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Experts issue warning after 3 killed in Colorado avalanches

Experts issue warning after 3 killed in Colorado avalanches

Colorado Avalanche Information Center Director Ethan Greene said Sunday that 132 avalanches have been reported since Friday and that Colorado's snowpack is the weakest it has been since 2012.
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Pressure builds on Polis admin to focus on health equity as pandemic drags on

Pressure builds on Polis admin to focus on health equity as pandemic drags on

The pandemic won't stop highlighting Colorado's health inequities.
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Colorado finalizes stricter emissions rules to battle ozone pollution

Colorado finalizes stricter emissions rules to battle ozone pollution

Concentrations have exceeded EPA standards for more than a decade.
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What you need to know about this year's winter solstice and the great conjunction

What you need to know about this year's winter solstice and the great conjunction

Saturn and Jupiter will not be this close to each other for another 60 years.
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Congress seals the deal on emergency relief after dispute over Fed lending settled

Congress seals the deal on emergency relief after dispute over Fed lending settled

The massive bill, on which a vote is expected Monday at the earliest, is expected to include a $600 direct payment to Americans who received a check earlier this year; $300 a week in emergency unemployment benefits; an extension of eviction protections; the suspension of student loan payments; additional loans for small businesses; and added funding for food assistance, child care support and coronavirus testing centers and vaccine distribution.
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This health care magnate wants to fix democracy, starting in Colorado

This health care magnate wants to fix democracy, starting in Colorado

Kent Thiry, the former CEO of DaVita, has given at least $5.9 million to Colorado ballot measures since 2011 — and all of them won, according to a KHN review of Colorado campaign finance data.
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‘Of course, it feels unsafe’: Colorado prisons face staffing crisis as hundreds of guards, inmates sickened

‘Of course, it feels unsafe’: Colorado prisons face staffing crisis as hundreds of guards, inmates sickened

This week, there are almost 400 prison guards out sick with COVID-19 and more than 1,100 prisoners with active infections across the state.
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Rising rents, stagnant wages leave many Colorado tenants struggling to meet basic needs

Rising rents, stagnant wages leave many Colorado tenants struggling to meet basic needs

Colorado ranks No. 9 for gap between renter’s income and housing cost. Housing advocates see rent stabilization as one solution.
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Early coal retirements reversed after pressure from utilities, Polis administration

Early coal retirements reversed after pressure from utilities, Polis administration

Commission member: ‘It seems like we’ve had a pretty good relationship with the utilities, and I want to maintain that’
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What to do with 5,000 drilling applications? That's the question as new oil, gas rules set to take effect Jan. 15

What to do with 5,000 drilling applications? That's the question as new oil, gas rules set to take effect Jan. 15

A big question is the fate of a little over 5,000 permits already in the pipeline, about 4,300 to drill wells and about 740 for the location of well sites. In 2019, the COGCC approved 2,111 permits to drill wells and 256 well-location permits. 11 this year, the state has approved 1,350 to drill wells and 155 location permits.
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