
Clark Richert, Colorado art icon and Drop City founder, dies at at 80
Clark Richert, whose abstract and counterculture art molded the Colorado art scene, died on Christmas Eve.

These Colorado School of Mines seniors designed the future of outdoor accessibility for their finals
For their final projects, seniors were asked to design solutions to problems that included making avocado farming more efficient to autonomous transports for lunar surface missions.

Employees at Boulder-based Spruce Confections bakery vote to unionize
Spruce employees celebrated the vote in a Sunday rally outside the location on Pearl Street.

Multiple fires burned Sunday amid dry conditions, evacuations ordered near Idaho Springs
The fire, named the Miner’s Candle fire, ignited amid strong winds and dry conditions.

EMTs should not administer ketamine for ‘excited delirium,’ need bias training, state panel concludes
Scrutiny over use of the drug on people being arrested intensified following the death of Elijah McClain in 2019.

11 newspapers in Colorado’s high country sold to a West Virginia-based company
Swift Communications is selling all its local media operations to Ogden Newspapers, a West Virginia-based and family-owned company that mainly operates newspapers in the Midwest and East Coast.

There won’t be a public Sand Creek Healing Run this year. But this Indigenous man will still be running
The Spiritual Healing Run, as it’s known, has an open invitation. But due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the run isn’t open to the public this year.

From pandemic baking to Brunchgiving: How one Coloradan’s hobby feeds her friends and family
For Megan Palffy, baking was a way to pass the time at the beginning of the pandemic, but it is now a full-fledged obsession.

Kruger Rock fire ignites near Estes Park, forcing evacuations
U.S. 36 between Lyons and Estes Park has been closed. The cause of the fire is unknown.


Six Denver metro counties will require proof of vaccination at unseated, indoor events with 500 or more people
The new order, which applies to Denver, Arapahoe, Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, and Jefferson counties, will take effect Friday.

To attract new students, MSU Denver turns to influencer marketing
Metropolitan State University of Denver has partnered with Yesenia Chinchilla and Daniel Perez, the creative team behind DenverFoodScene, to promote its online learning program.

Cyberattack exposes data of 30,000 people connected with CU Boulder
The hacker broke into a file transfer system just as the university was preparing to update to a more secure version.

FIFA officials tour Denver — one of the strongest soccer viewing markets in the country — in search for 2026 World Cup host cities
Of the 17 U.S. contenders, only 10 will make the final list. Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High is among the candidates.


With a little over a week to vote, fewer than 10 percent of Colorado voters have cast ballots for November’s election
With a little over a week to vote, only 313,372 ballots have been returned as of Monday afternoon. There are more than 3.8 million registered voters in Colorado.

FIFA officials tour Denver during search for 2026 World Cup host cities
Denver will make its pitch to become a global soccer destination Monday as FIFA officials tour potential host cities ahead of the 2026 World Cup. In all, 16 cities across […]

Adams County will leave the Tri-County Health Department, leaving Arapahoe County as its sole member
The Tri-County Health Department is now just one county.