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It’s Election Day in Colorado. There’s still plenty of time to vote.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/04/election-day-2025-colorado-how-to-vote/

Published: November 4, 2025 11:05

Polls close at 7 p.m. As long as you’ve turned in your ballot by then, you can still participate. It is too late, however, to return your ballot by mail.

An El Paso County pilot program is reducing suicides among veterans

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/04/veteran-suicides-el-paso-county-next-chapter/

Published: November 4, 2025 10:50

Veterans in Colorado die by suicide at a rate much higher than vets nationwide. The state-backed Next Chapter program helps some find a path to a stable life instead.

In “This America of Ours,” Nate Schweber revisits how McCarthyism came for public lands conservation.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/04/in-this-america-of-ours-public-lands-mccarthyism-take-center-stage/

Published: November 4, 2025 10:45

Bernard and Avis DeVoto, Wisconsin Sen. Joe McCarthy, cookbook maven Julia Child and ranchers crying “howl, wolf!” populate Schweber’s story

UCHealth will directly receive taxpayer dollars in Estes Park merger

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/04/uchealth-will-directly-receive-taxpayer-dollars-in-estes-park-merger/

Published: November 4, 2025 10:33

The health system will take over Estes Park Health and receive tax revenue via the Park Hospital District

Amie Baca-Oehlert, former teachers union president, ends bid to represent Colorado’s 8th Congressional District

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/03/colorado-8th-congressional-district-baca-oehlert-drops-out/

Published: November 3, 2025 22:53

Baca-Oehlert said she decided to stop running because of fundraising challenges in what she calls a “broken” political system

Colorado spearheads challenge to Trump policy overhauling public service loan forgiveness

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/03/colorado-public-service-loan-forgivement-lawsuit/

Published: November 3, 2025 22:52

The legal challenge is being led by New York, Massachusetts, California and Colorado

Judge rejects plea deal for Colorado funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/03/return-to-nature-plea-deal-rejected/

Published: November 3, 2025 22:44

Carie Hallford and her husband, Jon Hallford, owned Return to Nature Funeral Home and are accused of dumping the bodies between 2019 and 2023 in a building in Penrose

Denver Summit FC to play home debut at Mile High Stadium

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/03/denver-summit-first-home-game-mile-high-stadium/

Published: November 3, 2025 18:00

March 28 game dubbed “The Kickoff” will be in Denver Broncos’ 76,000-seat stadium

Colorado job hunters are using AI. So are employers, scammers and even the state’s labor department.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/03/colorado-jobs-ai-artificial-intelligence-employers-employees/

Published: November 3, 2025 11:00

The job market in Colorado and around the country is pitting AI generators against AI filters and leaving real workers and hiring managers feeling trapped in the middle.

Did Peyton Manning announce his candidacy for lieutenant governor in Colorado?

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/03/did-peyton-manning-announce-his-candidacy-for-lieutenant-governor-in-colorado/

Published: November 3, 2025 10:45

No. No credible source has reported that retired Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is campaigning for office in Colorado.

Rural counties face challenges urban ones don’t with or without the loss of SNAP benefits

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/03/rural-counties-face-challenges-urban-ones-dont-for-food-access/

Published: November 3, 2025 10:16

Food providers in Pitkin, Garfield and Eagle counties are scrambling to continue food access to their residents amid challenges like long distances to grocery stores, limited pantry capacity, fewer retailers and seasonal employment

“Love is Blind” put a spotlight on Colorado. But it’s not the easiest state for filmmakers.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/03/colorado-film-incentives-issues/

Published: November 3, 2025 10:05

Colorado’s filmmakers, producers and crews say there are still significant challenges to making movies in the state

The Arkansas River’s Big Timbers region reflects a complex history of Western expansion, Indigenous displacement

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/02/arkansas-river-lamar-big-timbers-colorado-history/

Published: November 2, 2025 10:18

The waters cut through a tangled and tragic past in southeastern Colorado that echoes today

Littwin: Phil Weiser wants Colorado off the sidelines in Trump’s redistricting wars

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/02/phil-weiser-colorado-redistricting-wars-opinion-littwin/

Published: November 2, 2025 10:05

Columnist Mike Littwin writes that Phil Weiser wants Colorado off sidelines in redistricting wars. Meanwhile, Michael Bennet says midterms must be the focus..

Nicolais: ICE leadership change will make Colorado’s already ugly immigration environment even worse

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/02/immigrtation-ice-trump-opinion-nicolais/

Published: November 2, 2025 10:03

The Trump Administration is replacing long-time ICE officials with Border Patrol officials who promise to be more aggressive and brutal

Carman: Everybody loses when ICE comes to town

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/02/immigration-ice-opinion-carman/

Published: November 2, 2025 10:01

The immigration crackdown could make it tougher for Colorado's rural school districts and others to recruit workers

“Mrs. Wilson’s Affair” details life, motivations of Fitzgerald character

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/02/sunlit-mrs-wilsons-affair-allyson-reedy/

Published: November 2, 2025 09:15

In "Mrs. Wilson's Affair," Allyson Reedy's story behind the social climber in "The Great Gatsby," the author explores the character of a woman she felt Fitzgerald unfairly portrayed.

Allyson Reedy jokes she’s “clearly a psycho” — when it comes to “The Great Gatsby”

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/02/sunlit-allyson-reedy-mrs-wilsons-affair/

Published: November 2, 2025 09:10

Allyson Reedy, the author of "Mrs. Wilson's Affair," explains her abiding love for the F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," and her problem with his portrayal of women.

Poor Richard’s Books has great reads from the natural to whimsical

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/02/poor-richards-books-recommendations-november-2025/

Published: November 2, 2025 09:05

Poor Richard's Books in Colorado Springs recommends books about woodworking, therapeutic cats and subtle seasonal changes.

What’s Working: Why Colorado Gives Day lasts 39 days. And it starts today.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/01/colorado-gives-day-lasts-39-days-food-bank-snap/

Published: November 1, 2025 10:00

With SNAP benefits temporarily funded, federal worker furloughs and continued rising costs, it’ll be a challenge to top last year’s $54.8 million. Plus: Food Bank of the Rockies already seeing 20% increase in demand for food

Advocates: ICE kept Durango family in windowless room with only chips and water after mistaking father for someone else

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/durango-ice-custody-windowless-room/

Published: October 31, 2025 22:42

Masked federal agents pulled Fernando Jaramillo-Solano over after mistaking him for someone else, but arrested him and his two children anyway, according to advocates

Colorado governor says state Medicaid spending is out of control, proposes measures to rein it in

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/jared-polis-2026-2027-budget-proposal/

Published: October 31, 2025 20:23

Over the last decade Medicaid spending has risen at a rate of 8.8% a year — about double what the state government is allowed to spend under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, according to the governor’s office

Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/judges-rule-snap-payments-must-continue/

Published: October 31, 2025 19:40

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.

Landlocked CU Boulder researcher finds some climate hope for world’s vital ocean corals

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/coral-reef-resilience-cu-boulder-climate-study/

Published: October 31, 2025 10:08

Samples drilled underwater from Australia to Hawaii and beyond show coral might adapt to greenhouse problems

Telluride owner warns of delay to ski season if Mountain Village leaders raise price of water for snowmaking

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/mountain-village-tax-increase-chuck-horning-telluride-ski-resort/

Published: October 31, 2025 10:00

As communities weigh a lift tax on Telluride ski resort and a tripling of water rates, Chuck Horning blasts “burdens and obstacles” imposed on his company

Colorado Springs restaurant giving out free meals for government employees during shutdown

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/poor-richards-colorado-springs-free-meals-during-government-shutdown/

Published: October 31, 2025 09:55

As food insecurity intensifies, furloughed and unpaid government workers can claim a free weekly meal at Poor Richard’s restaurant for as long as the government shutdown lasts

Is it illegal to hunt a mountain lion in Colorado and not harvest the meat?

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/is-it-illegal-to-kill-a-mountain-lion-in-colorado-and-not-harvest-the-meat/

Published: October 31, 2025 09:45

Yes. When hunters kill mountain lions, state law mandates that “all edible parts of lions must be properly prepared for human consumption.”

“What’d I Miss?”: New twists on “basically Black”

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/whatd-i-miss-twists-on-basically-black/

Published: October 31, 2025 08:10

In "What'd I Miss?" Ossie and his friend share experiences dealing with people who happily claim Blackness — at least when it's convenient.

Drew Litton: Are some CU fans bagging this football season?

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/drew-litton-cu-football-fans-lost-season/

Published: October 31, 2025 08:05

Cartoonist Drew Litton wonders if the Colorado Buffaloes' struggles on the football field have gotten to the point where fans might resort to paper bags in embarrassment.

Coroner’s report on 6 deaths at Colorado dairy points to toxic gas exposure

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/coroners-report-on-6-deaths-at-colorado-dairy-points-to-toxic-gas-exposure/

Published: October 31, 2025 00:02

Six people who died at a Colorado dairy farm this summer were exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas, authorities said Thursday.

State lawmakers approve $10 million to bolster Colorado food banks as SNAP benefits dry up

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/colorado-legislature-emergency-snap-funds-book-banks-2025/

Published: October 30, 2025 20:52

Because food banks can buy food at a discount of 20 to 30 cents on the dollar, compared to retail prices, the state estimates its $10 million could be leveraged to bring in about $50 million

Colorado Bureau of Investigation launches probe into use of force at Durango ICE protest

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/cbi-probe-durango-ice-protest/

Published: October 30, 2025 18:11

State investigators will look to see if the federal agent, who threw a woman to the ground, violated state criminal law

Suicides devastated and galvanized Routt County, which now has a mental health response team

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/suicides-routt-county-mental-health-response-team/

Published: October 30, 2025 10:00

The two-person team began responding to calls last month, many of them about suicide

“A true crime story with big ideas:” New documentary follows the career of Bill Masters, Colorado’s longest-serving lawman

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/bill-masters-telluride-documentary/

Published: October 30, 2025 10:00

"Peace Officer," from Telluride filmmaker David Holbrooke, traces the 50-year career of a sheriff who bristles at the term “law enforcement”

Colorado doctor tripped up by $64K bill for ankle surgery and hospital stay

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/colorado-doctor-tripped-up-by-64k-bill-for-ankle-surgery-and-hospital-stay/

Published: October 30, 2025 09:45

A hospital billed Dr. Lauren Hughes more than $60,000 for surgery on a broken ankle and an overnight inpatient stay, but her insurer, Anthem, wouldn’t cover the charges.

What’s holding up the Colorado River negotiations? Experts break down the sticking points.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/colorado-river-negotiations-experts-sticking-points/

Published: October 30, 2025 09:08

The seven states in the Colorado River Basin, including Colorado, have until Nov. 11 to sketch out a high-level agreement for how to manage the basin’s water supply. They’ve been stymied for two years.

Opinion: Colorado must make a stand as the Trump administration wrecks our public lands

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/opinion-colorado-public-lands-trump-assault/

Published: October 30, 2025 07:30

Rollback of BLM’s Public Lands Rules is an attack on the lands to take out the “public” and privatize or industrialize them

Father detained by ICE in Durango will be transferred to Texas, pending immigration proceedings

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/fernando-jaramillo-solano-durango-ice-texas/

Published: October 29, 2025 21:10

ICE agents detained Fernando Jaramillo-Solano and his two children, 12 and 15, while on their way to school Monday. ICE has not disclosed where the children are being held.

Colorado attorney general sues Trump administration over Space Command HQ relocation to Alabama

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/colorado-space-command-lawsuit/

Published: October 29, 2025 16:53

Phil Weiser said the lawsuit, his 41st against the administration since Donald Trump took power in January, argues that the relocation violates Colorado’s constitutional right to carry out elections how it chooses

ICE agents detain Denver-area teacher after routine immigration appointment

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/parker-teacher-arrested-by-ice/

Published: October 29, 2025 13:29

The teacher was arrested with her family on Friday during a routine immigration appointment at a Centennial ICE office

3 weeks since Nederland’s town center burned down, displaced businesses are already rebuilding with community’s help

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/businesses-rebuild-after-nederland-fire/

Published: October 29, 2025 10:15

GoFundMes have raised $425,000 and neighbors are helping neighbors survive. Several of the fire-affected shop owners are hoping the town sees this as an opportunity to fast track more business development.

Denver bought a truce on Park Hill Park, and now the former golf course is open for strolls

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/denver-park-hill-park-opening-past-controversy/

Published: October 29, 2025 10:08

Years of acrimony over proposed development end in city’s fourth-largest park and a neighborhood welcome

Congress shielded gun companies from lawsuits. Some blue states like Colorado think they’ve found a loophole.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/colorado-gun-laws-lawsuit-firearm-manufacturers/

Published: October 29, 2025 09:15

Since 2021, 10 states have passed laws intended to make it easier to sue gunmakers and sellers

Xcel Energy’s on-again, off-again Pueblo power plant is offline again, this time for up to 8 months

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/colorado-comanche-3-power-plant-issues-troubles/

Published: October 29, 2025 09:12

The $1.3 billion Comanche 3 coal-fired plant has been offline this year during some of the summer’s hottest days when demand soared

Littwin: It’s not just a month-long shutdown. It’s also surrender in the War on Poverty.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/mike-littwin-government-shutdown-war-on-poverty/

Published: October 29, 2025 09:05

Columnist Mike Littwin writes that the current government stalemate is more than just a shutdown. It's surrender in the War on Poverty.

Pressure builds on Congress to end the shutdown, but a quick breakthrough appears unlikely

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/federal-government-shutdown-2025-pressure-congress/

Published: October 28, 2025 17:22

The building strain on lawmakers to end the impasse was magnified by the nation's largest federal employee union, which called on Congress to immediately pass a funding bill and ensure workers receive full pay

Flight delays become more common as air traffic controllers go without pay during shutdown

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/denver-airport-delays-government-shutdown/

Published: October 28, 2025 17:19

Flight delays are becoming more common across the country as more controllers call out sick because the Federal Aviation Administration was already so short on controllers before the shutdown

Dozens protest outside ICE building in Durango after 2 children, father detained

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/protest-ice-detain-two-children-father-durango/

Published: October 28, 2025 16:04

The three were detained by federal agents in Durango while on their way to school Monday, according to Compañeros, Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center

After police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocence

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/flock-camera-police-colorado-columbine-valley/

Published: October 28, 2025 14:52

Chrisanna Elser spent days collecting evidence, from apps on her phone to dashcam footage in her vehicle, to prove her whereabouts

The buds and bees on Pikes Peak indicate climate change is worsening. But it’s not all “doom and gloom.”

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/climate-change-pikes-peak-bees-and-flowers-wakeup/

Published: October 28, 2025 10:08

CU Boulder climate researchers compare blooms and pollinators over 100 years above Colorado Springs

Federal court dismisses tribal nations’ lawsuit against Colorado over online sports betting

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/federal-court-tribal-nations-lawsuit-colorado-online-sports-betting/

Published: October 28, 2025 09:51

The Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute alleged the state was freezing tribes out of the online betting market. The court’s decision homed in on a central legal conundrum in the case, one that arrived with the rise of the Internet age.

Health insurance prices in Colorado set for significant increases in 2026 due to congressional inaction

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/colorado-health-insurance-prices-2026/

Published: October 28, 2025 09:41

Premiums are set to rise by roughly 23%, but the price that the average person pays could more than double unless Congress extends expiring insurance subsidies

Opinion: “Arm teachers” refrain after Evergreen High School shooting is misguided and dangerous

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/opinion-colorado-school-shootings-arming-teachers-not-answer/

Published: October 28, 2025 07:30

More guns to fight school shootings is not the answer. Sensible gun laws, mental health support, and better security is.