Month: June 2026

awesome + uniting

• Rain totals across Colorado vary after recent storms, up to more than 5 inches
• Colorado Wants You to Stay Up Late on This New Stargazing Road Trip
• It’s the last weekend of LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Here’s your guide for June 26-28

awesome + controversy

• Federal judge halts Trump’s election executive order seeking to create a federal voter list
• ‘Our residents have had enough’: Douglas County sets new regulations for electric dirt bikes
• AI leaders pour millions into 8th District primary

awful + uniting

• Colorado Brothers Hid Decaying Bodies in Their Funeral Home, Authorities Say
• Colorado Just Suffered Its First Bear Attack of 2026 After a Hiker Was Stalked for 30 Minutes
• Colorado streamflows projected to be a quarter of normal this summer

awful + controversy

• Colorado communities face risky wildfire season with continued lack of federal support
• Colorado lawmaker says president is holding housing affordability bill hostage
• Jane Fonda boosts Elyria-Swansea’s fight over data center

awesome + uniting

• Juneteenth 2026: Black history still in the making across the nation, Aurora and Denver
• FDA approves Colorado imports of low-cost medications from Canada, if they can sell
• New data shows improvements on Colorado roads, the best since 2018

awesome + controversy

• U.S. FDA, HHS, GSA break ground on $228M food lab at the Denver Federal Center
• Fort Collins residents react as city cancels Flock Safety contract
• Familiar face or Senate shake-up? The Colo. candidates asking for your vote to keep or snag a U.S. Senate seat

awful + uniting

• Lynn Bartels, reporter and “Grand Dame” of Colorado politics, dies at 69
• Man who was pepper-sprayed reaches settlement with Fort Collins police
• Driver facing charges after multi-vehicle crash, crashing into Denver metro area home

awful + controversy

• Federal measure could undermine rideshare safety laws, state legislators say
• Doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado won’t provide gender-affirming care, fearing federal retaliation
• Three Colorado coal plants are staying open longer. Experts say that only prolongs their impacts on public health.

awesome + uniting

• Black Pride Week pays homage to Black and queer people in Colorado
• World Cup watch party keeps Skyline Park packed after opening match
• ‘Full send, full speed;’ Red Bull brings Soapbox racing back to Denver

awesome + controversy

• Mystery Potato Hovering Over Colorado Is Reported in Latest U.F.O. Files
• Colorado foster kids are getting new rights about pronouns, religious freedom and physical punishment
• Michael Bennet, Phil Weiser clash over ambition and housing in last major debate before Democratic primary

awful + uniting

• Denver-area inflation increases to 5%. Blame energy costs.
• Denver tornado alarms sounded by mistake when official “skipped” protocols, officials say
• Loveland agrees to pay couple $675k after officer fatally shot their dog in 2019

awful + controversy

• Denver to pay out additional $3 million in police settlements related to George Floyd protests
• Union for idled Fort Morgan beef plant workers accuses company of multiple labor law violations
• Colorado bear activity forces camping restrictions at Gore Creek Campground near Vail

awesome + uniting

• Chalk art fills streets in downtown Denver
• Colorado ranks in top 10 of US for LGBTQ+ business climate
• What to do in Colorado this week: Pride parades and doggy drag shows in Denver and beyond

awesome + controversy

• Colorado governor signs bill allowing people to sue for damages from ‘conversion therapy’
• Judge blocks dismantling of Colorado’s National Center for Atmospheric Research
• DPS eyes ‘bell-to-bell’ full-day cellphone restriction

awful + uniting

• Colorado declares statewide drought emergency
• Xcel Energy customers may be hit with the largest electric rate increase ever
• Colorado soldier killed in training incident in Iraq

awful + controversy

• Colorado Gov. Jared Polis vetoes surveillance pricing bill
• GOP primary debate goes off the rails
• Appeals court overturns convictions for paramedics connected to Elijah McClain’s death, orders new trials