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Huge paintings once lined most of the 2.8-mile long levee that helps protect downtown Pueblo from flooding along the Arkansas River. But they're being destroyed during repair work that started on the levee five years ago.

Driving south on Interstate 25 toward the Colorado-New Mexico border, right around mile marker 40, a flat-topped peak in the distance begins rising above everything else. That's Fisher's Peak, and it marks a new named state park announced in mid-September. It's just a few miles south of Trinidad, a city built by coal mining and farming. In the past decades, the town of about 9000 has been struggling to find a foothold in a new economic reality. The question is, can a 5 million year old peak help

An extraordinary discovery in the backyard of Colorado Springs has created a window into an evolutionary period we previously knew very little about.

The governor is trying to figure out other ways to fund transportation and education after voters have rejected multiple funding measures.

Turns out, it’s not just parents worried about their kids’ phone use. Teens wish their parents were less distracted, too.

The City of Colorado Springs is gathering reflections from community members on their personal connections to Pikes Peak. It’s part of a campaign called “My Mountain,” leading up to completion of the new Pikes Peak Summit Complex next year. The city has shared audio versions of several stories with 91.5 KRCC, which we are editing for broadcast.

A national study of three cities, including Denver, looked at how agencies used a remote sensing network called ShotSpotter and assessed its impact on violent crime.

A recent report from the National Audubon Society says two-thirds of America’s birds are threatened with extinction from climate change. That includes half of Colorado’s bird species and our state bird — the lark bunting.

Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, who regularly collaborates with nature, drew inspiration from “The Light Show” and “Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature” for her exhibition.

If you think you’ve heard every argument about climate change, you weren’t at a debate at CU Boulder on Monday.