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Affirmative Action Debate is Poppycock

November 7, 2022 Like 0 Steve Nelson

With apologies for being quite blunt . . . the debate about affirmative action is almost entirely poppycock. Last week the Supremes heard arguments in a duo of cases challenging affirmative action (AA) in college admissions. Based on oral arguments,…

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Coloradans Launch ‘Fracking Fuels the Flames’ Campaign

November 6, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

A grassroots, volunteer-led coalition of Coloradans is putting a spotlight on the role that oil and gas production plays in “fueling the flames” of wildfires and other impacts of the climate crisis on communities. Comments from Heidi Leathwood, climate policy…

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Colorado water users, environmentalists brace for changes as EPA, Supreme Court weigh wetland rules

November 5, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

The U.S. Supreme Court could issue a new ruling as early as January as the EPA prepares to finalize its own new regulations later this year.

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Bus driver shortage leaves parents to fend for themselves in Northeast Colorado school district

November 4, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Wiggins School District canceled their transportation services because of hiring challenges. The superintendent warned that Wiggins won’t be the only district struggling with the shortage if recruitment efforts don't improve.

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Out-of-district fundraising a key source for Boebert, as Frisch gains ground in third quarter

November 3, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

In the race to represent Colorado’s Western Slope in Congress, contributions from outside the sprawling, mostly rural 3rd Congressional District, have powered incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, while challenger Adam Frisch has relied heavily on his hometown of Aspen,…

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Toro’s Executive Chef Oscar Padilla creates menu for Dia de los Muertos and shares his culture

November 2, 2022 Like 0 Deborah Cameron

As guests approach the entrance of Toro, the Pan Latin American Restaurant in Cherry Creek, they’re welcomed by a generous and colorful altar, or ofrenda. Positioned at the side of the door and extending parallel to the bar, it serves…

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Since the Calwood Fire

November 1, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

This Monday, October 17, 2022, marks 2 years since the Calwood Fire burned over half of our 1200 acre mountain top. As I look back on the last two years and where we are today as an organization, I feel a pride…

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Guns, Guns, Everywhere

October 31, 2022 Like 0 Steve Nelson

“Eventually all nations will have nuclear weapons or no one will have them.” This is a slightly paraphrased quote from my dear friend the late Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Bill, as he was known to all, was…

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Here we go again… or are we?

October 31, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

2022 has been a crazy year for Real Estate. As a former mortgage lender for 13+ years before joining Brie and Tom Fowler in Real Estate, I found myself going over what we went through in the Housing Crisis compared…

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Group led by former Trump adviser targets Colorado Latino voters with anti-transgender ads

October 28, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

A group led by a top adviser to former President Donald Trump is producing Spanish-language mailers and radio ads with anti-transgender messaging targeted toward Colorado’s Latino voters. The messages come from the political nonprofit America First Legal Foundation, which is…