Month: April 2025

awesome + uniting

• Nuggets-Clippers: 5 takeaways after Aaron Gordon’s putback steals Game 4
• Colorado Gov Jared Polis signs law that mandates adoption of test animals before euthanasia
• Denver Public Schools hosting world’s longest student-run Shakespeare Festival

awesome + controversy

• Denver apartment vacancy hits 15-year high — and rents are dropping
• Pickleball is coming to downtown Denver — and two other locations
• Rattlesnakes emerge from viral ‘mega den’ of 2,000 rattlesnakes in Colorado

awful + uniting

• Colorado Catholics reflect on the life and legacy of Pope Francis
• ‘Trainwreck’ of NOAA funding cuts could derail Colorado research on wildfires, earthquakes and storms
• Colorado’s 5th measles case of 2025 confirmed in vaccinated adult from Denver

awful + controversy

• Gabe Evans a No Show at Town Hall
• Colorado senator vows to go to ballot after Republicans kill measure to help survivors of child sexual abuse
• Boebert seeks Musk’s help cutting federal money for a Colorado project planning to use state funds

awesome + uniting

• Colorado’s Fort Lewis College — a former Indian boarding school — names its first Native American president
• Seeing turkeys roaming around the Denver metro area? Here’s why
• Easter comes early at Four Mile Historic Park

awesome + controversy

• Days after Air Force erased first female Thunderbird pilot’s achievements from website, the article is back
• Recreational marijuana sales get off to quiet start in Colorado Springs
• Colorado’s bears are awake, and they’re hungry

awful + uniting

• CU Boulder study finds those with lower household incomes live in neighborhoods with bad-smelling facilities
• Colorado Springs man accused of ‘Declaration of War’ death threat to Musk, Tesla owners
• What could future Colorado River water cuts look like? States look to this year’s weak snowpack to find out.

awful + controversy

• Colorado Auto Show starts while status of tariffs on foreign cars, parts still unclear
• Trump Nominates CO Developer and Major GOP Donor to Oversee Nation’s Nuclear Bomb Waste Clean-up
• Colorado Republicans ask US Attorney General Pam Bondi to review state’s semiautomatic gun restriction bill

awesome + uniting

• Colorado Rockies debut new jerseys inspired by iconic mountain vistas
• Nikola Jokić becomes third player in NBA history to average triple-double for the season
• Report: Colorado saw a significant drop in auto thefts last year

awesome + controversy

• Amid geopolitical uncertainties, international leaders stress cooperation at Space Symposium
• Colorado’s unique tax-limiting amendment could face legal challenge from Legislature
• Colorado governor signs bill banning manufacture, drastically limiting sale of many semiautomatic guns

awful + uniting

• As ICE expands its Colorado efforts, many without criminal records are caught in a wide net
• Galeton oil and gas well contained after days of visible liquid plume, area evacuations
• Former Colorado town clerk accused of embezzling more than $47,000 in town funds

awful + controversy

• New Poll Finds Coloradans Aren’t Happy With Donald Trump, Elon Musk or DOGE
• Hurd Faces Hurdles in Giving Congress More Authority Over Tariff Policy
• Sgamma no longer BLM director nominee after Jan. 6 comments disclosed

awesome + uniting

• Rockies complete spectacular triple play against Athletics, first since 2015
• Downtown towers sell for $3M; 700-unit residential conversion planned
• Lennar will build 1,500 new Colorado homes with geothermal heat pumps

awesome + controversy

• Colorado lawmakers push for stronger transgender protections as the Trump administration pushes restrictions
• BRIEF: Activists Unveil New Trump Portrait for Colorado Capitol
• Thousands join ‘Hands Off’ protest against the Trump Administration at the Colorado State Capitol

awful + uniting

• At least 10 international students at Colorado universities have had student visas revoked
• Colorado measles case reported in Pueblo adult who traveled internationally/
• DOGE cuts could impact CSU lab that helps protect Colorado crops

awful + controversy

• What Colorado’s lawmakers think of Trump’s tariffs
• Trump energy secretary during Golden lab visit doubles down on minimizing climate change
• Federal judge orders Denver Water to stop Gross Dam construction; Army Corps must rewrite permits