# Sewage spill in the Arkansas River, ICE brutality allegations, studying dementia in dogs

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Podcast: [Colorado Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682)
Published: 2026-09-01T11:00:00+00:00
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Communities and parks along the lower Arkansas River have been warned to avoid the waterway as a massive wastewater spill continues to make its way downstream. Then, ICE arrests are up, and immigrant rights groups in Colorado are documenting cases where they say agents have used unnecessary and unlawful force. Plus, a lab at CSU is learning about dementia by studying cognitive decline in dogs. Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: NPR’s Dhanika Pineda introduces us to Dawn, the winner of Fat Marmot Week KRCC’s Andrea Chalfin on the sewage spill into the Arkansas River CPR’s Allison Sherry on new allegations of ICE brutality CPR’s Andrea Dukakis visited the Colorado State University lab studying dementia in dogs. This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Madilyn Rose, Sandy Battulga and Daniel Mescher. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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