Colorado Matters

Colorado Public Radio
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Apr 10, 2024 • 52min

April 10, 2024: Griswold impeachment attempt fails; Author inspires incarcerated readers and writers

An attempt to impeach Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold failed at the state Capitol. We get perspective from public affairs reporter Bente Birkeland.
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Apr 9, 2024 • 50min

April 9, 2024: Assessing Xcel’s wind response; A harrowing rescue in Haiti

Rather than risk sparking a wildfire in high winds, Xcel Energy opted to cut power to tens of thousands of people. But the decision caused other problems.
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Apr 9, 2024 • 2min

Fort Lewis football player among Osage dancers at Academy Awards

Joseph Goodfox Jr., a sophomore long snapper for the Fort Lewis Skyhawks football team, was among the Osage performers at March’s Academy Awards ceremony.
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Apr 8, 2024 • 50min

April 8, 2024: A Columbine survivor on being ‘safer together’; Women of Colorado’s mines

Krista Hanley survived the Columbine shooting. 25 years later, she helps people feel safer together even as she navigates her own recovery.
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Apr 8, 2024 • 22min

25 years after the attack, a Columbine survivor dedicates herself to making others feel safer

Krista Hanley, co-founder of Safer Together, survived the attack on Columbine High School 25 years ago this month.
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Apr 8, 2024 • 15min

In ‘Women of the Colorado Mines,’ a legacy of entrepreneurialism and grit

The term ‘motherlode’ is synonymous with the Gold Rush, yet women weren’t welcome to wield pickaxes or pan for flakes.
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Apr 5, 2024 • 48min

April 5, 2024: Non-combat brain injuries in the military; New album from Jeremiah Fraites of the Lumineers

Brain injuries in the military are possible outside of combat. Training with grenades, for instance, carries risks.
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Apr 5, 2024 • 18min

A mass killer’s brain injury poses big questions for the military

Army reservist Robert Card II went on a shooting rampage in Maine last fall. An autopsy showed he had extensive brain damage, likely from repeated exposure to grenade explosions. He'd never been in combat.
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Apr 5, 2024 • 20min

A piano album recorded around the world from Lumineer Jeremiah Fraites

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Jeremiah Fraites, of Denver band The Lumineers, has released “Piano Piano 2.” The mostly instrumental album also features a cover of Radiohead’s “No Surprises,” with Colorado’s own […]
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Apr 4, 2024 • 52min

April 4, 2024: ‘Aging Matters’ puts the focus on Colorado’s fastest-growing population

Colorado is getting older. The fastest growing population in the state is people 65 plus. But people age in different ways.

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