Colorado trains, amphitheaters named on best summer activities lists

Colorado boasts numerous summer activities recognized in the USA TODAY 10BEST Reader’s Choice Awards. The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad was voted the nation's top scenic train ride. Anyone living in Colorado knows summer brings a...

Coulter: The high cost of illegal immigration

A functioning society requires law and order. When the federal government ignores immigration laws, chaos and suffering follow. During President Biden’s tenure, the federal government effectively reversed immigration law by allowing record numbers...

Outside Festival attendance nearly doubles in second year, setting Denver on path to hosting the “SXSW of the Outdoors”

If the goal is South by Southwest for the outdoors, the Outside Summit and Outside Festival last week in Denver is a solid step in that direction. Attendance at the four-day event — two days of an outdoor industry gathering and two days of a...

GUEST OPINION: Colorado goes radical on gender ideology

Gov. Jared Polis long has been considered a moderate Democrat, one who’s gone so far as to brand himself a libertarian in the past. As a result, he’s been considered a 2028 presidential contender, too. So what does his brand of “moderation” look...

Festival Flamboyán, celebrating Puerto Rican culture, to be held for the first time in Lakewood

Jonathan Marcantoni had an idea for a more interactive cultural festival celebrating his Puerto Rican heritage than the 40-year-old playwright had seen in the past. So the Glendale resident gathered some people and ideas together and came up with...

Colorado Law Aims to Reduce 568-Day Testing Turnaround for Rape Kits

Colorado's backlog of untested rape kits shot to the forefront of state attention in January, when a sexual assault survivor detailed her "real-life nightmare" to lawmakers. Miranda Gordon had been waiting more than 400 days for the state to...

Lawsuit alleges Colorado governor ordered state employees to violate state law, share info with ICE

DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) – A top Colorado labor official is suing Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, accusing him of ordering state workers to violate Colorado law by handing over personal data about sponsors of undocumented children to federal immigration...

New Trump travel ban draws outrage from Michigan immigrant advocates, leaders

Trump's travel ban will hurt metro Detroit, immigrant advocates said. President Donald Trump's travel ban that restricts people from 19 nations is being criticized by immigrant advocates and two congresswomen from Michigan. The ban, which goes...

Opinion: Colorado has been a leader in innovation, but new Trump policy will undermine those efforts

Colorado’s emergence as a technological powerhouse hit new heights last year with a CHIPS and Science Act award of $90 million — a federal investment that will draw millions more to semiconductor manufacturing in our state. The award is a savvy...

Se reevalúa el uso de energía nuclear en el oeste de Colorado

Colorado reevalúa el uso de energía nuclear En noviembre de 2022, The Sopris Sun publicó un artículo sobre la posibilidad de que se construyeran una o más centrales nucleares en el oeste de Colorado. Fue impulsado por una iniciativa de los...

Two District 51 educators named semifinalists for Colorado Teacher of the Year

Denver Underground Pride: The Alternative to Corporate Pride

I’ve always been of two minds about the way big Pride festivals are handled. On the one hand, I think a lot of good comes out of Pride. Some people get a chance to see what it’s like to be their authentic selves for the first time because of...

Melting Medals: What the families of 12 So. Colorado veterans donated for a new Honor Bell

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The sound of the seven tolls of an Honor Bell can evoke strong emotion at a veteran’s funeral. But, it’s a sound that was missing from many service members’ burials in southern Colorado. Now, the tone is changing....

Colorado College Summer Music Festival boasts big classical music names in Colorado Springs

Hidden just north of downtown, among the American elms, Colorado blue spruce and ponderosa pines dotting the Colorado College campus, shimmers a first-rate music festival some might not be aware exists. The CC Summer Music Festival, in its 41st...

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Fringe Fest is back, Boulder Opera announces 2025 season, the Colorado Music Hall of Fame moves and more

This week, Fringe Fest returns to Denver, Boulder Opera announces its upcoming season lineup and the Colorado Music Hall of Fame finds a new home in LoDo in Denver. Read on for your weekly arts and culture recap, plus find things to do and places...

Three Western Slope educators named semifinalists for top teacher honor

Three Western Slope educators, including two from the Mesa County Valley School District 51, have been named to the semifinalist list for 2026 Colorado Teacher of the Year by the Colorado Department of Education. The 22 semifinalists represent 22...

Colorado River’s hidden, below-ground reservoir is quickly shrinking, researchers say

The Colorado River Basin’s hidden, below-ground reservoir — which spans parts of Colorado and six other states — has lost about 13 trillion gallons of water, and it’s shrinking faster than it has in the past, according to researchers at Arizona...

Colorado attack civtim: 'We are better than this'

A Boulder resident since 2005, she participated in a peaceful walk organized by Run for Their Lives, a group that holds weekly marches to raise awareness of the hostages still held by Hamas. “We are Americans,” Steinmetz told NBC News. “We’re...

Immigrant Heritage Month - "You Belong"

Nearly 30 Cities for Action (C4A) and Cities & Counties for Citizenship (CC4C) mayors and county executives launched the “You Belong” communications campaign in honor of Immigrant Heritage Month. Designed by artist Anna Pelavin,“You Belong” is a...

Bob Good comments on fiscal policy and immigration via Twitter

U.S. Rep. Bob Good Representing the 5th District of Virginia | Twitter Website U.S. Rep. Bob Good Representing the 5th District of Virginia | Twitter Website Bob Good, a U.S. Congressman representing Virginia's 5th district since 2021, has been...