The Denver public-television station KBDI has announced plans to develop a nonprofit investigative operation with its own program and Web site, says the Associated Press.

The proposed Colorado Public News will start operations once the station has raised $400,000 for the project. KBDI will seek money from foundations, corporations, and local residents.

Plus: One of the best-financed and highest-profile nonprofit journalism start-ups, The Texas Tribune, a politics and policy daily, started publishing on Tuesday to mixed reviews, according to the San Antonio Express-News.