Month: July 2025

awesome + uniting

• Butterfly Pavilion oversees historic firefly milestone
• The 29th Annual Chicano Music Festival & Art + Auction 2025 July 23rd – 27th
• Nonprofit brings Denverites together with a mile of tables on Saturday

awesome + controversy

• City of Lakewood earns recognition as climate leader for sustainability efforts
• Rockies snap record 220-game streak since last shutout
• Colorado construction crews build wildlife overpass over I-25 in Douglas County

awful + uniting

• The Self-Proclaimed Fascist Fired Over Viral Jubilee Video Is a Coloradan
• Former county jail commander in Colorado charged with over 100 counts of invasion of privacy
• Family of inmate who died in La Plata County Jail files lawsuit

awful + controversy

• Colorado gets C-minus on infrastructure in latest report card from American Society of Civil Engineers
• U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans misrepresented family’s immigration history
• Colorado GOP Picks Legislator For Vice Chair, Loser and Supporters Claim Corruption, Question Result

awesome + uniting

• Large dinosaur mating ‘dance arena’ discovered in Colorado
• 300 boreal toadlets released in Colorado to boost population
• Drivers Cooperative Colorado relaunches with new app, expanded services

awesome + controversy

• CU Boulder eliminates single-use beverage plastics
• ‘Good trouble’ demonstrators in Denver part of nationwide protest against Trump policies
• Here’s how you can tell Gov. Polis whether or not you like his idea for a $28.5M bridge to the Capitol

awful + uniting

• Most people arrested by ICE in Colorado and Wyoming this year did not have criminal history
• Public radio stations in Colorado prepare to lose millions of dollars in federal funding
• Colorado health insurance rates expected to skyrocket after budget bill slashes health spending

awful + controversy

• DOJ hits states with broad requests for voter rolls, election data
• Probation, community service for woman involved in ballot scheme
• Even Lauren Boebert Wants Epstein Files Released

awesome + uniting

• Colorado beats Florida State and Ole Miss for 4-star LB Rodney Colton
• Denver Museum of Nature & Science finds nearly 70-million-year-old dinosaur fossil
• This weekend’s Colorado Black Arts Festival celebrates nearly 4 decades of centering diversity in the arts

awesome + controversy

• Screw the Haters: Katy Perry Exceeded Expectations on the Lifetimes Tour
• Bears join concertgoers at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
• Nederland to buy Eldora Mountain Resort with support of ski industry heavy hitters

awful + uniting

• Zebra mussel larvae spreading fast in Colorado River and nearby lakes on Western Slope
• Planned Parenthood suspends Medicaid services, as federal spending law takes effect
• Multiple wildfires throughout western Colorado continue to burn Friday

awful + controversy

• Trump administration cancels millions in agriculture funding for Western states, including Colorado ranchers and farmers
• Mike Lindell’s Attorneys Fined for Using AI During Defamation Trial
• Two women accuse Republican state lawmaker of making unwanted sexual advances. He denies the allegations.

awesome + uniting

• All the Fourth of July Fireworks Shows and Festivities in Denver and Beyond
• Thousands take over Colorado Convention Center for Fan Expo
• Thousands of barbershop singers will be in Denver through Sunday

awesome + controversy

• Colorado’s new concealed carry requirements begin July 1
• Safeway strike ends as Albertsons and local union reach agreement
• Nuggets trading Michael Porter Jr., first-round pick to Nets for Cam Johnson: Takeaways – The Athletic

awful + uniting

• Tributes pour in for Colorado woman Karen Diamond, who died a month after Boulder terror attack
• ‘Sowing chaos’: Colorado schools worry about the withholding of federal education funds
• Denver Animal Shelter expands weekend adoption hours

awful + controversy

• Congressional Republicans defy expectations and send megabill to Trump
• State Patrol no longer part of ‘GJ Highway Hitters’ group chat
• EPA workers in Denver among 139 put on leave for signing ‘Declaration of Dissent’ letter