Sparse communication between the oil company, Town of Erie, and residents has caused confusion and frustration, though remediation is entering final stages. On the morning of Thursday, April 11, 2024, Sara Amodio evacuated her home. Amodio has a chronic and rare lung condition that she receives regular treatment for, but nearby work to clean up an oil well that was discovered to be leaking in November 2023 has worsened her condition to the point that her doctors don’t want her anywhere in Erie when the site is actively being worked on. “Once they start digging up and doing more of

For the last six months, Americans have been complicit in an Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people. Despite empty rhetoric of two state solutions, Colorado congressmembers continue to defend the interests of Israel in contradiction of their own constituent’s calls for a ceasefire. You hear all kinds of responses from the Colorado Congressional delegation when you bring up genocide. Israel has the right to defend themselves. When does self-defense end and genocide begin when one nation has a well funded army and the other no army? How many deaths suffice? Is it an eye for an eye (have we evolved

By Nancy Lofholm. Special to The Colorado Sun (Via AP Storyshare) Nature calls. But what if there is no answer? Colorado’s public outdoor bathrooms are vanishing. Where once there might have been inviting brick-and-mortar restrooms, the public is often finding padlocked doors or a head-scratching void: “I could have sworn there used to be a bathroom here.” Lavatories are disappearing because bathrooms in parks and downtowns have morphed from a public convenience to a public nuisance. All manner of gross and sometimes dangerous items are being left in restrooms. The structures themselves have become targets for destruction. And what better

Press releases are provided to Yellow Scene Magazine. In an effort to keep our community informed, we publish some press releases in whole. The Colorado News Collaborative (COLab), Colorado Press Association, Colorado Broadcasters Association, Colorado Media Project, Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and Denver Press Club write to express our collective dismay and concern over the recent exclusion of Colorado Sun politics reporter, Sandra Fish, from the Colorado Republican Party state assembly. Journalism serves as the cornerstone of a vibrant and functioning democracy, providing citizens with the information necessary to make informed decisions. The forcible removal of Ms. Fish from

The Dark Horse Saloon that I know is probably not the one you know. I cannot tell you about frenzied Saturday nights, or the roaring crowds during a Buffs game. My Dark Horse is one found on weekday afternoons. No, please, don’t run away just yet. In my Dark Horse, it’s quiet enough to hear the lyrics of the Blondie or Skynrd song on the PA. My companions are a Jiffy Burger, an unholy monster of protein and fats, and whatever Harlan Ellison book I happen to have with me that day. I don’t drink; my potion is a liter