Month: July 2024

awesome + uniting

• Thousands of fireflies are thriving at a small marsh in Colorado
• Democrats in Colorado’s Black and South Asian communities rally behind Kamala Harris’s campaign after surprise switch
• Meet the Colorado athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris

awesome + controversy

• Broncos running back Javonte Williams has become ‘shiftier’ by dropping 11 pounds for training camp
• Colorado’s Jared Polis lands on DC newsletter’s list of potential Kamala Harris running mates
• Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fans

awful + uniting

• Wildfire smoke moves into Denver area, will linger above Colorado skies for next several days
• Lakeside scrambling as Colorado town attorney says: “That’s a serious indictment”
• Revolving door at police chief’s office in Aurora concerns Colorado community leaders

awful + controversy

• Colorado judge temporarily blocks Kroger-Albertsons grocery ‘megamerger’
• U.S. Supreme Court denies former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’ bid to halt criminal case
• Colorado Republicans still gathered Saturday to discuss removing state Chairman Dave Williams, but no vote was taken

awesome + uniting

• Boulder named one of six finalists to host the iconic Sundance Film Festival
• It’s 719 Day! Here are 5 things you didn’t know about Southern Colorado
• Colorado rattlesnake “mega den” gaining national attention via webcam for citizen science

awesome + controversy

• Colorado stegosaurus fossil fetched a record $44.6M at Sotheby’s. Should they be auctioned?
• Voter-approved measure to help fund more than 600 affordable housing units in Colorado
• Record number of visitors make Denver their destination

awful + uniting

• Colorado state representative says FBI behind attempted assassination of Trump
• Zebra mussel veligers detected in the Colorado River, Highline Canal
• Twelve years after Aurora movie theater shooting, Coloradans in Congress look to honor first responders and survivors

awful + controversy

• Democrat Hickenlooper says Biden’s withdrawal could ‘be in the best interests of the country’: Report
• Investigation launched in Dolores County after 23% of voters didn’t receive ballots
• Ammo vending machines are coming to these three southern Colorado towns

awesome + uniting

• Watch Denver’s July 4 drone show, featuring Blucifer, mountainscapes and more
• Colorado Quantum Tech Hub getting $40.5 million infusion of federal funds
• Fan Expo Denver 2024: Everything you need to know

awesome + controversy

• Colorado law protecting bees, online privacy go into effect
• This Colorado mountain town banned the sale of single-use plastic
• New Colorado law adds protection for trans community

awful + uniting

• Avian flu confirmed in a Colorado farmworker, marking fourth human case in U.S. since March
• First case of tularemia found in Wheat Ridge resident, Jefferson County health officials say
• Colorado man gets 60 years for setting fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5

awful + controversy

• Police warn migrants washing windshields in Denver intersections could be cited
• Homeless advocates decry SCOTUS ruling
• Denver police to crack down on expired license plate registration for 1 month citing citizen complaints