Month: March 2025

awesome + uniting

• Thousands in green line the streets for 58th annual Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade
• Colorado State slams Boise State to win first Mountain West title since 2003
• Colorado School of Mines dangles “golden ticket” of guaranteed admission for Jeffco STEM students

awesome + controversy

• Polis welcomes Canadian Consul General for first annual ‘Colorado Canada Friendship Day’
• Bill to remove Colorado requirement for second vote to unionize passes House committee
• Colorado bill restricting sale of certain semiautomatic guns clears first House committee after notable tweaks

awful + uniting

• American Airlines Boeing 737 catches fire at Denver airport
• Protests continue at dealerships across Colorado during national “Tesla Takedown” protests
• Boebert stands by ‘pimp cane’ comments about Texas Representative Al Green, even as she faces censure

awful + controversy

• Senate Democrats — including Colorado’s John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet — refuse to go along with GOP spending plan
• Colorado joins 20 states in suing Trump administration over U.S. Department of Education cuts
• Supreme Court takes up challenge to Colorado ban on “conversion therapy”

awesome + uniting

• Southern Colorado native chosen to go to space
• 25,000 sandhill cranes – spared by bird flu – arrive in San Luis Valley just in time for Monte Vista festival
• How to celebrate Women’s History Month in Colorado

awesome + controversy

• ‘I Think You May Have Some Bad Facts,’ Denver Mayor Tells CO Congressman Evans During Hearing
• Over 1K people from Colorado’s 7th congressional district voice concerns at town hall meeting
• Could daylight saving time become permanent in Colorado? Here’s what to know

awful + uniting

• Colorado judge strikes down BLM’s wild horse adoption program, saying it violated federal law
• Florida man sentenced to federal prison for sending threats to Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold
• Denver ride-share driver sentenced to 290 years in prison for kidnapping, sexual assault

awful + controversy

• Colorado does billions in trade with Canada, Mexico, China: Here’s the breakdown
• U.S. Small Business Administration is moving out of Denver because it’s a “sanctuary city”
• Trump’s Justice Department Will Review Colorado’s Tina Peters Case for Political Bias

awesome + uniting

• Inside Rockies Top Prospect Chase Dollander’s First Spring Start
• After Blowing the National Anthem and Disappearing, Ingrid Andress Makes a Surprise Return… Singing It Again, and Getting It Right This Time
• Community College of Denver launches tuition-free high school diploma program for adults

awesome + controversy

• Keystone Ski Patrol Union votes to ratify new contract following negotiations
• Hundreds of people expected at hiring event Saturday as Colorado faces educator shortage
• Democratic Rep. Pettersen challenges GOP’s budget bill with newborn in tow

awful + uniting

• Here’s what’s going on with Medicaid in Colorado, including potential deep federal cuts
• Two Denver strip clubs ordered to pay $14 million following Denver Auditor’s Office wage theft investigation
• SWAT team raided the wrong Denver apartment and traumatized two young girls, lawsuit says

awful + controversy

• Mass firings of probationary federal workers begin at NOAA, including many in Boulder
• Colo GOP Won’t Disinvite Bannon Over Nazi Salute, Says He’s a ‘Hero of the Right’
• Nearly 100 USAFA cadets accused of cheating, violating Honor Code