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Biologists study poop to see what's killing Mt. Evans' goats
MOUNT EVANS, Colo. (AP) — Lance Carpenter is standing on a lichen-covered boulder somewhere around 13,000 feet (3,962 meters), his binoculars zeroed in on the target: the backside of a mountain goat kid. The goat is about 20 yards (18 meters) a...
Opioid crisis in Colorado could get worse amid pandemic
DENVER (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic overshadowed a long list of other problems that suddenly seemed less urgent in the wake of a deadly virus and its economic destruction. Included at the top of that list: the opioid epidemic. That crisis is s...
Volunteers use internet to check foster kids during pandemic
DENVER (AP) — The call usually comes around 7 each night, while Sarah Sparks is watching a movie with her two daughters on the couch. She keeps her phone close so she doesn't miss it. On the other end of the line is a 7-year-old girl, a foster child...
Drug designed and manufactured for 9-year-old Boulder girl
DENVER (AP) — Mila Makovec has high pigtails in her dark hair and a cloth doll tucked under her arm as she wakes up in a hospital bed, where she's just been injected with a one-of-a-kind drug intended to save her life. The drug works for only one p...
Colorado students with Down syndrome start college
DENVER (AP, Oct. 9, 2016) — College freshman Mia Barone's fingers are flying in the campus library, her eyes closed as she signs the words on her study list — tomorrow, free, champion, flirting. The 18-year-old with hot pink streaks in her hair tha...
