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Bill Kurtis retires as 'Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!' judge and scorekeeper Legendary anchorman and America's favorite judge and scorekeeper, Bill Kurtis is retiring from his role at Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!, capping off a phenomenal 12-year run with the show.

“Bill will still be a part of the Wait Wait family, filling in as judge and scorekeeper, lending his powerful voice to winner voicemails, and popping into the Wait Wait socials to say hi. His last show will be May 23. Plans around a successor for the role will be announced soon.”

11.03.2026 22:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Durango withdraws bookshop records request after lawsuit filed over First Amendment concerns Last month, Maria’s Bookshop filed a lawsuit against the city of Durango after the Durango Police Department tried to obtain book purchase records for a customer.

Maria’s Bookshop has decided to follow the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision from 25 years ago and require that if a customer’s book records are going to be disclosed to the police, the police have to show a compelling interest in that information.

11.03.2026 22:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Americana's newcomer Jobi Riccio faces the pressure on her new record The country and bluegrass songwriter talks about her sophomore album, Face the Feeling, out May 15.

The young songwriter from Colorado is a rising star, earning the John Prine Songwriter Fellowship in 2023.

In this World Cafe episode, you'll hear what all the buzz is about as Riccio performs songs — including an unreleased one — from her upcoming album, Face the Feeling, out May 15.

10.03.2026 18:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Conservation groups sue Trump administration over sage-grouse habitat rollback Conservation groups filed a lawsuit on March 2 challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of federal protections for the greater sage-grouse across nine states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Monta...

The groups argue that the changes weakened land management plans covering roughly 71 million acres of habitat, leaving the land open to oil and gas drilling and development.

10.03.2026 18:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Mountain West’s outdoor economy continues to grow – but pace may be slowing Outdoor recreation remains a major economic player, but inflation, tariffs and affordability concerns may have contributed to a slowing growth rate in 2024.

The numbers show outdoor recreation is a bigger part of the U.S. economy than sectors like farming, mining and utilities, according to the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), which represents 110,000 outdoor businesses.

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10.03.2026 18:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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​​Native Students Receive Excessive Discipline in This New Mexico School District, Report Finds The Navajo Nation report echoes a 2022 investigation by New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica that found Indigenous students were punished more harshly than other students in the state’s Gallup-McKinley ...

The Navajo Nation commission's report detailed harsh discipline, language barriers, discriminatory hiring practices and more.

“It’s our kids, our students, who are suffering the consequences of entrenched racism,” the commission chair said.

With @nmindepth.bsky.social

10.03.2026 17:46 👍 301 🔁 101 💬 4 📌 5
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Augie Meyers, Founding Member of the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados, Dies - Best Classic Bands Augie Meyers, a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet who later re-teamed with that band's leader Doug Sahm to form the Tejano supergroup Texas Tornados, died on March 7, 2026.

Farewell to the great Augie Meyers, founding member and keyboardist for both the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornadoes and a genuine Lone Star legend.

09.03.2026 16:54 👍 71 🔁 21 💬 1 📌 6
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Honestly, not sure I want to know what these numbers are going to look like in a few weeks.

Realistic possibility this is our lowest snowpack peak/earliest melt on record (38 years), based on the outlook for the rest of March.

Still early to talk about summer, but obviously this isn't good.

09.03.2026 18:36 👍 57 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 2
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A new abortion doula network is recruiting volunteers on the Western Slope Getting an abortion is often a daunting process. Abortion doulas can help, offering emotional and logistical support. One organization is trying to expand to rural Colorado, including the Roaring Fork...

As many states surrounding Colorado have enacted strict new laws or outright bans on abortion, Planned Parenthood's Glenwood Springs clinic has seen an increase in patients from afar — particularly Texas and Utah — due to its proximity to I-70.

09.03.2026 18:09 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Country Joe McDonald, anti-war singer who electrified Woodstock, dies at 84 Country Joe and the Fish's best-known song, "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," captured the growing anti-war sentiment of the Vietnam era.

In 1965 he helped form Country Joe and the Fish in Berkeley. The band's best-known song, "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," captured the growing anti-war sentiment of the Vietnam era.

McDonald delivered the song to some half a million people at the 1969 Woodstock festival in upstate New York.

09.03.2026 18:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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States blast feds' playbook of potential Colorado River options The sluggish Colorado River negotiations have entered a new phase: Long and fiery letter writing.

A coalition of conservation groups, including The Nature Conservancy and Trout Unlimited, also weighed in on Interior's draft proposals.

09.03.2026 17:50 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Utah lawmakers ask Congress to undo Grand Staircase-Escalante management plan Utah's congressional delegation is using the Congressional Review Act to throw out the resource management plan for the nearly 2 million-acre landscape. Congress has not used the CRA to undo resource ...

Tribal nations that have called the Grand Staircase-Escalante landscape home since time immemorial were cooperating agencies to the management plan, and have expressed disapproval over its potential invalidation.

06.03.2026 17:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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KSUT Conversation: Carol Fleisher on the 2026 Durango Film Festival This year’s festival takes place March 4 through 8 in downtown Durango.

In this KSUT Conversation, Tami Graham talks with Carol Fleisher, the director of the Durango Independent Film Festival, now in its 21st year.

They discuss highlights of this year’s festival, including the annual showcase of Native Lens films.

The festival runs through March 8 in Durango.

06.03.2026 17:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A new film follows Paul McCartney's 2nd act after The Beatles' breakup While previous documentaries captured the frenzy of Beatlemania, Man on the Run focuses on McCartney in the years between the band's breakup and John Lennon's death.

Director Morgan Neville conducted many lengthy new interviews with McCartney, but uses only the sound. Virtually all the footage in Man on the Run is vintage, so there are no white-haired rock stars in sight.

03.03.2026 20:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Precinct caucuses take place across Colorado this week The Democratic and Republican parties in Colorado are holding precinct caucuses between March 3 and March 7. These are small, neighborhood-level meetings where party members gather in-person or on zoo...

At the caucus, party members discuss candidates and party platforms and select delegates to advance to the county assemblies.

Party members also elect precinct organizers for the next two years and help recruit election judges and poll watchers.

03.03.2026 20:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Durango City Council approves feasibility study for Animas River surf wave

Durango City Council approves feasibility study for Animas River surf wave

The city of Durango approved a $44,000 feasibility study – of which Animas River Surfers will contributed $13,000 – to explore where a new surf wave should be built along the Animas River.

03.03.2026 02:00 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Buddy Guy: Tiny Desk Concert With a little help from his Sinners co-star Miles Caton, the near-nonagenarian legend gives the Tiny Desk a history lesson in the blues.

Hear a Tiny Desk Concert with legendary bluesman Buddy Guy.

The elder statesman of blues is the last standing among his fellow architects of the genre like B.B. King, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker.

03.03.2026 01:59 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Colorado’s Congressional delegation reacts to US military action in Iran Republicans have been supportive of Trump’s actions in Iran, while Democrats argue that Trump overstepped his constitutional authority.

Reactions from Colorado’s members of Congress have fallen along party lines, with Republicans supportive of Trump’s actions and Democrats saying Trump should have consulted Congress.

03.03.2026 01:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Israel attacks Iran as blasts heard in Tehran – live updates Israel’s military sounded air raid sirens across the country ‘to prepare the public for the possibility of missiles being launched toward Israel’ in retaliation * Full report: Israel bracing for retaliation after strikes on Iran Reports are emerging that the US is involved in Israel’s strikes on Iran’s capital. Associated Press reported that a US official and a person familiar with the operation said the US is participating in the Israeli strikes. They who spoke on condition of anonymity to detail sensitive military operations, AP said. Continue reading...

Israel attacks Iran as blasts heard in Tehran – live updates

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Trump announces 'major combat operations' in Iran Israel and the U.S. have launched strikes against Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran and air raid sirens sounding across Israel.

Israel has launched what it calls a preemptive strike against Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran and air raid sirens sounding across Israel. A nationwide state of emergency has been declared as officials warn further missile and drone attacks could be imminent. n.pr/46vCEKM

28.02.2026 08:25 👍 200 🔁 65 💬 32 📌 13
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Using data on half a million wildfire starts, researchers are working to predict their likelihood The team, led by a Boise State University civil engineering researcher, looked at half a million wildfire starts, and hundreds of attributes about them. Beyond the obvious weather variables like wind ...

Yavar Pourmohamad, a researcher with Boise State University, said he hopes the work could eventually enable fire danger forecasts on smartphones, similar to mobile weather forecasts.

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Colorado bill to seal children's name-change records moves forward after Polis veto threat Supporters say it would protect transgender kids and others, but Democratic sponsors removed a key provision after Gov. Polis signaled he would veto the measure.

Supporters argue the bill is necessary to protect the privacy of transgender kids and their families, and children who change their names for other reasons, including adoption and cultural or religious practices.

25.02.2026 22:24 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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New rules on hemp-derived THC products could devastate industry in Colorado A new, stricter federal definition of legal hemp is raising concerns across the $28 billion hemp industry, with producers and retailers warning it could disrupt a rapidly growing market.

The new definition has caused significant alarm within the $28 billion hemp industry, with fears that it will destroy thousands of businesses and jobs, basically crushing a relatively new industry before it really had a chance to take off.

23.02.2026 20:52 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Snow drought brings ski industry woes, increases urgency to plan for warmer, drier future Below average snowfall this year is hurting the ski industry's bottom line in the Rocky Mountains, as resorts work to get guests on the slope with less snow. CSU Professor Michael Childers says this s...

For more on our historically dry winter and how it’s impacting skiers, we hear from Michael Childers, a professor of environmental history at Colorado State University, who studies the ski industry.

23.02.2026 19:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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U.S. Supreme Court will hear landmark Boulder climate case against oil companies Many observers expect conservative justices to slap back idea of cities and states suing over climate change, but they get their day in high court

U.S. Supreme Court will hear landmark Boulder climate case against oil companies

23.02.2026 17:40 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Willie Colón, salsa pioneer, has died at 75 The South Bronx bandleader took the Latin genre to new heights while recording for Fania Records.

The New York City trombonist and bandleader was a key part of Latin music's evolution during the 1970s.

As a young teenager, Colón was soaking up popular music of the 1960s: R&B, rock, jazz … and Puerto Rican folk music, which he heard while visiting his extended family during the summer.

23.02.2026 18:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Colorado lawmakers want police to take new steps when responding to domestic violence calls One bill would require police to ask a standard set of risk assessment questions at every domestic violence call. The other would require officers to check for existing military protection orders when...

The bipartisan measures would require that officers conduct earlier screenings for high-risk survivors and would increase inter-agency coordination when cases involve military service members. Sponsors say the goal is to close response gaps in the most critical domestic violence cases.

23.02.2026 18:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump administration accused of removing history and science from Mountain West parks A coalition of public lands advocates and historians has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of censoring American history and science at national parks, including se...

The groups involved in the suit say park staff have been ordered to remove or edit materials that discuss slavery, Indigenous displacement, civil rights, and climate change.

Supporters of the lawsuit say national parks are meant to tell the full American story, not a filtered one.

23.02.2026 18:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Jill Scott: Tiny Desk Concert One of the most requested artists for the Tiny Desk is finally here. Jill Scott shares some new music along with the classics we've been yearning for.

Jill Scott, at long last, comes to Tiny Desk.

In celebration of her new album, To Whom This May Concern, her first in just over a decade, the Philadelphia singer and songwriter shares some new music along with some classics.

18.02.2026 18:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Feds are encouraging tribes to partner with data centers Tribes could lease land or sell power — and it might be a way to diversify some tribal economies

Many tribal members are worried about the impact data centers have on the environment, as many rely on natural gas and coal.

The federal government has long sought to take advantage of resources on tribal lands, often violating treaties and tribal sovereignty.

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