Good morning, Colorado.
A couple times this month I’ve gone out to my little garden plot and just stared at it. My perennial herbs made it through the winter and it’s taking all my will power not to channel Victor Frankenstein to shout, “It’s Alive!”
But now I have another pressing matter: When does one start watering? I have a full day of research ahead. But before I get too lost in that, let’s catch up on today’s news.
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THE NEWS
TRANSPORTATION
Fast, walkable transit for metro Denver would cost $420 million a year for a decade, study says
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How frequently buses or trains would arrive at a station within walking distance of 2 million residents under the CoPIRG proposal
Metro Denver wasn’t always built around cars. But after decades of car-first development, public transportation has a long way to go to be as easy as driving for the average commuter. And as Lincoln Roch reports, that mountain of work now has a big — but not impossible — price tag as CoPIRG released a plan to revolutionize transit in the next decade.
WATER
Southern Colorado’s “dismal” snowpack has water managers praying for big storms this spring
Looking at statewide snowpack numbers might not cause you to panic. But zooming in on regions in the south-central part of the state shows a lack of snow so acute that even big storms may not be able to quench the dry soil as spring runoff looms. Shannon Mullane has the latest.
EDUCATION
Rural Colorado school districts that once served students online could see brunt of major state budget cuts
A now-closed program created during the early days of the pandemic that allowed rural schools to count homeschool and other remote learning students as part of their funding formula is being eyed by Gov. Jared Polis. Erica Breunlin reports on how a retroactive change to the schools’ student counts could make for a big drop in funding.
EQUITY
Many hands work to revive the Pine River Valley as a southwest Colorado food hub
The Pine River Valley — a 23-mile stretch from Vallecito to Ignacio — was once a major food provider in the Four Corners region. But a century later, the valley has mostly stopped providing food for its residents, something that Pine River Shares is hoping to change, starting with a community food farm and a massive greenhouse.
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The Bookies Bookstore offers war, wedding titles, a music memoir
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