Rocky Mountain Community Radio

Attorney Steven D. Zansberg describes NPR's lawsuit against the Trump administration, and how Aspen Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio and KSUT Public Radio represent the interests of NPR-member stations across the country as co-plaintiffs.

Rocky Mountain Community Radio hosted a statewide call-in show on the 2025 Colorado legislative session featuring reporters who are part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance.

At the Boulder Public Library, 37 immigrants from over 20 countries were sworn in as U.S. citizens in a moving naturalization ceremony shared by KGNU and Rocky Mountain Community Radio.

The White House is asking Congress to rescind $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Smaller stations, like those in the Rocky Mountain region, will feel the impact the most.

This week on Regional Roundup: Diane Boyd reflects on 40 years studying wolves, immigrant rights groups brace for political shifts, and Auden Schlender tackles climate complicity.

The “Tenants for Turns” program offers incentives to landlords who rent to Aspen Skiing Company employees, with benefits like a free ski pass, bundle of lift tickets or $1,500 gift certificate. One landlord-tenant pair shares their experience with the program in this audio postcard.

The district’s board of education voted 3-1 on October 25, 2023 to adopt social studies standards developed by Colorado’s Department of Education in 2022. The meeting was attended by more than 100 people, most of whom were against American Birthright and highly critical of the school board’s president, Tony May.

The deadline is approaching for the Colorado River Drought Task Force to submit recommendations for state-level policy solutions to tackle the ongoing water crisis in the state. The taskforce is a result of legislation that was passed at the Colorado legislature this year.

Three out of four open seats on the Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 school board have candidates who are running unopposed in this month’s election. A few of those candidates have said they might refuse to follow statewide education policies if they conflict with their personal values.

At last, the only town in the most remote county in the lower 48 states is getting high-speed fiber internet. Work is underway to connect the tiny town of Lake City in southwestern Colorado. For KVNF, Laura Palmisano reports on the local, regional, and state partnership that made it happen.