living expenses.
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A Colorado bill aims to protect books in school libraries from bans by requiring policies for book challenges and protecting librarians from retaliation.
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This week on Regional Roundup: Exploring the need for diversity in climate research, new films from Sundance, and tracking wild turkeys in Boulder County.
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The January Ag Economists' Monthly Monitor predicts strong beef and pork production for 2025 but rising prices for consumers. Concerns over trade, tariffs, and immigrant labor continue.
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Environmental justice on the Trump administration’s chopping block, along with DEI, climate researchThe Trump administration is targeting programs that prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as topics related to environmental justice and climate change.
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El futuro de tres monumentos nacionales en el área de los Four Corners ahora está altamente inseguro.
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