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07/06/2024

How can you save water at home? First you need to know where all your water is going.

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07/06/2024

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07/06/2024

Do Colorado miller moths eat clothing?

The Colorado Sun partners with Gigafact to investigate viral claims.

07/05/2024

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We're going to have more than a dozen sessions including one-on-one sessions, panel discussions and more.

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07/05/2024

For people who can’t afford safe housing or nutritious food, doctor visits and hospital stays can only do so much to fix health problems.

That’s the premise behind a plan to allow Colorado’s Medicaid program, which provides government-funded health insurance for people with low incomes, to cover the costs of housing and nutrition services.

Colorado is following about 20 other states in asking the federal government if the state-federal health insurance program can cover meals and rent

07/05/2024

In 10 races where state-level super PACs, some funded by hidden sources, spent to help Democratic candidates viewed as more moderate, eight won

Most of the money was spent in Democratic contests, and it isn't clear where all of it came from — and it may never be revealed.

07/05/2024

Entering Fourth of July driving boom, Front Range gas prices are lower than a year ago despite requirement for “reformulated gas” that reduces ozone-causing emissions

Colorado's mandate from the EPA to use specialized gasoline in fighting summer ozone did not raise gasoline prices sharply.

07/05/2024

The Colorado Sun partners with Gigafact to investigate viral claims

The Colorado Sun partners with Gigafact to investigate viral claims.

07/05/2024

The new credit works as a rebate and was approved during this year’s legislative session

07/04/2024

The Colorado State Patrol says the wreck happened at the intersection of Morgan County Roads C and 31

07/04/2024

Brand new Mancos Commons building combines crucial units of affordable housing with space for artistic programming

Brand new Mancos Commons building combines crucial affordable apartments and desired space for artistic programming

07/04/2024

After meeting with locals in Mesa and Montrose counties, Sens. Bennet and Hickenlooper say additional protection around the Dolores River should not impact mining, hunting, grazing and water rights

Colorado's U.S. senators want protection around the Dolores River that will guard existing mining, hunting, grazing and water rights

07/04/2024

Colorado is among a handful of states that will require credit card networks to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their sales

07/04/2024

The study doesn’t downplay the other tolls of COVID countermeasures, instead trying to chart a path for better pandemic preparedness and prevention

Vaccines and social distancing saved 800,000 American lives from COVID, according to a new study by a University of Colorado professor.

07/04/2024

Total bans were passed to reduce the risk of fires, including wildfires, which have become an annual state summer danger.

Denver and the city of Colorado Springs ban the use and possession of all fireworks, even sparklers, joining several cities across Colorado.

07/04/2024

Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell cannot legally hold undocumented immigrants in jail under the county’s 287(g) agreement with ICE, the court ruled Wednesday

Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell cannot legally hold undocumented immigrants in jail under the county’s 287(g) agreement with ICE, the court ruled Wednesday.

07/03/2024

The man who was infected, a dairy worker, had a mild eye infection and has since recovered

Colorado health officials identified a human case of bird flu in a dairy worker who suffered an eye infection. He has since recovered.

07/03/2024

It's not too late to RSVP for next week's event with Michael Booth.

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07/03/2024

Lowry Ranch neighbors say they won’t stop fighting the Crestone drilling plan submitted 20 months ago. Approval, they say, would put ECMC in violation of its own mission to protect public safety.

Opponents of the 155 wells planned for Lowry Ranch area near Aurora Reservoir say they’re not done fighting to protect their neighborhood

07/03/2024

A flurry of pro-industry decisions raises alarms in environmental groups

A flurry of recent SCOTUS decisions restricting federal power threatens Colorado environmental progress, some critics say.

07/03/2024

SOUTH ST. VRAIN CREEK — Sometime this summer, certain parts of South St. Vrain Creek may, for the first time in over a century, have water flowing through them intermittently, thanks to technology most Coloradans take for granted but until recently has been out of reach for area water managers. Gates used to divert water […]

Water hasn't flowed in parts of South St. Vrain Creek for more than a century. Here’s how a cell tower and collaboration are changing the situation.

07/03/2024

The Colorado Behavioral Health Administration created the Performance Hub to improve transparency and accountability in the mental health sector

The Behavioral Health Administration’s Performance Hub aims to improve the mental health system

07/02/2024

Hassan Diol, 25, her daughter, Hawa, and three other members of her extended family were killed in a house fire in Denver in 2020 that authorities said was set in the middle of the night by a group of teens in a case of mistaken revenge.

Hassan Diol, 25, her daughter, Hawa, and three other members of her extended family were killed in a house fire in Denver in 2020.

07/02/2024

Settlement negotiated by city, county and state utility advocates is short of the $118M requested, but includes a hand off of valuable water storage rights

Negotiated settlement is short of the $118M requested, but includes a hand off of valuable water storage rights

07/02/2024

Gov. Jared Polis says utility-scale, hot water-generated electricity likely in next several years as state grants kick in

07/02/2024

CU Boulder and Colorado businesses will benefit as the state becomes one of 12 new federal technology hubs as part of a competitive funding sprint in emerging ideas

CU Boulder, businesses will benefit as Colorado becomes one of 12 new federal technology hubs as part of a funding sprint in emerging ideas

07/02/2024

Today in The Sunriser newsletter:

— Colorado’s dairy cow flu outbreak worst in the country
— Community college instructors waiting on paychecks
— Tri-State to pay counties for coal plant closure
— Colorado gets quantum grant and more

Plus: Community college instructors waiting on paychecks, Tri-State to pay counties for coal plant closure, Colorado gets quantum grant and more

07/02/2024

The state has seen nearly one-quarter of its herds affected, most in the past month

Colorado has seen nearly 25% of its dairy herds infected by bird flu, also known as avian influenza. Most have occurred in the past month.

07/02/2024

The recent delay is the latest in a string of payroll lags, pinching some instructors’ already tight budgets and forcing them to pick up extra jobs and pay bills late

07/02/2024

Sgt. Justin Dodge went through eight surgeries and is now back full-time on the job as a SWAT team supervisor. He's also become a motivational speaker and is the subject of a PBS documentary.

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All four gates opened on the Morrow Point Dam in Montrose County for the first time since 2017 last week, providing a spectacular display of force as water spills into the Gunnison River, the fifth largest tributary to the Colorado River. While the flow from 15-foot-wide gates 468 feet above was intriguing to tourists and locals, the water was intended to simulate spring runoff conditions to protect the Colorado pikeminnow, razorback sucker and three other endangered fish species. 📷 William Woody, Special to The Colorado Sun

Hail storm pummels parts of Colorado.mp4

Knee-deep hail in small Colorado town calls for heavy equipment and snow shovels to clear. Read more: https://buff.ly/3VkIlGp

Pedestrian and bike deaths' share of road fatalities in Colorado have grown since 2002. Read more: https://cosun.co/3u0q7PC

“If there’s anything we can do to kind of keep the press out of this, that would be great.” The Colorado State Patrol released footage of House Minority Leader Mike Lynch's 2022 arrest on Friday to The Colorado Sun in response to an open records request. Read more: https://cosun.co/425PdsM

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More and more people are seeking out alpine lakes to go ice skating. This woman is trying to make sure they don't die. Read more: https://cosun.co/3ED7inz

How quickly can frostbite set in? At minus 5 degrees and a wind speed of 30 mph, you could get frostbite in about 10 minutes, according to UCHealth. More: https://cosun.co/3hBFwQa

See how Colorado's population is getting older. Read more: https://cosun.co/3SahxGX

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Five gray wolves from Oregon were released in Grand County on Monday, three years after Colorado voted to reintroduce the animal by the end of 2023. It is the first time a state — not the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — has introduced an endangered species into wildland in the U.S. Dan Gibbs, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, said "it's been blood, sweat and tears" to reach the release Monday. He said if any wildlife agency in the country was capable of being the first to release an endangered species, it's his team. "I could not be more proud," he said. A second group of five wolves will be released in the same area, somewhere in Eagle, Grand or Summit counties. The Colorado plan calls for releasing 30 to 50 wolves on the Western Slope in the next three to five years. 📷 Provided by Colorado Parks And Wildlife ➡️ Read more: https://cosun.co/48fBuSg ☀️ Like and follow for more Colorado news

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Downtown Vacancy Rates.mp4

The Denver office market continues to struggle more than three years after office workers headed home to work remotely. Office vacancy rates in downtown Denver hit a high of 30.6% in the third quarter, the first time they've been above 30% since 2000, according to real estate brokerage firm CBRE. The overall Denver metro area saw office vacancy rates increase to 22.8%. Since 2022, the percentage of full-time workers who are completely remote has dropped and stabilized around 20%, Real Capital Solutions Director of Research Dan Sorrells said. Meanwhile, the percentage of hybrid workers has been rising, now between 40% and 45%, and may also stabilize. But whether companies have adopted a remote or hybrid workforce, or have seen business suffer due to the economic decline, that's created other issues, like "zombie buildings," or office properties that are leased but aren't being used. ➡️ Read more: https://cosun.co/47OilHc ☀️ Like and follow for more Colorado news

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Behind the scenes of how illustrator Peter Moore makes his cartoons. Check them out: https://cosun.co/417JBxR

Colorado's prime working age adults shrinking.mp4

Why do Colorado's open jobs outnumber people who are looking for one? Age. The size of the labor force is very much connected to the state’s population. And even though we’re still growing faster than many other states, we’re getting older and have more workers doing things like, well, retiring.

At Great American Beer Fest, the country’s largest suds fest in Denver, beer goggles make everything new again. ➡️ https://cosun.co/3ZljpP8

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Volunteers are on the hunt for one of Colorado’s most adorable animals before climate change erases them. Pikas — relatives of rabbits that look like furry russet potatoes with round ears — are some of the cutest wildlife to roam the Colorado mountains. But climate modeling suggests that by the end of the century pikas may be effectively gone from Rocky Mountain National Park. Community scientists with the Colorado Pika Project are trekking up to find the dynamic mammals — which can live as high as 14,000 feet — to keep track of their numbers. "It’s a lot easier to conserve a species at the start of its decline than toward the end of it, when there’s very few left of them," said Alex Wells, former co-director of Colorado Pika Project and community conservation director at the Denver Zoo. ➡️ Read more: https://cosun.co/3QV1hcG 📹 Kristi Odom, Colorado Pika Project

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Volunteers are on the hunt for one of Colorado’s most adorable animals before climate change erases them. Read: https://cosun.co/3QV1hcG

Navajo Reservoir water released.mov

Water is released from Navajo Reservoir on the Colorado-New Mexico border. The release created a pulse flow that helped improve aquatic habitat for endangered fish species. It’s the first release of a 10-year agreement to use water from the Jicarilla Apache Nation. https://cosun.co/42ZIeAh

Protesters holding sit-in outside Colorado Capitol Monday to demand that Jared Polis ban guns

Hundreds of protesters held a sit-in outside the Colorado Capitol on Monday to demand that Gov. Jared Polis ban guns statewide. They say they'll remain there until Polis answers the demand of a national advocacy organization, Here 4 The Kids, and signs an executive order banning guns, or for at least four days, the same length of time the Selma to Montgomery marches lasted. Polis' office said he won't sign an order that violates the U.S. Constitution. But Here 4 The Kids organizers, some of whom are advocating that the Second Amendment be repealed, said other civil rights laws that seemed unthinkable decades ago — like voting rights — passed following civil acts of disobedience. ➡️ Read more about the protesters and their demands: https://cosun.co/3NcrHEA 👤 (1) Kim Massale 👤 (2) Tiffany Boyd 📹 Olivia Sun (via Report for America) & Ciara Zavala, The Colorado Sun ☀️ Like and follow for more Colorado new