The City’s impending purchase of two parcels along the Animas River, making public river access north of 32nd Street a legal reality


A college degree becoming more within reach with the recent Admissions Promise Agreement, which will allow participating community college students who meet GPA requirements to transfer to Fort Lewis College their junior year


Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler dropping a “voter verification” campaign that sent letters to more than 4,000 voters he says are noncitizens, a majority of whom were Democrats

The divide between rich and poor widening in 2011, with income for the country’s highest earners increasing 1.6 percent and dropping by 1.9 percent for the middle and 1.2 percent for the lowest earners, according to the U.S. Census Bureau
 


Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s now infamous “off the cuff” remarks that painted half of the American population as shiftless, lazy, free-loaders

 
Childhood obesity being linked to Bisphenol A, or BPA, which has been added to everything from food packaging and metal can linings to medical goods and plastic bottles since the 1960s
 

In this week's issue...

May 15, 2025
End of the trail

Despite tariff pause, Colorado bike company can’t hang on through supply chain chaos

May 8, 2025
Shared pain

Dismal trend highlights need to cut usage in Upper Basin, too

April 24, 2025
A tale of two bills

Nuclear gets all the hype, but optimizing infrastructure will have bigger impact