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Rocky Mountain Community Radio
Below average snowfall this year is hurting the ski industry’s bottom line in the Rocky Mountains, as resorts work to get guests on the slope with less snow. CSU Professor Michael Childers says this should prompt long-term thinking about climate change and the ski industry.
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On today's newscast: The Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority will try to ban felony sex offenders from its housing program; Aspen’s Alex Ferreira achieved his career-long goal of securing a gold medal at the Olympics on Friday in Italy; and the Colorado board of health has voted to change the rules for getting a delayed birth certificate in the state. Tune in for these stories and more.
NPR News
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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/Getty Images North AmericaThe Texas Republican is facing calls from fellow House Republicans to resign, following allegations of an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. -
Mark Mirko/Connecticut PublicPhotos of cities in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts as they cope with a powerful winter storm. -
Andrew Harnik/APThe Food and Drug Administration aims to evaluate treatments for rare diseases based on plausible evidence that they would work — without requiring a clinical trial first. -
Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images/Getty Images EuropeA man with Tourette syndrome shouted a racial slur and other offensive remarks during the BAFTA awards ceremony Sunday. The BBC did not edit out his outbursts in its delayed broadcast.
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In a recent video, the Olympic skier credits her surgeon with saving her leg from potential amputation. -
Observers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal class action lawsuit. -
Hudson always wanted to sing, but feared it would derail her acting career. Now she's up for an Oscar for her portrayal of a hairdresser who performs in a Neil Diamond tribute band in Song Sung Blue. -
Forecasters called travel conditions "extremely treacherous" and "nearly impossible" in areas hit hardest by the storm, and air and train traffic is at a standstill in many parts of the region. -
Police have arrested Peter Mandelson, a veteran Labour Party politician who served as British ambassador to the U.S., as part of an investigation into his ties with Jeffrey Epstein. -
NPR's reporters on the ground in Italy reflect on a far-flung, jam-packed Winter Olympics.
Join NPR’s Peter Sagal, host of Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!, to judge this year’s storytellers on Monday, March 30, at the historic Wheeler Opera House for what’s sure to be another memorable night of oral storytelling!
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