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A program that offers mental health resources and support to farmers and ranchers in Colorado is on hold, after the Trump administration froze funding for it. We discuss the impact the program has had in the agriculture community, the unique stresses that farmers and ranchers face -- and what happens next.
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An unusual art project is headed for the moon later this year. It’s an 80 page book roughly the size of your thumbnail … filled with contributions from artists and writers around the world. We’ll hear from the Colorado artist who helped create the book — and why he thinks art deserves a home on the moon.
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How Colorado’s small outdoor businesses are coping with pressure from Trump’s threatened tariffsThe threat of tariffs is creating uncertainty for many Colorado companies – including small businesses that make or sell outdoor recreation gear. We hear about how tariff turmoil is affecting these companies’ bottom line – and how they’re coping with it.
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Medical marijuana holds serious promise as a treatment for cancer and its symptoms. That’s the conclusion of a sweeping new study from an organization based in Evergreen that reviewed thousands of research papers. The findings showed that cannabis was a powerful tool for helping patients with pain from cancer treatment – and that cannabis was even helpful in shrinking tumors in a laboratory.
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Students at Colorado State University have designed an innovative prosthetic foot. The design uses 3D printing technology that allows them to customize each prosthetic they make for the person who will wear it. We’ll hear the story of the CSU engineering students who created the award-winning design.
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The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs says thousands of Indigenous American and Alaska Native women have been missing or murdered in recent years, and many of those cases remain unsolved. A Berthoud writer set out to raise awareness about this real-life crisis using fiction. We talk with her about her new horror novel.
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In an era of artificial intelligence and cloud computing, data centers are an important part of the economy. Some Colorado lawmakers say the state needs more of them – and that they could generate jobs and tax revenue. But data centers also consume huge amounts of energy and water. So do the future benefits outweigh the costs? We dig into that question on In The NoCo.
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A program that lets Colorado high school students shape state law nearly came to an end recently as lawmakers wrestled with a tight budget. Leaders ultimately decided the program deserves to continue. We talk about the story behind the unusual Colorado Youth Advisory Council – and the state laws these students have managed to create in recent years.
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A Boulder doctor who specialized in performing abortions late in pregnancy announced recently he was retiring. Now, Dr. Warren Hern is talking about why he closed his clinic more than 50 years after he founded it -- and the state of abortion access in the U.S.
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The National Science Foundation, which is managed by the federal government, recently canceled funding for hundreds of research projects. One of those programs, designed by a professor at CU, would have used social media to teach young people about how artificial intelligence works. But the grant proposal contained the word “misinformation” -- and the professor thinks that’s why the project was killed.