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How long can grocery prices keep rising? 25.11.2025 4:56 ↓

Prices for necessities like groceries are outpacing wage growth.

The search to identify underground resources is often done from the sky. Here’s how that scientific magic happens 20.11.2025 5:02 ↓

The federal government is pushing hard to pinpoint domestic sources of rare earth elements and critical minerals

Why is the federal government spending millions on aerial geological mapping in Southern Colorado? 19.11.2025 4:42 ↓

New work is underway to improve and expand the existing geological data for the region.

What is the history of Raton Pass? 18.11.2025 4:50 ↓

“It's constantly used by people for all of these different reasons throughout history, that is the story of shifting borders, shifting industry, shifting towns, shifting states."

Wolves exploring deeper into the San Luis Valley, according to state 29.10.2025 6:08 ↓

Latest data from GPS collars indicates individual wolves roaming as far south as the New Mexico border.

Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade talks about the budget and issues facing the city 28.10.2025 5:00 ↓

Mobolade also touched on the city's "purple" politics and the loss of Space Command.

Buena Vista’s Mt. Olivet Cemetery comes alive for lantern tour 17.10.2025 2:27 ↓

The Mt. Olivet Cemetery tour includes stories from the lives of prospectors, madams, and sheriffs that lived in Chaffee County.

‘We can choose to take action’: Filmmaker Anayansi Prado on ‘Uvalde Mom’ and what Colorado can learn from the shooting 16.10.2025 15:32 ↓

“Uvalde Mom” is screening at the Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival at Colorado College this weekend.

Pueblo’s ‘Little Jewelbox’ Temple Emanuel celebrates 125 years 14.10.2025 7:20 ↓

“The congregation believes strongly that the temple is not only the synagogue for the Jewish community, but it also belongs to the citizens of Pueblo.”

Horror short filmed in Colorado premieres at Screamfest in Los Angeles 10.10.2025 7:19 ↓

The movie was filmed in Fort Collins.

Former Aguilar official charged with embezzling public funds, adding to the town’s financial and water woes 08.10.2025 5:03 ↓

Federal funds were allegedly mixed with the town’s general fund and used in part for personal expenses.

Colorado Springs’ District 11 teachers planning one-day strike on Wednesday 07.10.2025 2:05 ↓

The board did away with a long-standing bargaining agreement last year and strongly opposes the strike.

Aquifers: The groundwater in Colorado’s wells and how it gets there 01.10.2025 4:36 ↓

This story is a part of Understanding Southern Colorado’s Groundwater, an occasional series from KRCC about groundwater resources. Read more stories here.

Inside the complex investigation at a mortuary co-owned by the former Pueblo County coroner 19.09.2025 6:34 ↓

New CBI director updates the challenges of identifying decomposing bodies.

Experienced hunters found dead in Conejos County last week were struck by lightning, authorities say 19.09.2025 2:25 ↓

The bodies were found two miles from the trailhead where the car of the two missing hunters was previously located.

Here’s how to witness the season of love for tarantulas in Southern Colorado 12.09.2025 4:14 ↓

The plains south of La Junta is a popular spot to look for the eight-legged critters around dawn and dusk from mid-September into early October.

Ute Pass Elementary starts rainbow trout circle of life at Fountain Creek in Fields park 02.09.2025 4:29 ↓

Students at Ute Pass Elementary in Cascade got to watch the trout grow from the tiny, fragile "fry" life-stage to being big enough to release into the wild.

Palmer Lake special election: Voters set to decide on recalls, the future of annexations 29.08.2025 6:58 ↓

The special election takes place on September 9.

Empty shelves, growing lines: Colorado food banks adjust to a decrease in supply and an increase in demand 27.08.2025 4:44 ↓

Food banks across Colorado are facing a perfect storm.

Habitat for Humanity is building homes for public school employees in southern Colorado Springs  18.08.2025 3:52 ↓

A 2022 Keystone Policy Center report found that fewer than 20 percent of homes on the market are affordable for the average teacher in Colorado.

Manitou Springs, long a local marijuana monopoly, reeling from recreational sales in Colorado Springs 13.08.2025 2:15 ↓

Retail marijuana sales started in Colorado Springs in April. Now, Manitou predicts its general fund to drop almost 30%.

Why Colorado Springs wants to delay closing its last coal plant 06.08.2025 4:57 ↓

The CEO of the city’s utility says closing the power plant by 2030 would threaten power reliability and increase energy bills

A new general manager ‘steers’ the Colorado State Fair into its 153rd year 05.08.2025 7:50 ↓

"Opening the gates that first day and having people come in and hosting my first fair here. Having that kid eat his first corn dog or see the carnival lights for the first time, or maybe go through the petting farm and get to interact with those animals."

The San Luis Peoples Market, Colorado’s oldest business, reopens after delays and unexpected challenges 04.08.2025 2:23 ↓

The San Luis Peoples Market was planning a grand opening celebration for August. It’ll not come in October.

Tasting Manitou’s mineral springs 18.07.2025 4:11 ↓

Manitou Springs may be known for its proximity to Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods but it is also home to another geologic wonder: mineral springs.