Colorado has spectacular scenery, but it comes with wild animals, and they sometimes wander into town. A ballot measure that would ban hunting wild cats is the latest test of public views on hunting.
Wild ginseng is declining, but small-scale ‘diggers’ aren’t the main threat to this native plant − and they can help save it
There’s a widespread argument that ‘poachers’ are responsible for the scarcity of wild ginseng. But a scholar who has interviewed diggers explains that most of them are good stewards.
Voters’ ‘moral flexibility’ helps them defend politicians’ misinformation − if they believe the inaccurate info speaks to a larger truth
In a series of surveys, researchers studied when and why voters put up with inaccurate statements from their leaders.
Photographer Louis Carlos Bernal memorialized the barrios at the US-Mexican border
Even though Bernal is known as the father of Chicano photography, his work has long been overlooked. Now he’s the subject of a new exhibition at the University of Arizona.
Homeless in Kansas? Here’s how you can still vote

Being homeless in Kansas City, Kansas, comes with its own set of challenges. Wyandotte County has no permanent emergency shelters. And it has notably fewer resources and less funding available for homeless services than the Missouri side of the Kansas City area. Yet several agencies in that city and Wichita can help homeless people with […]
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With no chemistry teacher, Chicago student teaches her own class: ‘They forgot about us’
A week after their teacher left, the students were growing restless.Despite promises that a permanent new teacher was coming, students in the sophomore-level chemistry class at Roberto Clemente Community Academy were sitting in their classroom with lit…
Air conditioning is coming to some Missouri prisons. But it will take years and cost millions

Missouri lawmakers took a step toward improving conditions in some Missouri prisons last year by setting aside millions to install air conditioning in one of the state’s 17 prisons. That cooler air is still a year and a half away. That decision came as global temperatures broke summertime heat records. Prisoner rights advocates celebrated the […]
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The fastest-ever climb of the Grand Teton, a record lost and a trails debate


Michelino Sunseri climbed the mountain and returned to the trailhead in under three hours, achieving what he thought was the new fastest known time. But after discovering he cut at least one switchback, arbiters with the tracking organization rejected the record.
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Meet Cowboy Joe V, UW’s iconic live mascot


Fall in Laramie means Cowboys Football and one adorable Shetland pony.
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AI is growing fast. Here’s how Colorado is trying to keep up.

The state and city of Denver take cautious approach to generative AI, as local innovators develop impressive tech