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coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Troubled Colorado oil and gas operator dodges cleanup deadline, $2M in fines as judge halts state enforcement action https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/06/troubled-colorado-oil-and-gas-operator-dodges-cleanup-deadline-2m-in-fines-as-judge-halts-state-enforcement-action/?utm_content=bufferfaef5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Hundreds languish in jails as Colorado’s state-run mental health hospitals can’t find enough nurses https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/06/state-mental-hospitals-nursing-shortage-jail/?utm_content=bufferc77f1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

The merger of Rocky Mountain Prep and STRIVE Prep was supposed to help the charter schools survive a host of challenges.

But the past year has been tense and chaotic, and now hundreds of employees are leaving.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/03/charter-school-merger/?utm_content=bufferff12b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Renowned Western author Mark Lee Gardner set about solving the “mystery” of Little Bighorn — by listening to the victors.

Here is the story from the Lakota and Cheyenne perspective.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/02/sunlit-mark-lee-gardner-the-earth-is-all-that-lasts/?utm_content=buffercb292&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

In today's Sunriser:

— A leaky oil well poisoned 6 cows. The rancher has yet to be paid back.
— Every public rate hearing for the Colorado Option was canceled
— People incarcerated in Colorado can reduce their sentences with education
— And more news

https://mailchi.mp/coloradosun/sunriser-newsletter-11222204?utm_content=buffera267f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

A leaky oil well poisoned a Colorado rancher’s herd, killing 6 cows. He still hasn’t been paid back. https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/05/oil-spill-kills-cows-western-operating-colorado/?utm_content=bufferdebde&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

People incarcerated in Colorado can now reduce their prison sentence by earning a college degree https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/05/colorado-prison-higher-education-sentence-reduction/?utm_content=bufferde540&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Why every public rate hearing for the Colorado Option health insurance plans got canceled https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/05/colorado-option-health-insurance-hearings-canceled/?utm_content=buffer91e8d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

With the decriminalization of "magic mushrooms," those who work with psychedelics caution that the drugs aren’t an instant cure, but rather one resource that has been helpful in their healing.

Learn more about psilocybin treatment here. 👇

https://coloradosun.com/2023/06/18/colorado-decriminalized-psilocybin-whats-next/?utm_content=buffer429b0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

There's a battle over Fort Collins’ old Hughes Stadium — now an open space — but one that is a source of tension as the City Council discusses whether it should be conserved as an open space or have recreational use.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/04/16/fort-collins-hughes-stadium-recreation-conservation/

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Mercy Housing, a national affordable housing nonprofit in Denver, will build an apartment complex for American Indians who are homeless or on the verge of losing their housing.

The 187-unit apartment building has a symbolic circular design and will include an Indian Health Services clinic and cultural programming in Denver. The project will begin rising in summer 2024.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/04/23/denvers-native-american-affordable-housing/

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Fort Lewis College created a rapid rehousing program which helps students obtain housing quickly and provides financial support and short-term rental assistance.

Learn about Jason Pettit's journey of homelessness in college and how the rapid rehousing program helped him.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/05/07/fort-lewis-college-rapid-rehousing-homelessness/?utm_content=bufferdf6ae&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby apologized for taking a private plane out of the New York area while thousands of United passengers were stranded because the airline canceled so many flights.

“Taking a private jet was the wrong decision,” he said

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/01/scott-kirby-private-jet-denver/?utm_content=bufferc0a2e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

The San Luis Valley is adamant: Their water is staying.

Which is why they’re actively building new roadblocks to shut down — or at least delay — attempts to sell water to the Front Range.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/03/colorado-san-luis-valley-water-plan/?utm_content=bufferc5d0f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Ute tribes in Colorado fear the U.S Supreme Court ruling in Navajo Nation’s Colorado River case weakens the federal government's obligation to keep promises made in treaties.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/03/supreme-court-navajo-ute-mountain-colorado-river-opinion-southern-ute/?utm_content=bufferb153a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

A bipartisan bill that purports to let Colorado state officials block people on social media for any reason, as long as their accounts aren’t “supported by the resources of state government,” may be a lot harder to use than it seems — and it may not even be constitutional.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/01/colorado-social-media-law-politicians-blocking-fine-print/?utm_content=buffer682f3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Police officers will stay at Denver Public Schools' large high schools this fall as armed safety officers help with weapons searches.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/03/denver-school-safety-plan-resource-officers/?utm_content=buffer9342d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Legitimacy of “customer” in Supreme Court gay wedding website case raises ethical and legal flags https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/04/lorie-smith-case-client-questions/?utm_content=buffer551ff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

The staff at the Grand Junction book store Out West offers three recommendations for women-centered historical fiction.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/02/sunlit-out-west-books-july-2023-recommendations/?utm_content=buffer45bd2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Entrepreneur step closer to capturing methane gas leaking from Colorado coal mines after study OK’d https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/04/methane-leak-study-colorado-public-lands/?utm_content=bufferaa814&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Human-rights movement comes to Colorado with promises of more protections, rights for farmworkers https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/04/fair-food-program-colorado/?utm_content=bufferb7bd7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

The Supreme Court last week effectively barred affirmative action in private and public higher education institutions. Here’s how Colorado colleges are responding.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/06/30/colorado-colleges-universities-affirmative-action/?utm_content=buffer447c1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

Japanese American farmers — some here before WWII — built multigenerational businesses in Colorado. Decades later, economic pressures make it difficult for them to stay afloat.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/02/japanese-americans-farmers-businesses-colorado/?utm_content=buffer2166e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

“We’re like the scouts on a raft trip. We are up on the banks taking a look at the rapids downstream, ready to tell the rest of the country how rowdy the rapids are and whether they need to have their life jackets on.”

https://coloradosun.com/2023/06/30/colorado-psychedelic-movement/?utm_content=bufferec02f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

coloradosun, 10 months ago to random

An excerpt from Mark Lee Gardner’s “The Earth Is All That Lasts” presents a detailed description of the vision that preceded the historic battle of Little Bighorn.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/02/sunlit-the-earth-is-all-that-lasts-mark-lee-gardner/?utm_content=buffer577e2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer