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2026-04-17 15:02:27 GMT

Bill to allow “balcony solar” option for Coloradans awaits Gov. Polis’ signature
https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/17/plug-in-solar-balcony-solar-colorado-bill-eases-way/

2026-03-16 18:05:03 GMT

Is most of Colorado’s water used for agriculture?
https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/16/is-most-of-colorados-water-used-for-agriculture/

2026-02-12 16:02:23 GMT

As some Democratic governors lead on ICE pushback, Jared Polis is taking a hands-off approach
https://coloradosun.com/2026/02/12/colorado-governor-jared-polis-ice-policy/

2026-01-08 02:08:35 GMT

Driver killed by ICE officer in Minneapolis was originally from Colorado
https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/07/ice-shooting-minneapolis-renee-nicole-good/

2026-01-07 17:33:01 GMT

Colorado child care centers, counties scramble as feds say they are freezing funds for poorest families
https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/07/colorado-frozen-federal-funds-child-care-tanf/

2026-01-07 16:02:01 GMT

Northern Colorado’s trans community struggles to find support amid politically charged climate
https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/07/transgender-kids-northern-colorado-support/

2026-01-05 18:08:01 GMT

Are Colorado’s per capita carbon emissions among the highest in the world?
https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/05/colorado-carbon-emissions/

2026-01-02 20:05:01 GMT

Children’s Hospital Colorado has suspended gender-affirming care for transgender youth amid a new federal investigation
https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/02/childrens-hospital-colorado-gender-affirming-care-kennedy/

2026-01-02 16:02:01 GMT

Woman killed in suspected mountain lion attack while hiking in northern Colorado
https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/02/colorado-fatal-mountain-lion-attack-estes-park/

2025-12-31 15:01:59 GMT

ICE arrested more than 3,500 people in Colorado in 2025 — including babies and the elderly
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/31/ice-arrests-2025-data-deportation-data-project/

2025-12-30 15:01:52 GMT

Here comes another Xcel Energy rate hike. This time, the utility is asking to raise your gas bill.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/30/xcel-energy-gas-rate-increase-utility-bills/

2025-12-29 16:02:02 GMT

Can a single data center use as much power as 5,000 homes?
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/29/data-center-power/

2025-12-28 16:02:01 GMT

Do you know how to survive in Colorado? Take this quiz to find out.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/28/do-you-know-how-to-survive-in-colorado-take-this-quiz-to-find-out/

2025-12-26 17:33:01 GMT

Children’s Hospital Colorado is fighting the DOJ in court over a subpoena about gender-affirming care
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/26/childrens-hospital-colorado-gender-affirming-care-subpoena/

2025-12-26 15:01:35 GMT

Are noisy aftermarket mufflers illegal in Colorado?
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/26/are-noisy-aftermarket-mufflers-illegal-in-colorado/

2025-12-24 16:02:03 GMT

Time is up for operators of a beloved Grand Junction farm market
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/24/okagawa-farms-grand-junction-retirement/

2025-12-22 16:02:36 GMT

Colorado air quality protections cut greenhouse gases by 70%, new study from environmental group shows
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/22/colorado-methane-oil-and-gas-leaks-cut/

2025-12-22 02:02:01 GMT

Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra can leave ICE custody on bond, judge rules
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/21/jeanette-vizguerra-ice-custody-bond/

2025-12-20 00:01:01 GMT

Colorado’s U.S. senators hold up appropriations package over NCAR’s future
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/19/michael-bennet-john-hickenlooper-ncar-appropriations-hold/

2025-12-19 19:03:13 GMT

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How to prepare for a wildfire in Colorado
https://coloradosun.com/2022/01/04/how-to-prepare-for-a-wildfire-in-colorado/

2025-12-19 19:03:13 GMT

If a fire sparks, it could spread rapidly amid wind gusts up to 100 mph paired with record-high temperatures, the National Weather Service said
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/19/critical-fire-danger-boulder-jefferson-foothills/

2025-12-18 18:45:14 GMT

NEW: Xcel Energy plans for second shut-off as thousands of Coloradans remain without power
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/18/colorado-power-outages-wind-critical-fire-danager/

2025-12-16 17:33:02 GMT

Here’s how to prepare for a possible Xcel power shut-off due to strong winds, dry conditions
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/16/xcel-public-safety-power-shutoff/

2025-12-15 19:05:01 GMT

Do wind turbines in Colorado consume more energy than they make?
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/15/do-wind-turbines-in-colorado-consume-more-energy-than-they-make/

2025-12-15 17:33:02 GMT

How Colorado companies are dealing with Trump’s tariffs, including one that faced a $42 million bill
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/15/colorado-trump-tariffs-havenly-imports-exports-trade/

2025-12-14 16:02:01 GMT

Pining for the future: Meet the cone collectors, whose work could seed the ground for safer forests
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/14/colorado-forests-pine-cone-collectors-forests-wildfires/

2025-12-12 17:33:02 GMT

Health insurance prices in Colorado set to soar for 225,000 people as Senate fails to extend subsidies
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/12/colorado-health-insurance-prices-subsidies/

2025-12-12 15:02:35 GMT

Colorado water regulators approve historic stream, wetlands protections
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/12/colorado-water-regulators-approve-historic-stream-wetlands-protections/

2025-12-10 18:08:01 GMT

Older adults on fixed incomes are finding homeownership in Colorado financially harder than ever
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/10/homeownership-colorado-older-adults/

2025-12-10 15:02:36 GMT

More data centers are coming to Colorado, demanding more power than they’ll need. Will customers foot the bill?
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/10/data-center-power-demands-colorado-xcel-tri-state/

2025-12-07 15:01:20 GMT

After 360 miles of whitewater and irrigation, the Arkansas River leaves Colorado as a trickle
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/07/when-the-arkansas-trickles-out-of-colorado-its-a-different-river/

2025-12-04 17:33:05 GMT

Chirp one out for the pika: Hot rocks from climate change are killing Rocky Mountain critters
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/04/colorado-pika-population-global-warming/

2025-12-02 16:02:13 GMT

PUC finalizes plans to push natural gas out of Colorado home heating to hit 100% decarbonization
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/02/colorado-natural-gas-emissions-caps-xcel/

2025-11-26 15:02:53 GMT

Holiday food boxes make a kindly connection between Colorado farms and families
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/farm-to-table-holiday-food-aid-colorado/

2025-11-25 21:06:01 GMT

ICE conduct in Colorado “unlawful”: Federal judge orders agency to repay plaintiffs’ bond money, remove ankle monitors and better document reasons for arrest
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/25/federal-court-rules-against-ice-arrests-colorado/

2025-11-24 15:01:59 GMT

Xcel Energy asks for $356M rate increase that will boost Colorado residential customers’ bills by about $10
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/24/xcel-energy-electricity-rate-hike-energy-assistance-fee/

2025-11-23 15:01:02 GMT

The giving river: The shifting gifts of the Upper Arkansas and its evolving role for Colorado communities
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/23/gifts-of-the-upper-arkansas-colorado-communities/

2025-11-22 15:01:14 GMT

What’s Working: Thanksgiving dinner in Colorado will cost less than last year, as grocers eat the loss
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/22/thanksgiving-dinner-prices-colorado-grocery-2025/

2025-11-21 04:02:00 GMT

GOP-backed ballot measure would make any fentanyl possession a felony in Colorado
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/20/colorado-fentanyl-ballot-measure-2026/

2025-11-20 23:29:00 GMT

Democrats facing ethics complaints for Vail retreat will receive taxpayer-funded legal counsel
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/20/democrats-opportunity-caucus-taxpayer-funded-legal-counsel-ethics/

2025-11-20 16:02:02 GMT

Billionaire landowner erecting 8-foot-tall fence in San Luis gets “cease and desist” from state water officials
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/20/san-luis-valley-billionaire-fence-water-quality-violations/

2025-11-20 02:02:00 GMT

Durango father, two kids, ask to return to Colombia after being picked up by ICE on their way to school
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/19/durango-father-kids-ask-to-return-to-colombia-ice/

2025-11-19 22:03:01 GMT

Rate of people in Colorado without health insurance holds steady, despite massive Medicaid drop
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/19/colorado-health-insurance-uninsured-rate-2/

2025-11-18 19:05:01 GMT

Immigrants begging to be deported are languishing in ICE’s Aurora detention facility
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/18/immigrants-asking-for-deportation-ices-aurora-detention-facility/

2025-11-17 16:02:06 GMT

“Even worse than we thought”: Colorado is stuck in a cycle of annual, $1B state budget shortfalls
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/17/colorado-budget-cycles-1-billion-shortfall-medicaid/

2025-11-12 23:29:01 GMT

US Mint presses final pennies as production ends after more than 230 years
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/12/denver-mint-pennies-last-run/

2025-11-12 16:02:19 GMT

On Colorado’s Western Slope, many farmworkers are afraid like never before
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/12/on-colorados-western-slope-many-farmworkers-are-afraid-like-never-before/

2025-11-11 21:06:01 GMT

Officer who used Flock cameras to falsely accuse Denver woman of theft will face unspecified disciplinary action
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/11/columbine-valley-police-officer-flock-disciplinary-action/

2025-11-11 16:02:30 GMT

Will adding more lanes fix I-270 congestion? CDOT’s favored fix will test its new mission, opponents say.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/11/i-270-cdot-rebuild-pollution-traffic-widening/

2025-11-10 21:06:01 GMT

New companies sprouting up in smaller rural Colorado areas to benefit local economies
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/10/colorado-small-business-rural-jump-start-program/

2025-11-10 19:05:04 GMT

From our reporters to our editors to our columnists, everyone at The Colorado Sun works hard for you.
As reporter Parker Yamasaki said, “We deeply appreciate hearing from you, our readers, because this is your newsroom.” 👇
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2025-11-10 17:33:01 GMT

Voters in some Colorado communities begin to chafe at taxing tourists to pay for local services
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/10/tourism-taxes-election/

2025-11-07 17:33:01 GMT

Is AI blowing up our electricity prices? An expert weighs in.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/07/ai-electric-demand-colorado-inflation-consumers/

2025-11-06 18:08:01 GMT

October storms brought damaging floods to southwestern Colorado, but also much needed drought relief
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/06/october-storms-brought-damaging-floods-to-southwestern-colorado-but-also-much-needed-drought-relief/

2025-11-05 22:03:01 GMT

Ethics complaints filed against Democratic state lawmakers who attended Vail retreat with lobbyists
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/05/colorado-opportunity-caucus-ethics-complaints/

2025-11-04 15:02:34 GMT

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/

2025-11-02 15:01:26 GMT

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/

2025-10-31 15:02:24 GMT

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/

2025-10-30 21:03:01 GMT

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/

2025-10-28 15:06:41 GMT

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/

2025-10-27 17:08:07 GMT

Anxiety and uncertainty loom for 300,000 Coloradans who buy health insurance on their own
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/27/colorado-health-insurance-enhanced-subsidies-government-shutdown/

2025-10-24 16:33:06 GMT

Does Colorado have pine trees older than the Roman Empire?
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/24/does-colorado-have-pine-trees-older-than-the-roman-empire/

2025-10-23 17:08:17 GMT

Is Colorado’s first “public Christian school” eligible for state funding? State education officials say no.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/23/colorado-pueblo-riverstone-academy-public-christian-school/

2025-10-21 15:04:49 GMT

In Rocky Ford, watermelons, ditches and the Arkansas River tie a community to its past and inform its future
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/21/rocky-ford-arkansas-river-watermelons-ditches/

2025-10-20 18:18:02 GMT

Shift gets old, polluting cars off the road for good. Here’s how it’s helping Colorado auto parts dealers.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/20/car-recycling-colorado-shift-used-auto-parts/

2025-10-20 15:28:18 GMT

A Denver mural festival for deaf and hard of hearing artists pops up in RiNo for the first time
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/20/denver-mural-festival-kissfist-for-deaf-artist/

2025-10-19 15:02:10 GMT

Heart of a Tribe: After 27 years of advocacy and leadership, the Ute Mountain Ute chairman is ready to rest
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/19/manuel-heart-retiring-ute-mountain-ute-chairman-legacy/

2025-10-17 15:06:16 GMT

Dark money group that spent big in Colorado’s Democratic primaries approved funding for Vail retreat for state lawmakers, lobbyists
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/17/colorado-opportunity-caucus-one-main-street/

2025-10-16 20:06:02 GMT

Michael Bennet, Phil Weiser are amassing millions of dollars for their Democratic gubernatorial primary fight
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/16/michael-bennet-phil-weiser-colorado-governors-race/

2025-10-14 23:01:31 GMT

Evergreen student critically injured during school shooting leaves hospital, tells supporters: “I’m still alive!”
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/14/matthew-silverstone-released-hospital-evergreen-shoooting/

2025-10-14 15:04:03 GMT

Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado started revamping its vaccine policies in the spring
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/14/wary-of-rfk-jr-colorado-started-revamping-its-vaccine-policies-in-the-spring/

2025-10-13 17:08:05 GMT

Vail Rescue Group uses new mapping technology to solve 19-year-old cold case of missing hiker on Mount of the Holy Cross
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/13/missing-hiker-14er-vail/

2025-10-07 15:03:27 GMT

Supreme Court hears arguments on whether states can ban conversion therapy for LBGTQ+ kids
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/07/supreme-court-conversion-therapy/

2025-10-07 00:04:01 GMT

Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/06/wic-colorado-shutdown-2025/

2025-10-06 17:08:01 GMT

Archeologists find that people sent to Camp Amache during WWII sought respite in the Arkansas River
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/06/amache-incarceration-wwii-arkansas-river-gardens/

2025-10-03 14:03:45 GMT

In Lower Arkansas River Valley, a $1.39B pipeline is the Holy Grail of clean water
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/03/lower-arkansas-river-valley-pipeline-holy-grail-of-clean-water/

2025-10-01 21:03:02 GMT

“There’s a baby!” ICE agents stop Alamosa family at gunpoint, smash car window
https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/ice-alamosa-arrest-gunpoint-infant/

2025-10-01 00:04:01 GMT

Senate Democrats — including Colorado’s Bennet and Hickenlooper — vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/30/colorado-votes-federal-shut-down-2025/

2025-09-30 15:05:13 GMT

“I do have hope.” Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra locked in Aurora ICE facility for more than six months
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/30/jeanette-vizguerra-ice-detention-six-months/

2025-09-26 16:33:01 GMT

“Brown and crispy”: How drought is affecting this fall’s color show in Colorado
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/26/drought-aspen-leaves-colorado/

2025-09-24 19:05:59 GMT

Xcel Energy settling Marshall fire lawsuit for $640 million while admitting no fault
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/24/xcel-energy-settling-marshall-fire-lawsuit-for-640-million-while-admitting-no-fault/

2025-09-24 16:33:06 GMT

Who will tell Denver’s story? With no museum dedicated to its history, the city stands virtually alone.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/24/museum-of-denver-civic-center-park-mcnichols-building/

2025-09-20 16:33:03 GMT

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2025-09-17 22:29:01 GMT

Matthew Silverstone, victim in Evergreen High School shooting, still “fighting for his life,” family says
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/17/matthew-silverstone-fighting-for-life-evergreen-high-school-shooting/

2025-09-17 18:05:01 GMT

Project introducing rye to drought-stricken San Luis Valley aims to build agricultural resilience
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/17/rye-resurgence-project-san-luis-valley-water-colorado/

2025-09-17 17:08:01 GMT

Colorado’s ozone problem got a little better in 2025 and air-quality officials take a win they attribute to weather
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/17/colorado-ozone-front-range-2025-season/

2025-09-17 16:33:01 GMT

Cañon City council member faces possible censure for Facebook post critical of Charlie Kirk
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/17/charlie-kirk-colorado-censure-first-amendment/

2025-09-16 15:03:09 GMT

10% of Colorado principals leave their schools each year. Here’s how the state and universities are responding.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/16/10-percent-of-colorado-principals-leaving-schools/

2025-09-15 18:05:01 GMT

Adult zebra mussels found in Colorado River, now designated “infested”
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/15/adult-zebra-mussels-colorado-river-infested/

2025-09-12 14:45:40 GMT

Evergreen High School shooter embraced Columbine, antisemitism and white supremacy online
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/12/evergreen-high-school-shooting-suspect-social-media/

2025-09-12 14:03:09 GMT

The Colorado River Basin has operated in the red for most of the 21st century. Experts call for broad water cuts, now.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/12/experts-low-storage-water-cuts-colorado-river-2026/

2025-09-11 17:08:01 GMT

Sales from Keep Colorado Wild Pass deliver $41 million to CPW, increasing support for search and rescue teams
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/11/keep-colorado-wild-pass-sales/

2025-09-11 02:13:42 GMT

UPDATE: A teenage boy fatally shot himself after critically wounding two other teens at Evergreen High School on Wednesday, authorities say.
The suspected shooter was a student at the school who was wielding a revolver, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. His name and age have not been released, nor has his motive.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/evergreen-active-assailant-colorado/

2025-09-10 22:10:31 GMT

At least three teenagers were in critical condition after being shot Wednesday afternoon on the grounds of Evergreen High School. The suspected shooter was among the three.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/evergreen-active-assailant-colorado/

2025-09-10 15:03:54 GMT

How a little help desk inside a Denver rec center is preventing homelessness
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/homelessness-westwood-hub/

2025-09-10 00:04:01 GMT

Teachers, farmers, advocates urge voters to approve new tax for school meals and food stamps in November
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/09/ballot-initiative-campaign-school-meals-snap/

2025-09-08 17:08:02 GMT

Can you get a COVID vaccine this year in Colorado? Here’s what to know.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/08/covid-vaccine-what-to-know-fda-kennedy/

2025-09-07 14:01:24 GMT

How to treat a river: Reshaping the Arkansas River into a Colorado success after a century of abuse
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/07/reshaping-the-arkansas-river-into-a-colorado-success-after-a-century-of-abuse/

2025-09-06 14:01:30 GMT

How a Thornton high school teacher with a fungi fixation helped Colorado create its first official state mushroom
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/06/greg-sanchez-students-state-mushroom/

2025-09-03 21:03:01 GMT

Colorado issues orders allowing people to get a COVID vaccination this year without a prescription
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/03/colorado-covid-vaccination-prescription-order/