EPISODE · Mar 2, 2026 · 15 MIN
Federal-state election tensions, pine beetle outbreak, and Thanks, it has pockets!
from Colorado Today · host Colorado Public Radio
President Trump is reportedly considering an emergency order that could upend how Colorado and other states conduct their election. But even if that doesn’t happen, the state’s top election official is concerned by what she’s hearing from Washington. Then, pine beetles are attacking the Front Range’s ponderosa forests with devastating consequences. And a fashion exhibit in Fort Collins explores the hidden history of… Pockets.Email us at [email protected]. Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members. Tickets are still available for Colorado Today Live with NPR’s A Martinez.Read more on the stories in today’s show: CPR’s Bente Birkeland on the election security call held by DHS and FBI. CPR’s Bente Birkeland on the damage pine beetles are doing along the Front Range. Listen to today’s Colorado Matters episode for Ryan Warner’s full conversation from the Avenir Museum’s pocket exhibit (closing March 14). This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Dan Boyce, 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.
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President Trump is reportedly considering an emergency order that could upend how Colorado and other states conduct their election. But even if that doesn’t happen, the state’s top election official is concerned by what she’s hearing from Washington. Then, pine beetles are attacking the Front Range’s ponderosa forests with devastating consequences. And a fashion exhibit in Fort Collins explores the hidden history of… Pockets. Email us at [email protected]. Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members. Tickets are still available for Colorado Today Live with NPR’s A Martinez. Read more on the stories in today’s show: CPR’s Bente Birkeland on the election security call held by DHS and FBI. CPR’s Bente Birkeland on the damage pine beetles are doing along the Front Range. Listen to today’s Colorado Matters episode for Ryan Warner’s full conversation from the Avenir Museum’s pocket exhibit (closing March 14). This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Dan Boyce, 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.
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Federal-state election tensions, pine beetle outbreak, and Thanks, it has pockets!
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