Anthony Cotton

The aspirations for this year’s Western Conservative Summit are as big as, well, the American West, and this year’s annual gathering features a lot of regional voices. Jeff Hunt. the summit’s organizer and also the director of Colorado Christian University’s Centennial Institute, says it’s important that the voices of Western conservatives are heard in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere, adding that they’ve been excluded from the national conversation. Hunt says that could ultimately have negative consequences moving forward.

In Colorado, you live with wildlife. That’s part of the beauty of this place… but there’s tension as urban areas grow rapidly — they often displace animals, and roads split up their roaming territory. Sometimes, that’s deadly. An 18-year-old woman struck an elk on I-25 north of Castle Rock early Monday morning. When she got out of her damaged car, she was hit and killed by another vehicle. This tragedy raises questions about the space shared between people and wildlife in Colorado. What’s being done to protect both?

Children with severe mental health issues may land in residential treatment centers in Colorado. It’s the same for kids who get stuck in the foster care system. But rather than support young people, an investigation found these facilities can put kids in further jeopardy.

A year ago, George Floyd’s murder prompted protests in cities across the country, including Denver, and activists here want to make sure the momentum continues towards racial justice.

It was the best 25 cents EllynAnne Geisel ever spent. She bought her first apron. At a thrift store. She says it changed her life. Geisel, who lives in Pueblo, is the driving force behind a traveling exhibition called “Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollection.” The show ends its 16-year run at History Colorado at the end of May.

Claudine Schneider is a former Congresswoman from Rhode Island and lives in Boulder. She is one of the driving forces behind American Renewal, a movement of about 100 Republicans who are considering forming a third party as an alternative to the current GOP if the party doesn’t embrace clear principles.

Most allied soldiers knew World War II was coming to an end by July 26, 1945. But the message didn’t reach Roy Christensen until later. He was aboard the USS Raton, a navy submarine stationed in the Pacific. Ryan Warner met the now 96-year-old veteran at his apartment in Centennial in 2018. Christensen sat in his leather chair and took us back to the 1940s, explaining why he and his shipmates were among the last to know the war had ended.

Imagine two towering figures, two great minds, coming together. To discuss. To debate. To share their feelings. Just imagine the conversation. Marc Acito has. His new play “Secrets of the Universe and Other Songs” is based on the real-life friendship between physicist Albert Einstein and opera singer Marian Anderson.