One of the biggest topics right now across the state is oil and gas development, specifically, hydraulic fracturing. Communities, industry, and the state are all working to ensure their interests are protected. But it’s a complicated issue, and often contentious. This month for Western Skies, we’re holding a magnifying glass up to fracking, the rules, regulations, and community concerns. (This month’s image by artist and rig-worker, Streeter Wright.)

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Training Santa

On December 25, 2012 By

While Christmas Eve belongs to Santa Claus and all the good little boys and girls, many who play Santa for the season train throughout the year. KGNU’s Maeve Conran visit a Santa University in Arvada and met one of their graduates in action.

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This month we’re doing things a little differently. KRCC belongs to a network of stations called Rocky Mountain Community Radio, so this month, we’re going to sample some work from a few of these stations, including our own.

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With the economic downturn, many consumers are looking for ways to ease the burden on their weekly household budget. Activities like clipping coupons, buying store labeled brands are all on the rise, as is another shopping activity.. buying groceries at salvage or discount food stores. As part of a series on the economy from Rocky […]

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News

AP
May 27, 2018 | NPR · What started as a group of 2,500 has grown to an estimated 300,000. Motorcyclists from across the country rally in Washington, D.C. to raise awareness every Memorial Day weekend.
 

National Hurricane Center/NOAA
May 27, 2018 | NPR · The storm, which is moving towards the U.S. gulf coast, is likely to become a tropical storm by Sunday afternoon or evening.
 

Library of Congress
May 27, 2018 | NPR · Nervous mothers and dads once had only family and friends to turn to for advice on kids. Then, in 1912, the U.S. government created an agency devoted to children, and queries from moms poured in.
 

Arts & Life

Hinterland Studio
May 27, 2018 | NPR · Our occasional series on storytelling in video games returns with a look at the survival simulator The Long Dark, which uses sound and silence to build a world not long into some terrible disaster.
 

Courtesy of the New Press
May 27, 2018 | NPR · A love story between a black Army nurse and a German POW during World War II? You couldn’t make that story up — and Alexis Clark, author of the upcoming book, Enemies in Love, didn’t.
 

The Washington Post/Getty Images
May 26, 2018 | NPR · The actress was one of the first women to publicly accuse Weinstein of sexual assault. She says she had not believed the movie mogul would face charges, but now hopes he will be convicted.
 

Music

May 27, 2018 | NPR · Bluegrass greats Del McCoury and Ronnie McCoury join NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro to talk about Del’s new album, and life on the road with a band that’s become like family.
 

Courtesy of the artist
May 27, 2018 | NPR · Three women — a soprano, a mezzo-soprano, and a vice president of opera programming — join NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro for a conversation about harassment and inequity in the opera world.
 

Getty
May 27, 2018 | NPR · Sheku Kanneh-Mason, a rising star in the U.K. classical world, wants to serve as an inspiration for musicians even younger than he is.
 

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