A story about how the Civilian Conservation Corps worked to establish the Mesa Verde visitor experience that’s lasted generations. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
June 29th was the 100th anniversary of Mesa Verde National Park. KSU”s Joan Zwisler reports on how the event is being celebrated in southwest Colorado. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
The 14,000 acre Mato Vega fire near La Veta that’s been burning for a week and a half now is all but contained. It was a big deal for the little town of Ft. Garland, where more than 500 firefighters were based. The people of the area turned out to show the people who came to help their gratitude. Miles Eddy reports. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
Colorado has awarded private prison contracts to three companies the same week it fined one of the companies for understaffing problems. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
For perspective on the motives behind the special session, and what’s likely to happen, we talk to Bob Loevy, professor of political science at Colorado College and keen observer of state politics for 38 years. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
On Tuesday Governor Bill Owens formally called the state legislature to come back for a special session starting next week. Bente Birkeland reports. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
On Monday the University of Colorado gave Professor Ward Churchill notice that it intends to fire him. Interim Chancellor Phil Distefano said the ethnic studies professor is being let go because of shoddy research and plagiarism. He is specifically not being fired for writing an essay that landed Churchill in the national spotlight in 2005 – In that essay, Churchill compared victims of the 9-11 attacks in New York City to Nazis. In this interview recorded one week earlier, Churchill talks with KGNU’s David Barsamian about how he’s being treated.
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For years now, a tiny mouse that weighs as much as a couple of plastic sandwich bags has held up huge, multimillion dollar urban development projects in Colorado. That’s how developers portray the inconvenience of the Endangered Species Act, which protects the mouse. Others say the rodent is getting a bad rap. It may lose ESA protection in August. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
In the first of two stories, Aspen Public Radio’s Kirk Siegler looks at a new threat to one of North America’s most endangered species, the Black Footed Ferret. Natural gas development threatens a reintroduction area in Colorado. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
A week from today, Thursday, June 27th, is National HIV testing day. AIDS/HIV outreach programs are encouraging people to get tested and know their HIV status. This year is the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the HIV virus, which causes AIDS. Since that time, the face of the disease has changed considerably. Nowadays people of color, youths in their teens and twenties and women are at increasing risk of infection. Maeve Conran reports on efforts to discover and prevent the disease among one of the state’s most marginalized populations, Latino farm workers.
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