COMMENTARY: OUT LOUD
Eva Sorovy went to a concert the other night, and it made her feel great about where she lives. Not just because the music was so good, but because of who was making it, and everyone who showed up. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

SAYING GOODBYE TO A CHRISTIAN WARRIOR: CPT. IAN WEIKEL
Ian Weikel worked hard all his life to make the world a better place. Thirsty for leadership, he proved skilled as well; captain of Fountain Ft. Carson High School’s football team, West Point graduate, Army officer. Close to a thousand people gathered to say goodbye after his vehicle hit a bomb in Iraq last week. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

FREE HEALTH FAIRS BRING OUT THE UNINSURED
What does it mean that tens of thousands of Coloradoans get their health care from a TV station? [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

COLORADO LEGISLATURE TELLS FEDS TO GET BUSY ON IMMIGRATION
Without much power to change immigration rules at the state level, lawmakers in Denver battle over resolutions on federal laws. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

COLORADO’S SENATORS STAKE OUT DIFFERENT POSITIONS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
Salazar: “In order to deal with immigration effectively (a new law) needs to be comprehensive.”
Allard: “Those who have come in here illegally need to go back to their own country and get in line.”
[LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

A NEW PLAN TO BRING THE UTES BACK TO ASPEN
A foundation in Aspen is trying to find a niche for Ute people, the original inhabitants of the Roaring Fork Valley. The idea is to help them benefit from the valley’s thriving economy and healthy lifestyle. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

CAPITAL COVERAGE
Owens vetoes clean air law - A compromise on recreational water rights - Extension of statute of limitations for sex crimes bill advances. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

GOLD! - PROTEST AT COLORADO MINING FIRM’S SHAREHOLDER MEETING
As the price of gold rises more than in decades, a couple of Colorado firms are cleaning up. One does most of its mining overseas, and today protesters from four continents won a meeting with the company’s CEO. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

TEEN ATTITUDES FROM ALAMOSA
Recent immigration rallies and demonstrations across Colorado have put a lot of teenagers in the news. The media isn’t something we ask them to comment much, but producer Miles Eddy is doing just that in Alamosa, He offers these teen voices on the media. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

TEEN ATTITUDES FROM ALAMOSA
Recent immigration rallies and demonstrations across Colorado have put a lot of teenagers in the news. The media isn’t something we ask them to comment on much, but producer Miles Eddy is doing just that in Alamosa, He offers these teen voices on the media. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

CONSERVATION ADVICE: MONGOLIAN HERDERS VISIT EL PASO COUNTY
One of the nation’s most well preserved shortgrass prairies lies just a few miles east of Colorado Springs, at the Nature Conservancy’s Bohart Ranch. The Ranch draws local kids on school trips . . . and visitors from around the world. Recently, a team of scientists traveled here from Mongolia, to study how conservation methods used on the ranch might slow the expansion of the Gobi Desert. Shelley Schlender reports. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

ARKANSAS RIVER FORUM SCIENTISTS TALK ABOUT THE PRESENT AND FUTURE HEALTH OF THE BASIN
A climatologist says to expect less water in the Arkansas over the long term, and a fisheries biologist says go ahead and take one home for the frying pan. Both are panelists at the annual Arkansas River Basin Forum being held this week in Poncha Springs. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

CAPITAL COVERAGE PART II
A bill that would require lobbyists to report a lot more about who they work for and what they’re doing has made it through the House, but faces tough sledding in the Senate. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

CAPITAL COVERAGE
More than a dozen immigration-related bills have been introduced in the state legislature this year. Republicans say the majority party is making them impossible to pass. Democrats say look at the record. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

H.S. STUDENTS WALK OUT FOR IMMIGRATION RIGHTS
Voices of Latino students in Denver who want greater rights for immigrants. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]