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Court investigating threats after Colorado judge sentenced Tina Peters to 9 years in prison

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/04/threats-judge-tina-peters-colorado/

Published: October 4, 2024 22:40

“We are receiving threats and compliments regarding Judge Barrett’s sentencing of Tina Peters,” a court executive said Friday

Southern Colorado police chief, twin brother charged with theft for allegedly pocketing city funds from K-9 business

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/04/adam-aaron-fresquez-center-police-theft/

Published: October 4, 2024 21:14

Center Police Chief Aaron Fresquez and Sgt. Adam Fresquez are accused of using city funds to train K-9s, before selling them to other agencies

An Alaska lawmaker’s experience with an all-candidate primary, ranked choice general election

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/04/the-unaffiliated-10042024/

Published: October 4, 2024 15:21

Plus: Diana DeGette opposes Proposition 131. Gabe Evans gets an election integrity question on the campaign trail. CD8 TV ads.

Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years behind bars

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/04/the-sunriser-10042024/

Published: October 4, 2024 14:55

Plus: Millions pour into a close congressional race, two new ballot explainers, why Colorado doesn’t desalinate water and more news

Other parts of the world remove salt from water to make it drinkable. Is that possible in Colorado?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/04/colorado-desalination-water-shortage/

Published: October 4, 2024 10:18

Sure, Israel does it. But is desalination really a solution to water issues in Colorado or the Colorado River Basin? Water experts have their doubts.

Proposition 129: Should Colorado establish a veterinary professional associates position?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/04/proposition-129-explained-colorado-ballot/

Published: October 4, 2024 10:05

Proposition 129 on the 2024 Colorado ballot would establish a state-regulated, master’s degree-level position designed to create expanded access to veterinary care, especially in rural areas. Critics contend its requirements are vague and that it could put…

Proposition 127: Hunting and trapping of mountain lions, bobcats and lynx would be banned in Colorado

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/04/proposition-127-explained-colorado/

Published: October 4, 2024 09:50

The measure marks the second time in four years Colorado voters will consider a wildlife management ballot question

Does Colorado’s public pension program invest in companies that boycott Israel?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/04/public-pension-colorado/

Published: October 4, 2024 09:45

A law passed in 2016 requires PERA to keep a list of all companies that have economic prohibitions against Israel

Drew Litton: Crushin’ it with Broncos’ throwback uniforms

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/04/drew-litton-denver-broncos-throwback-uniforms/

Published: October 4, 2024 08:10

Cartoonist Drew Litton is pumped that, for the first time in forever, the Denver Broncos uniform design combo that defined the "Orange Crush" defense of the late '70s will make its return on Sunday.

“What’d I Miss?”: Calculating character

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/04/whatd-i-miss-calculating-character/

Published: October 4, 2024 08:05

In "What'd I Miss?" cartoonists R. Alan Brooks and Cori Redford examine the implications of character and racism within the MAGA movement.

Wyoming rescue team assists in recovering body of hiker who died on Colorado peak in August

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/03/arikaree-peak-body-teton-grand-county-search-and-rescue/

Published: October 3, 2024 23:13

Rescuers last month suspended the recovery mission to reach the body of a 31-year-old hiker who fell down the remote Arickaree Peak in the Indian Peaks Wilderness

Former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years in prison for role in 2021 breach of election system

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/03/tina-peters-election-security-trial-sentenced/

Published: October 3, 2024 18:33

Judge says "prison is the only place" for Tina Peters, who remained defiant even as she asked the court for probation.

Polls show race between Yadira Caraveo, Gabe Evans is razor close as millions pour into Colorado’s 8th Congressional District

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/03/yadira-caraveo-gabe-evans-polling-colorado-8th-district/

Published: October 3, 2024 17:14

The contest in the 8th District, which spans from Denver’s northeast suburbs along U.S. 85 into Greeley, may decide which party controls Congress

Spelunkers work with biologists to survey caves, slow spread of deadly bat disease

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/03/outsider-20241003/

Published: October 3, 2024 16:20

Plus: A new village at Vail reflects changing priorities in resort industry, layoffs for Vail Resorts, winter sports participation hits a high mark

Plans cleared for new ski village in Vail

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/03/the-sunriser-10032024/

Published: October 3, 2024 15:00

Plus: Aurora and Lower Arkansas Valley set to talk about water, same-sex marriage ballot explainer, a long-running art show continues and more news

Lower Arkansas River water districts, Aurora prepare for talks over city’s controversial $80M farm water purchase

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/03/lower-arkansas-river-water-districts-aurora-talks-over-controversial-farm-water-purchase/

Published: October 3, 2024 10:01

Lower Arkansas Valley water districts and Aurora plan to open talks as soon as December aimed at providing aid to the region to offset the impact of a controversial, large-scale […]

Amendment J: Removing Colorado’s constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/03/amendment-j-explained-colorado/

Published: October 3, 2024 10:00

The measure would strike a phrase in the Colorado constitution, added by voters in 2006, that recognizes only marriages between a man and a woman

Long-running Colorado art show featuring adults with intellectual disabilities returns Friday

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/03/six-points-art-show-gunnison/

Published: October 3, 2024 09:57

Artists from Six Points, a nonprofit in Gunnison that helps adults with intellectual disabilities, will showcase their work during a monthlong exhibition at the Gunnison Arts Center

Vail Resorts, town and developer plan new ski village after settle legal battle over housing parcel

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/03/west-lionshead-village-vail-resorts/

Published: October 3, 2024 09:50

Vail Resorts, Town of Vail and East West Partners will develop the Ever Vail parcel with workforce housing where the ski area once planned to build hundreds of high-end condos

Man kills mountain lion with a shovel after it approached him, fought his dog at a Cañon City campground

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/colorado-mountain-lion-killed-canon-city/

Published: October 2, 2024 18:39

Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s preliminary investigation found the man “was in fear of his life and acted in self defense”

Family of teen shot, killed outside Denver’s East High sues DPS for wrongful death

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/denver-public-schools-wrongful-death-luis-garcia/

Published: October 2, 2024 17:40

Luis Garcia was 16 when he died last year. The lawsuit blames Denver Public Schools for removing school resources officers in 2020.

Is Cemex in Lyons on the clock, or not?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/temperature-20241002/

Published: October 2, 2024 17:25

Plus: Not on My BLM Land, and how language leads to health in SW Colorado

Colorado’s water users are told “use it or lose it.” But is the threat real?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/colorado-water-rights-abandonment-use-it-lose-it/

Published: October 2, 2024 10:20

The old water law adage doesn’t capture just how difficult it is to lose a water right. And state policy limits the pool of possibly abandoned water even further.

A new solar farm is now shading Denver Botanic’s actual farm in one of the state’s biggest “agrivoltaics” experiments

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/agrivoltaics-denver-botanic-gardens-chatfield-solar-power-vegetables/

Published: October 2, 2024 10:08

$4.7 million investment from city climate change sales tax builds an “agrivoltaic” system and 30,000 pounds of potential vegetable harvest

Medicaid “unwind” leads to job, program cuts at Denver’s community mental health center

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/mental-health-center-cuts/

Published: October 2, 2024 10:00

WellPower is slashing a virtual therapy program, the Garfield House partnership, and part of its co-responder unit

Proposition 131: Colorado would move to all-candidate primaries followed by ranked-choice general elections

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/proposition-131-ranked-choice-colorado-explained-election/

Published: October 2, 2024 09:45

The measure would change most of the state’s primaries so candidates from all parties run against each other, with the top four vote-getters advancing to a ranked choice voting general election

Proposition JJ: Colorado would be allowed to keep all the sports betting tax revenue it collects

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/proposition-jj-explained-colorado/

Published: October 2, 2024 09:30

The state can currently keep up to $29 million in tax revenue from sports betting. Proposition JJ would remove that cap, allowing the state to keep more revenue for water projects.

Littwin: Pete Rose, full of sound and fury, died signifying a collision of stardom and arrogance

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/pete-rose-mutombo-opinion-littwin/

Published: October 2, 2024 09:05

Baseball’s “Hit King” passed away within hours of beloved Nuggets’ icon Dikembe Mutombo. Both bigger than life, they couldn’t have been more different.

Opinion: Proposition 127 would preserve ethical hunting in Colorado by ending cruelty to lions, bobcats

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/opinion-colorado-prop-127-mountain-lion-hunting-ban-yes/

Published: October 2, 2024 07:30

“Yes” vote would help bring balance to nature and keep lions in their established ranges

Opinion: Proposition 127 to ban mountain lion hunting disregards Colorado’s successful conservation through regulated hunting

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/opinion-colorado-prop-127-mountain-lion-hunting-against/

Published: October 2, 2024 07:30

Proposition 127 is trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist and in doing so creates new problems.

Colorado State Board of Education member Stephen Varela resigns to work for Pueblo school district

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/01/colorado-state-board-of-educatin-varela-resigns/

Published: October 1, 2024 19:30

Colorado State Board of Education member Stephen Varela resigns to work for Pueblo school district

A spicy discussion on Proposition 131 at SunFest

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/01/the-unaffiliated-10012024/

Published: October 1, 2024 15:13

Plus: Adam Frisch and Jeff Hurd debate for a second time. State-level super PAC spending on legislative races.

Can’t we just pipe in Eastern water to fix the Colorado River?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/01/sunriser-20241001/

Published: October 1, 2024 15:10

Can’t we just pipe in Eastern water to fix the Colorado River?

Colorado needs a database to track foster care runaways, task force finds

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/01/foster-care-runaways/

Published: October 1, 2024 12:31

The group under the Office of the Child Protection Ombudsman says lack of data means Colorado is devoid of “meaningful analysis.” It also recommended a clearer law about physical restraint.

Why don’t we just pipe in water from the East to fix the Colorado River crisis?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/01/east-west-water-pipeline-drought/

Published: October 1, 2024 10:20

The idea remains a tantalizingly simple way to alleviate the region’s water woes. Dig a little deeper and it quickly runs into serious obstacles.

Ordinance 309: Measure seeks to ban existing and future slaughterhouses in Denver

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/01/ordinance-309-explained-colorado/

Published: October 1, 2024 09:51

The measure would ban the construction, maintenance and use of slaughterhouses in Denver starting in 2026

Utah is still fighting Biden over Bears Ears. Court arguments in Boulder showed a state desperate to take “its” land back

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/01/utah-biden-bears-ears-court-fight/

Published: October 1, 2024 09:43

The outcome of the case could determine how much authority a president has to resize national monuments, which could impact Colorado’s Camp Hale and Dolores River

Amendment 79: An attempt to preserve abortion access in Colorado’s constitution

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/01/amendment-79-explained-colorado-abortion/

Published: October 1, 2024 09:30

The amendment would prevent the legislature from limiting abortion access in Colorado. It would also repeal a provision in the state constitution prohibiting state dollars from being used to pay for abortions.

Colorado antitrust trial in grocery megamerger has King Soopers parent dangling a 10% price drop

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/01/colorado-antitrust-trial-grocery-megamerger-king-soopers-kroger/

Published: October 1, 2024 09:20

Kroger and Albertsons say they face more competition from Walmart, Costco and Amazon than each other. State’s case worries about the lack of choice in rural Colorado if merger proceeds.

Ranchers petition Colorado to delay future wolf reintroduction, citing program failures

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/30/colorado-ranches-delay-wolf-reintroduction/

Published: September 30, 2024 19:43

26 livestock and farming groups want Colorado Parks and Wildlife to put off any more wolf releases until they address their concerns

The case of the disappearing lake

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/30/sunriser-20240930/

Published: September 30, 2024 15:17

Plus: Investigating big water myths, Amendment G explained, where District 3 candidates stand and more

A picturesque lake in southwest Colorado disappeared. Locals want it back as fast as possible.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/30/crystal-lake-drained-ouray-high-risk-dam/

Published: September 30, 2024 10:21

The U.S. Forest Service drained Crystal Lake in April, citing dam issues and concern for public safety. The move left locals flummoxed.

Would cutting agricultural water use in Colorado prevent future shortage? Well …

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/30/colorado-agricultural-water-use-shortages/

Published: September 30, 2024 10:20

Not exactly, and doing so could mean creating a food crisis to prevent a water crisis. The message from farm advocates: Please, don’t.

Amendment G: Should more disabled veterans qualify for Colorado’s homestead property tax break?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/30/colorado-amendment-g-explained-2024-election/

Published: September 30, 2024 10:00

Amendment G would amend the Colorado state constitution to offer the state’s homestead property tax exemption to more veterans with disabilities

Has xylazine, a horse tranquilizer used as a drug, caused deaths in Colorado?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/30/colorado-xylazine-deaths/

Published: September 30, 2024 09:45

The drug produces some of the same sedative effects as opioids. It is not approved for human use.

Where Adam Frisch and Jeff Hurd stand on the big issues in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/30/adam-frisch-jeff-hurd-issues-guide-colorado-election/

Published: September 30, 2024 09:15

Frisch, a Democratic former Aspen city councilman, and Hurd, a Republican attorney in Grand Junction, are running against each other in the 3rd Congressional District

Zornio: Colorado’s black-and-white license plates are boring. Bring back the mountains.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/30/license-plates-opinion-zornio/

Published: September 30, 2024 09:03

History and good intentions aside, the new monochromatic plates reflect nothing of the state’s beauty

Dispelling water myths

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/29/colorado-sunday-09292024/

Published: September 29, 2024 12:45

Issue No. 155 — How booming Western cities are really adapting to water scarcity ☼ The perfect wine for fall ☼ An epic on A.I.

Cities in the West are booming. But will they actually need a lot more water?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/29/western-cities-population-growth-water/

Published: September 29, 2024 09:28

Myth 1: Booming populations in Western cities means rising demand for water

Littwin: Dave Williams wins in court, and so state Republicans keep on losing

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/29/littwin-dave-williams-gop-keeps-losing/

Published: September 29, 2024 09:05

Columnist Mike Littwin writes that as GOP party leader Dave Williams wins in court, state Republicans keep on losing.

“Epoch: A Poetic Psy-Phi Saga” offers glimpses of an imagined post-AI world

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/29/sunlit-epoch-dave-jilk/

Published: September 29, 2024 08:15

In "Epoch," author Dave Jilk crosses genres with a book that invokes art, philosophy and science in addressing the impacts of artificial intelligence on the world — and humanity.

Battling boredom, Dave Jilk wrote an epic poem that almost defies description

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/29/sunlit-dave-jilk-epoch/

Published: September 29, 2024 08:10

Author Dave Jilk readily admits his genre-crossing "Epoch: A Poetic Psy-Phi Saga" isn't for everyone. But the author set this unconventional exploration of AI loose in the world to find its audience.

Poor Richard’s Books suggests some fun, fictional escapism for fall

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/29/poor-richards-books-fun-fictional-escapism-fall/

Published: September 29, 2024 08:05

Poor Richard's Books in Colorado Springs recommends a mystery shrouded in mysticism, an espionage thriller and a magical island fantasy.

What’s Working: Cooling Colorado Springs’ job economy’s top concern? Affordable housing

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/28/colorado-springs-job-economy-affordable-housing/

Published: September 28, 2024 10:20

Also at this week’s UCCS Economic Forum: Inflation has slowed even if it doesn't feel like it. Plus: Western Colorado University drops fee

Opinion: If Trump does come to Aurora, he needs to meet the people whom he is disparaging

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/28/opinion-trump-aurora-colorado-visit/

Published: September 28, 2024 07:30

The data not only betray Trump’s lies but speak to the importance of immigrants for Colorado and the country