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Letter From the Editor | May 2024
Many of you have read my name on articles for the past two years, and you may have even seen me listed as Managing Editor for the last year plus, but for most of you, I have never made a…
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If Not For . . .
1966 In my frequent nightmares I was in a jungle in Vietnam, rifle bursts coming from all directions, the Vietcong slipping unseen and unseeable through the fetid night. My night sweats were jungle sweats. I had been drafted and was…
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Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airports noise roundtable grounded over lack of progress, trust
By Scott Franz, KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) A group trying to address residents’ concerns over noise at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport voted Thursday to stop convening. Five of the eight cities and counties serving on the so-called community noise roundtable…
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A rare dose of hope for the Colorado River as new study says future may be wetter
By Alex Hager – KUNC , (Via AP Storyshare) Good news on the Colorado River is rare. Its reservoirs, the two largest in the country, have shrunk to record lows. The policymakers who will decide its future are stuck at…
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El Nino is winding down. Here’s what the winter season looked like for Colorado’s mountains — and what comes next.
By Robert Tann – Summit Daily News, (Via AP Storyshare) The seasonal pattern is transitioning to its opposite heading into the summer, bringing with it a change in the jet stream After months of being under an El Nino pattern,…
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What’s the Score?
Well, that didn’t take long. Following the short burst of SAT-optional college admission policies spawned by the pandemic, the testing race is back at full throttle, at least at some Ivies. Among the rationales this time around is the preposterous…
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Front Range gets abysmal air quality rating as lawmakers strike deal with oil and gas industry
By Lucas Brady Woods and Rae Solomon, KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) Several Front Range counties received a failing grade on the American Lung Association’s air quality report card last week, even as state lawmakers back off of regulations for the…
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Students, parents speak out as Poudre School District closures loom
By Rae Solomon, KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) Lilian Moore is just 10 years old, but she’s already clear on how she feels about shutting down local schools. “You throw this amazing place where many children have thrived – you just…
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Are Residential Corporate Buyouts Slowing Across Colorado?
Living in Colorado is hard. It’s not just the 8-foot snow drifts in the driveway. It’s the sheer cost of housing. Average housing costs range from $1,282 to $2,309 per month across the state, which is a contributing factor to…
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The Colorado River Water Emergency
In Nevada’s monstrous Lake Mead Reservoir, the term “dead pool” has a dual meaning. For hydrologists, dead pool represents a catastrophically low water level in a reservoir below which the water can no longer pass through the outlet works of…
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