# Water crisis forces hard choices in the high country, salmonella concerns, a historically fraudulent election

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Podcast: [Colorado Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682)
Published: 2026-08-07T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

The historic drought is putting pressure on the water supplies for cities and towns across the West. In Kremmling, those problems have been compounded by broken infrastructure and back-of-the-line water rights. Then, Colorado may have dodged the cyclosporiasis bullet, but salmonella-tainted jalapenos did trouble some restaurant-eaters last month. And we look back to a wild story of voter fraud, and the time Colorado went through three governors in one day. Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: CPR’s Molly Cruse on the state’s new ebike rebates . CPR’s Ishan Thakore on small towns facing water crises around the West . CPR’s John Daley on last month’s salmonella outbreak . CPR’s Bente Birkeland on the day when Colorado had three governors . This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Mateo Schimpf. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Madilyn Rose, Rae Solomon, and Zain Haque-Piccione. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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