- In 1969, a rural Colorado doctor got a request from a colleague to perform an unusual procedure. Before long, Stanley Biber was a leader in gender affirmation surgery, the small town of Trinidad became known as the "sex change capital of the world" and “going to Trinidad” became a catch phrase for those in the transgender community. Author Martin Smith’s new book is “Going To Trinidad: A Doctor, a Colorado Town, and Stories From An Unlikely Gender Crossroads.”
- After a string of election losses, the new head of the Colorado Republican party says it’s time to target suburban, unaffiliated voters with a platform that includes improving education and cutting taxes. Attorney Kristi Burton Brown was elected GOP chair in March, succeeding U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, who decided not to run again.
- With the flip of a pandemic switch, a theater in Grand Lake went dark last year, and lost 20,000 customers. Michael Querio, is executive artistic director of Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, which brings a bit of Broadway to the mountains. He is working to bring live theater back, hopefully in June.