Colorado’s coal transition gets complicated, first teachers strike in half a decade, a choir for dementia patients

Colorado’s plan to move away from coal power is running into new challenges, as utilities juggle a plant they can’t seem to fix and another they’re not allowed to close. Then, for the first time in more than five years, teachers in Colorado are on strike. Plus, a unique choir is helping people with dementia reconnect through music, tapping into memories that words alone can’t reach.Email us at [email protected]. Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members.Read more on the stories in today’s show: CPR’s Ishan Thakore reports on Colorado’s coal plants. CPR’s Haylee May reports on the teachers’ strike in Sheridan. Colorado Matters has more on the Second Verse dementia-friendly choir. This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Madilyn Rose, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.