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In a step toward healing, Mount Evans is now Mount Blue Sky

September 25, 2023 1 0 Guest Contributor

By Natalie Skowlund at KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) Rae SolomonOne of Colorado’s 14ers has received a lot of attention in recent years, and now the verdict is in. After an overwhelmingly favorable vote from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Friday,…

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A Party for Dreams and Nightmares: Meow Wolf’s First Monster Battle in Denver

September 25, 2023 Like 0 Shawn Narcensio

My first visit to the Pavilion in Denver’s Cheeseman Park started out fine. Everything was as one would expect from a large park in a big city: couples walked dogs or flexed Pilates poses while others played frisbee or volleyball…

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A decade after floods, Lyons mobile home residents haven’t found their way home

September 23, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

By Alex Hager at KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) The rain fell hard on Lyons, Colorado. In September 2013, it poured for days, soaking the foothills and filling the creeks and streams. Bonnie Newman wasn’t worried, even though her mobile home…

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Lyons: Rock Solid

September 22, 2023 1 0 Doug Geiling

There is a certain clarity of sound early in the morning. Each step I take brings a satisfying crunch as my foot strikes the dirt trail. It’s dawn, and I’m hiking up the hill at Rabbit Mountain Open Space on…

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The Best North Metro Fishing Spots

September 22, 2023 Like 0 Evaristo Gomez

Explore Colorado and maybe even improve your mental health, catching a fish is only one of the benefits The lapping of the water against the shoreline has always felt like home. The mere thought of the water’s constant flow energizes…

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The Modern West: Mending the Hoop weaves together historical atrocities and current indigenous issues

September 19, 2023 Like 0 Austin Clinkenbeard

Photos by Ana Castro Wyoming Public Radio’s The Modern West podcast’s latest season, Mending The Hoop, examines the intertwined and inseparable story of Indigenous people’s history and present, specifically focusing on the Plains Indians’ experiences from the Sand Creek massacre…

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A Different View of 9/11

September 18, 2023 Like 0 Steve Nelson

9/11 changed this country profoundly. Not for the better. As another anniversary passed with the usual – and appropriate – grieving and remembrances, my thoughts went back to that day and its aftermath. I stood on the plaza as Calhoun…

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The Best Places to Leaf Peep in Colorado

September 15, 2023 Like 0 Mary-Beth Skylis

By: Mary-Beth Skylis Fall is often a two-month operation across the state of Colorado. Due to the varying elevations, leaf peepers get the chance to witness the changing hues in the high country as early as the beginning of September,…

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Update on Colorado State Highway 7 Project

September 12, 2023 Like 0 Alan Dale

The proposed expansion of Colorado State Highway 7 (CO 7) between Boulder and Brighton has been discussed for years and it appears, despite the slow burn of the project, its heartbeat continues steady and strong. It has been a process…

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Thoughts On Good Friday While Having A Late Afternoon Drink At Doc Harper’s | Whiskey and Words

September 11, 2023 Like 0 Ian Dundas

I have never frozen to death while passed out in a snow bank but I’ve gotten hypothermia sitting next to a loved one. The worst place to puke is in the shower still drunk while Conway Twitty sings of Linda…