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Colorado Public Radio (CPR) is a public radio state network based in Denver, Colorado that broadcasts three services: news, classical music and OpenAir, which plays adult album alternative music. CPR operates a 30-signal, statewide radio network accessible to 80 percent of Coloradans. As of 2013, CPR had 440,000 weekly listeners, 47,000 contributing members and annual revenue of $14 million. Source

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Officials visit Snyder fire command center in Fruita as wildfires blaze across Western Slope

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By Sam Brasch Verified
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Gov. Jared Polis held a press conference in Fruita this afternoon with state and local fire officials to mourn the three firefighters who died battling the Snyder fire on Saturday. Multiple agencies continue to battle the 28,000-acre fire, which continues to burn uncontained on the Colorado-Utah border west of Grand Junction. The three firefighters died on Saturday night in a so-called “burnover,” when a wildfire moves so quickly it closes off any escape routes.
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So Far So Good 2026: Indie’s Favorite Songs of the Year So Far

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If you were just following the headlines, 2026 may not seem like a fabulous year—but if you follow the music, 2026 is a golden age! With new drops from Ecca Vandal, Genesis Owusu, MUNA and more, this year is sounding defiant, hopeful and danceable. Now that we've hit the halfway point of the year, the hosts of Indie 102.3 have combed through the best music of 2026 to pick our favorite songs of the year so far.
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Candidates and campaigns make last pitch to voters

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It took ringing the doorbell at several houses before Andrea Aragon and her husband Dan found someone who answered in the historic neighborhood of Old North End in Colorado Springs. On the other side of the door was Julia Watson, an unaffiliated voter who is planning to vote in the Democratic primary. Affordability is a key issue for her.
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Colorado Supreme Court delivers blow to redistricting effort

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This is a developing story and will be updated. The Colorado State Supreme Court has blocked a Democratic  attempt to put redistricting in front of the voters this fall to create more Democratic congressional seats, in a win for Republicans.
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120 boaters, six dogs rescued from Colorado River amid Snyder Fire

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More than 100 people were pulled off the Colorado River Saturday night in what may be the largest evacuation effort ever carried out by Mesa County Search and Rescue. “We've got a couple members on the team that have been around for the last couple decades, and this was certainly the most operationally complex evacuation that we've done in living memory,” Nicholas Ingalls, a volunteer with Mesa County Search and Rescue told CPR News.
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Residents of Beulah evacuated as two fires burn in Southern Colorado

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Updated 11:25 a.m. Monday June 29, 2026 Two fires are burning in Southern Colorado in addition to the fires on the Western Slope in which three firefighters were killed and others injured. Though not as severe, there are some evacuations and road closures. Residents of other locations may also see and smell smoke as a result of these fires. A red flag warning blankets much of the region, which means conditions are right for the start and rapid spread of wildfire.
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Inside two Title IX investigations in Colorado that reflect a ‘new way of doing business’ under Trump

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This first appeared on chalkbeat.org. By Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado An all-gender bathroom in a Denver high school was at the center of the first sex discrimination investigation of the second Trump administration. A year and a half later, the federal Office for Civil Rights has taken no enforcement action. Neighboring Jeffco Public Schools, meanwhile, has been threatened with the loss of federal funds after investigators said they found boys’ names on girls’ sports rosters.
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Firefighters killed in Western Colorado identified

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The three firefighters killed Saturday while battling a fire along the Utah/Colorado border were operating out of a Rifle Helitack crew deployed in the area. Sydney Watson, 26, of Warrior Alabama; Nick Hutcherson, 27 of Glendale, Arizona; and Emily Barker, 38, of Clinton Township, Michigan were identified as the deceased in a Department of Interior press release Monday morning.
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What happens on June 30 when the primary race polls close?

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Colorado's primary election is Tuesday, but election night won't look the same in every county. As polls close and unofficial results begin rolling in, counties across the state will report updates on different schedules. Some plan to stop counting before midnight, others regularly work into the early morning hours before returning the next day. All six counties interviewed by CPR News said the same thing: election night is only the beginning of the counting process.
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In Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, Hispanic voters will decide one of the most competitive races in the U.S.

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On one of those startlingly bright Colorado days earlier this month, Angel Merlos was weaving in and out of the cul de sacs of a pristine suburban subdivision in Thornton, at the southern tip of Colorado's 8th Congressional District. He was armed with a stack of printed door hangers advertising the accomplishments of Rep. Gabe Evans, the district’s sitting Republican congressman.
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Alonso Galva, Alejandro
Antonoff Hart, Lauren
Beaty, Kevin J.
Bilek, Carl
Birkeland, Bente
Borden, Alison
Boyce, Dan
Brasch, Sam
Brundin, Jenny
Carr, Kendra
Chalfin, Andrea
Coldsnow, Gillian
Cotton, Anthony
Cruse, Molly
Dale, Kevin
Daley, John
DeMare, Kiara
Dukakis, Andrea
Erickson, Jo
Fernando-Frescas, Nathan
Fernando-Frescas, Nathan
Filangi, Shelby
Gersh, Jodi
Gorman, Tony
Harris, Kyle
Hart, Lauren
Heffel, Nathan
Hitt, Jen
Inaba, Jean
Jacobs, Jessie
Jones, Corey H.
Jones, Erin
Kanani, Bazi
Kenney, Andrew
Kim, Caitlyn
Lucero, Shawn
Markus, Ben
May, Haylee
McCain, Mark
Mescher, Daniel
Meyers, Dana
Morgan, Becky
Mulholland, Sarah
Murphy, Chuck
Nguyen, Kim
Painter-Wakefield, Patty
Pérez Esquivel, Arlo
Rumsey, Shane
Sanchez, Hayley
Schimpf, Mateo
Schneider, Daniel J.
Scoville, Alex
Sherry, Allison
Sieg, Stina
Sweeney, Alisha
Thakore, Ishan
Thomas, Kabin
Vanderwilt, Stewart
Verlee, Megan
Villegas, Andrew
Vischer, Monika
Walker, Karla
Warner, Ryan
Wedgeworth, Sherkiya
Werges, Brittany
Whitfield, Chandra Thomas
Whitten, Jessi
Wolf, Stephanie
Wooley, Joann
Zialcita, Paolo
Zumfelde, Jeff