Author: alan

awesome + uniting

• Colorado voters approve raising taxes on high-income households for free school meals
• Northern Colorado city fighting overdose deaths with Narcan kiosk
• No more WWII Howitzers: CDOT revamps avalanche control system

awesome + controversy

• Union candidates sweep Denver Public School Board races
• ‘The ground is shaking’: Aurora City Council sees major change as progressives win, Jurinsky out
• 4 things we learned from the Broncos sloppy win over Raiders

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• Dozens of flights to and from Denver canceled as federal order to scale back air traffic takes effect
• 32K Colorado SNAP participants get full benefits before Supreme Court ruling freezes funding
• “Crypto Pastor” charged with racketeering, theft in Colorado after allegedly diverting $1.3 million from investors

awful + controversy

• ICE: Durango father was not mistakenly arrested, claims of in-custody abuse ‘absurd’
• Latino groups denounce Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ‘racist’ Halloween costume
• Joe Oltmann, a Colorado Election Conspiracist, Sues My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, Another Leading Election Denier

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• Denver Film Festival 2025: John Elway doc, new ‘Knives Out’ lead city’s biggest film party
• Wild run launches Nuggets past Pelicans, Jokic makes history
• Northern Colorado butcher hands out $10,000 in free meat amid SNAP concerns

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• Denver celebrates Dia de los Muertos
• A List of Voter Guides from Progressives, Conservatives, & Media Outlets
• Colorado sees major dip in car thefts after taking No. 1 for car thefts per capita in 2022

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• Coloradans who use state’s individual marketplace will see their insurance premiums double
• Colorado lawmakers approve $10 million to bolster food banks as SNAP benefits dry up
• LGBTQ+-Affirming Denver Businesses Vandalized Over the Weekend

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• El Paso County billboard calls for release of Epstein files, targets Rep. Jeff Crank
• Colorado Bureau of Investigation launches probe into use of force at Durango ICE protest
• Colorado sues Trump over ‘retaliatory’ Space Command relocation

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• Inside wild fourth quarter, Broncos’ comeback win over Giants
• Keystone beats A-Basin to open first in North America
• A treasure trove of Colfax Avenue artifacts heading permanently to History Colorado

awesome + controversy

• How Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” ended in Denver season 9
• Fate of Colorado’s universal school lunch program hangs on Props LL, MM results
• Colorado pays to keep visitor centers at Rocky Mountain National Park open amid shutdown

awful + uniting

• ‘This is bad’: Deion Sanders’ CU Buffs routed by Utah
• ‘Disbelief’ in Denver after Chauncey Billups arrest
• Castle Rock woman found guilty of voter fraud in the 2022 General Election

awful + controversy

• Flock No! Fear of AI Cameras Brings Hundreds, Including Councilmembers, to Heated Town Hall
• Colorado cattle ranchers upset over Trump’s proposed increase in beef from Argentina
• State agreed to pay British Columbia for more wolves, the federal government said Colorado cannot

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• Denver Broncos win defensive slugfest in London to leave New York Jets as only winless team in NFL
• Students march through Denver to celebrate ‘White Cane Day’
• Colorado records lowest obesity rate in the U.S.

awesome + controversy

• UFO? Military operation? Questions surround balloon seen above Colorado mountains
• Crowds gather across Colorado for ‘No Kings’ protests
• Climbing engineers identify possible new 14er in Colorado — and one that might need to be demoted

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• Colorado officials warn SNAP benefits could run out soon
• Bystanders shot by Denver police officer to receive nearly $20 million
• Damage estimates still being calculated following historic floods in southwestern Colorado

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• Denver quietly signs contract with Flock to fly AI drones for police calls
• They Just Can’t Help Themselves, Abortion Ban 2026 Edition
• Colorado Department of Education challenges funding eligibility for ‘first public Christian school’

awesome + uniting

• Largest beer festival in America returns to Colorado
• Why a Grand Junction food bank opened a restaurant
• Ballots for November election will be mailed to Colorado voters starting Friday

awesome + controversy

• Rep. Lauren Boebert’s reelection campaign asks ‘Are aliens real?!’
• Bloomberg wades into Denver’s fight over flavored tobacco ban with big-dollar contribution
• Denver police adopt Blue Envelope Program to ease communication between disabled residents, officers

awful + uniting

• Colorado was short dozens of air traffic controllers, even before the government shutdown
• Aurora PD sergeant who serves as SRO supervisor arrested by FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force
• Deputies search for suspect after large swastika found in Colorado hillside

awful + controversy

• CO Springs Teachers Strike for First Time Since 1975
• How Trump funding cuts for Hispanic-Serving Institutions will impact Pueblo colleges
• Supreme Court justices skeptical of free speech limits in Colorado conversion therapy case

awesome + uniting

• Colorado’s new ‘Music Advocacy Day’ hopes to lay the groundwork for music policy progress
• These Colorado farmers are trying to bring back long-forgotten apple varieties
• Colorado specialty wolf license plate raises $1M for wildlife, ranchers

awesome + controversy

• Colorado becomes first state to cap prescription drug prices, starting with Enbrel
• After 3 years of construction, Denver’s 16th Street is officially reopened
• FasTracks passenger rail lines could be completed by 2034, with $1.6 billion

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• Colorado investigators to review author Hunter S. Thompson’s death more than two decades after it was ruled a suicide
• Dramatic rise in number of pedestrians being killed on Denver’s streets
• Colorado fined over fans’ anti-Mormon chants

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• Trump administration slashes $550 million in Colorado clean energy grants, Democrats call it revenge
• ‘Feeling like political punching bags’: Federal worker, union leader say uncertainty looms amid govt. shutdown
• Black Bear Pass in southern Colorado reopens after Kia Telluride gets stuck near Telluride

awesome + uniting

• Colorado unemployment rate below U.S. rate for first time in 20 months
• Adaptive ski ‘pioneer’ Bob Meserve among Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame 2025 honorees
• Nonprofit buys 480 acres on 14er to help preserve public access

awesome + controversy

• Colorado car seat requirements changed this year. Here’s what parents need to know
• Two Colorado students want to make it easier to get admitted to a state university
• End of federal EV subsidies will hurt Colorado sales

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• Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport leads nation in safety incidents, pushing FAA to make changes
• Autism Society of Colorado flooded with calls after Trump administration makes claims about Tylenol and autism
• Report: Lightning to blame for deaths of 2 missing hunters in Colorado

awful + controversy

• Virginia Giuffre’s family urges Rep. Crank’s help in release of Epstein files
• When the government could shut down and what would it mean for Colorado
• Dominion Voting Systems reaches settlement in its $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against Guiliani

awesome + uniting

• Fall colors could be reaching peak conditions this weekend
• Colorado reaches new heights with first two-starred Michelin restaurant
• CU introduces Ralphie VII as new mascot

awesome + controversy

• Paranormal investigators first to explore Denver restaurant, former mortuary
• Taggart among supporters of ballot items extending Healthy School Meals for All
• Rockies avoid breaking White Sox’s loss record: Colorado beats Angels for 42nd win of MLB season

awful + uniting

• Colorado River designated as ‘infested’ with zebra mussels
• Funding cuts for childhood ​brain tumor research​ leave Colorado clinical trials ​in doubt
• More than 7,000 people attend vigil for Charlie Kirk at Colorado State’s Canvas Stadium

awful + controversy

• Denver Pastor and Wife Ordered to Pay $3.4 Million to Crypto Scam Victims
• FTC sues Ticketmaster, saying it forces fans to pay more for concerts and events
• ‘Vile’, ‘corrosive’, ‘toxic’ … and unquittable. Colorado’s members of Congress on how social media impacts their work and American society

awesome + uniting

• Colorado sees first dusting of snow during last week of summer
• Key takeaways from the Broncos’ season-opening win
• Teachers, farmers, advocates urge voters to approve new tax for school meals and food stamps in November

awesome + controversy

• Here’s how to witness the season of love for tarantulas in Southern Colorado
• Denver’s “Love Is Blind” cast revealed
• Gov. Polis on how Broncos’ Burnham Yard stadium plan came to be: ‘A perfect match’

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• “Diplomatic Scandal in Denver” Has Mexico Investigating Consulate for Bribery, Sexual Assault
• Suspect in Evergreen school shooting was ‘radicalized’ by ‘extremist network,’ investigators say
• Widespread drought grips western Colorado

awful + controversy

• Customers denied COVID vaccines even after Colorado order guarantees access
• Palmer Lake trustees recalled over Buc-ee’s vote say they’re not giving up on town
• ‘Just say no’: Colorado activists protest potential new ICE detention center in Hudson

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• Colorado agencies issue orders for prescription-free COVID-19 vaccines
• Colorado launches new building code designed to encourage efficient, all-electric homes
• Studies rank these Denver area cities among best in US for retirement

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• Liberal groups pitch graduated income tax for Colorado’s 2026 ballot
• Thousands march in Denver in support of workers and against Trump administration policies
• Google’s autonomous ride service Waymo is coming to Denver

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• Denver’s smoky skies, bad air quality could linger into this weekend
• Mesa County is a hotspot for measles this year after decades of zero cases
• Colorado leaders – including entire congressional delegation – speak out against proposed Space Command move

awful + controversy

• Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet grills RFK Jr. on vaccine policy, calls for his removal from health post
• The man who helped Colorado and California take politics out of redistricting calls the race toward partisan gerrymanders a living ‘nightmare’
• Pueblo County commissioners spar over message to Trump, but agree the “just transition” from coal-fired power feels unfair