- Denver Post food writer Allyson Reedy has created a new food holiday. Today is the first official Rocky Mountain Oyster Day.
- There's new research on the tamarisk, an invasive shrub that clings stubbornly to the banks of southwestern waterways.
- The Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting feels a sense of urgency because of the record 8 million acres that have burned in the West this season.
- Melody Brooke Safkin speaks with Colorado Matters. She teaches digital illustration at Colorado Mesa University and is currently the Artist in Residence at the Mesa County Library.
- Connie Theos has been sheep ranching near Meeker for most of her 72 years. This year she was named Colorado Wool Grower of the Year.
- Colorado has a new law regulating the mechanics of electric bikes, who can ride them, and how municipalities decide where they can be used.
- Spanish explorer Juan Rivera traveled through Western Colorado in 1765 looking for silver and a rumored tribe of bearded men. He found some silver, but not the hairy men. His explorations are chronicled in a new book by Montrose archaeologist Steven Baker.
- Legendary mountain biker Dave Wiens is tackling trail issues on an international scale after taking over as director of the International Mountain Bicycling Association.
- Nucla is "the town under siege by liberals," writes a reporter for The Guardian. She talks about her story, which is part of the news organization's "Inequality Project."
- The Ute Indian Museum in Montrose recently reopened, adding a new focus on contemporary Ute life and accomplishments.
- A Denver Post food writer says her dinner at an isolated ranch in Western Colorado was the best she's ever eaten.
- Grand Junction outdoor writer Bill Haggerty details nearly 60 of the best hikes in a new hiking guidebook, including these favorites.
- The Colorado Legislature overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill cracking down on when motorists spray excess exhaust on other cars, cyclists, or pedestrians.
- University of Colorado pediatrician Eric Sigel identifies a major health concern for teens -- the availability of firearms in homes. Sigel has studied the problem in two Denver neighborhoods.
- Hemp is a high-risk farm crop because it must be grown in the netherworld between federal and state law. But some hemp hurdles are being removed as spring planting time nears.
- Scott Mercier refused to take performance-enhancing drugs as a professional cyclist 20 years ago. He champions that cause to this day, while carrying on an unlikely friendship with Lance Armstrong.
