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Lunar eclipse expected to create a ‘blood moon’ tonight. Here’s what to know

· Mar. 13, 2025

This flu season looks like it might be Colorado’s worst one in 20 years

· Mar. 13, 2025

Snag a Hanging Lake permit starting at 8 a.m. Monday, March 17

· Mar. 13, 2025

Firefighters work two fires in the Colorado Springs area near Garden of the Gods and the airport

By Andrea Chalfin

· Mar. 13, 2025

Government and Politics

Both Colorado senators against GOP spending bill

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Colorado calls DOJ interest in Tina Peters’ case a ‘grotesque attempt to weaponize the rule of law’

By Bente Birkeland

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Hospital gun-violence prevention programs may be caught in US funding crossfire

By KFF Health News

Terri Ruffennach fields questions from second-graders

Colorado education landscape reels over Trump’s gutting of the US Department of Education

By Jenny Brundin

Copper Mountain Jacque Peak Expansion

Copper Mountain wants to expand wider and higher with the highest ski lift in North America

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