Michelle P. Fulcher

Amen Angus Farms was recently named a Colorado Centennial Farm, an award that recognizes more than 100 years of operation by a single family.

A piece of the battleship USS Arizona will arrive in Colorado Tuesday morning for display at an Aurora war memorial. The Arizona sank in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

The Colorado nonprofit EmergencyRV.org is shipping five RVs to Maui this week. They’ll house some of the 18 firefighters who lost their homes in recent fires.

When we think about the waste we generate, chances are the kitchen trash comes to mind. But what about what’s hanging in your closet? Eleven million tons of textile waste end up in U.S. landfills every year. Professor Sonali Didi studies how consumers can learn to toss less. She is an associate professor in the Department of Design and Merchandising at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

Peggy Chong of Aurora is known as the “Blind History Lady.” She’s spent years exploring the stories of visually impaired people in Colorado, including the challenges they’ve faced and the contributions they’ve made. She also has a remarkable and related back story herself. She recently won a national grant to continue her efforts.

The Barbie movie hits theaters this week and is expected to be a summer blockbuster. So we want to revisit a bit of Colorado Barbie history. The woman who created the ubiquitous doll was born in Denver. Ruth Handler was also the co-founder of Mattel. She was inspired by her daughter Barbara, who is indeed the namesake of the iconic doll. Robin Gerber is the author of “Barbie and Ruth.” She spoke with Ryan Warner in 2019.

In 1938, two female botanists traveled the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to study the plant life there. Their trip is chronicled in “Brave the Wild River.”

The new Colorado Privacy Act gives consumers the right to control how the information they provide to companies and nonprofits online can be shared.

Dozens of Colorado service members are profiled in the book “Beyond Belief: True Stories of Colorado Heroes that Defy Comprehension.” Historian Doug Sterner of Pueblo compiled the accounts, written by Colorado authors.