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As seen in: KUNC-FM (Greeley, CO), Here & Now Anytime, NPR, PBS, PBS NewsHour, Chicago Tribune, MDPI, Flipboard, Health News Florida, The Denver Post, WUSF Public Media and
Reporter @KUNC focusing on mental health in Colorado. Formerly on the guns beat for @GunsReporting 🎙️ Send tips, thoughts, feelings: Leigh.Paterson@kunc.org
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A new production by a Boulder playwright tells the true story of Black families pushed out of their homes

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By Leigh Paterson Verified, Erin O'Toole Verified, Brad Turner Verified
| In The NOCO
A new stage production in Longmont and Boulder examines the displacement of Black residents. In the 1950s, thousands of Black families in Indianapolis were pushed out when their neighborhood was destroyed to make way for the expansion of a university. That area, known as Indiana Avenue, had been a thriving community, with Black churches and Black-owned businesses and newspapers. A new play,13 Fires, is a historical drama that explores one family’s experience.
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Many Colorado districts are banning mobile phones during the school day. How’s that going?

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By Brad Turner Verified, Leigh Paterson Verified, Erin O'Toole Verified
| In The NOCO
This might be the end for text messages from the school lunchroom and Instagram pics from the hallways. At least if students follow the rules. Denver Public Schools, the state’s largest school district, announced last week it's banning cell phones, smart watches and other devices during the school day. Previously, different schools in DPS had different policies on when or if to allow kids to use devices.
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Why Longmont leaders said no to massive data centers in town (before any had been proposed there)

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By Brad Turner Verified, Leigh Paterson Verified
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The city of Longmont last week took an unusual step toward limiting the impact of data centers on the community and its energy grid. Data centers are built to support the growing tech and artificial intelligence sections. And they consume huge amounts of electricity and water, which makes them especially controversial in an arid state like Colorado.
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