Month: August 2026

awesome + uniting

• Your best photos of Thursday night’s lunar eclipse
• Colorado’s national parks waive fees Tuesday
• Colorado to get $615 million in settlement over youth Facebook, Instagram addiction case

awesome + controversy

• Front Range cities will vote on tax measure to fund Colorado Connector rail service
• Coloradans to vote on ballot measure to increase funding for conservation, wildfire mitigation
• A war over funding to fix Colorado’s roads ends in a truce

awful + uniting

• Canada’s trade war with U.S. could put a dent in Coloradans’ pocketbooks
• E-bikes, e-scooters popularity drive increase in Colorado kids’ traumatic injuries
• Colorado officer caught in Florida undercover child solicitation sting

awful + controversy

• Judge again blocks Trump mail ballot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed
• Victor Marx encourages supporters to funnel money to his company
• Summit County shuts off Flock cameras for 30 days amid public concerns

awesome + uniting

• El Paso County and Pueblo fire restrictions downgraded; burn ban lifted in Colorado Springs
• Breckenridge International Festival of Arts returns with famous drag queen Pattie Gonia, giant puppets and more
• ‘No-brainer’: Homeowners ecstatic over first hempcrete house built in Jefferson county

awesome + controversy

• Find out why host city finalist Denver has “hugely attractive opportunities” for Democratic National Convention
• Denver Public Schools’ ban on cell phones, smartwatches in classrooms starts as students return to classroom
• 3 downstream Colorado River states will bear the brunt of water cuts under new 2-year plan

awful + uniting

• Not just ‘Califorina,’ Denver has plenty of other wrong street signs
• Invasive mudsnails found in this popular Northern Colorado lake
• Castle Rock man pleads guilty to attempting to support ISIS after arrest at Denver airport in 2023

awful + controversy

• Sen. Bennet calls for investigation into Trump administration’s actions over Tina Peters case
• New federal rule cuts Medicaid funding for gender affirming care for minors
• More transparency needed after brick sewer discovered under 16th Street: Auditor

awesome + uniting

• 3 things to know from the Broncos’ 27-7 preseason win over the Falcons
• Upper Conejos River named best secret fishing spot in U.S.
• Denver Public Schools shows off 2 dozen new electric school buses

awesome + controversy

• Political campaigns hock merchandise at Colorado’s goths, gays and gun owners
• Denver reopening online parking ticket dispute portal
• Colorado shifts vaccine authority to state as Trump administration revises childhood framework

awful + uniting

• Colorado bear sightings spike amid extreme drought, wildfires
• Advocacy group calls for greater protections after gray wolf was mistakenly killed
• Car full of 17-year-olds goes off Colorado cliff; Grand Junction police say 5 dead

awful + controversy

• ‘Smoking gun’ email shows White House summoned agencies to Colorado-focused meeting amid Tina Peters furor
• Fort Carson garrison commander says staff cuts created ‘uncertainty and fear’
• Colorado GOP Chair Says Party Officials Should Support Marx or Resign

awesome + uniting

• Red Rocks filled by space fanatics to hear from Artemis II crew
• Colorado’s e-bike rebate program returns with $3 million for 2,800 residents
• Ride the bus for free in Mesa County this month

awesome + controversy

• Trump administration’s attempt to obtain Colorado voter data shut down by federal judge
• Democrats think they can win all GOP seats in Colorado
• Graduated income tax appears headed to ballot as backers drop off signatures

awful + uniting

• First emerald ash borer found in Douglas County, as invasive beetle moves south across Colorado’s Front Range
• Colorado salmonella outbreak caused by jalapeños at Qdoba and Chipotle
• Wildfire veterans fear federal tactics, extreme fires could put crews at risk

awful + controversy

• 25 states sue over Trump’s new tariffs, calling them ‘pretext’ to replace his old ones
• Republicans Condemn Populism, Infighting at Western Conservative Summit
• Colorado voters will decide whether to put “right to natural gas” in state constitution

awesome + uniting

• President Ulysses S. Grant proclaimed Colorado a state 150 years ago this week
• Tourism sets record with $29.2B in boost to Colorado economy last year, governor’s office says
• Colorado ranked top state for education by publication, even as students lag in reading and math

awesome + controversy

• Protect Colorado’s Future: Find a Signing Location
• New Colorado law requires training before buying certain semiautomatic firearms
• Democrat Jessica Killin’s internal poll shows dead heat with U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th CD

awful + uniting

• Lightning strike kills 15-year-old, injures 4 others on Mount Blue Sky Sunday
• Aurora demands GEO comply with TB investigation as health department remains locked out of facility
• Independent investigation launched after employee hung Black doll by neck at Golden fire station

awful + controversy

• Hickenlooper calls for quick, thorough investigation into firefighter deaths
• RTD board votes to move forward with bus and rail service cuts in 2027
• Greg Lopez will be on ballot as unaffiliated candidate for Colorado governor