- Naomi Peña Villasano made good on her promise to wear the sash honoring her Mexican-American heritage.
- The decision ends a month-long dispute over whether Grand Valley High School senior Naomi Peña Villansano could wear the sash at graduation.
- Naomi Peña Villasano has for weeks lobbied school officials to allow her to wear the sash that was given to her by one of her brothers.
- Yemi Mobolade, a Nigerian immigrant, is the first Black man elected to lead Colorado Springs. He discussed his new role, his faith and getting ready to hit the ground running.
- Any change to graduation dress codes would occur after this year’s ceremony.
- The Colorado Outdoor Recreation Search and Rescue Card, a sort of formalized way for outdoor recreationists to donate to search and rescue, is getting a price increase.
- Naomi Peña Villasano’s request to wear a custom sash to her high school graduation ceremony comes as lawmakers debate broader protections for students.
- The Delta Correctional Center also filled 12,000 sandbags and moved out office items such as documents, equipment and electronics in preparation for the flood.
- While opponents of the project note the catastrophic consequences of a major spill into the Colorado River, those working to get the rail built say the likelihood of contamination is overstated.
- A Utah rail project is drawing strong opposition in Colorado. The Uinta Basin Railway would connect oil production in Eastern Utah with rail running through Colorado. That has politicians calling for a halt to the project, citing concerns about the Colorado River.
- Flooding has already closed roads, damaged structures.
- Steamboat Resort is adding more than 600 acres of new terrain next season, including slopes more prone to avalanches. In anticipation of the change, Steamboat is adding an avalanche dog program that began this year with a black lab named Daisy and a Belgian Malinois/Shepard mix named Mudd.
- This case is separate, but not entirely unrelated to, Peters’ legal troubles for allegedly helping someone breach the security of her office’s election equipment and lying about their identity to state officials.
- Jason Van Tatenhove’s new book, “The Perils Of Extremism: How I Left the Oath Keepers and Why We Should Be Concerned About a Future Civil War” details how the organization evolved through the years.
- Expanded benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, ended in February. That meant a dramatic cut in benefits for many of the more than a half million Coloradans who depend on the program. At one food bank on the Western Slope, volunteers are already seeing an uptick in need.
- A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is touring areas along the Colorado River to get a first-hand look at the challenges basin states are facing. At a stop in Western Colorado, Colorado's two senators discussed federal aid to river projects and the need for states to agree on future cuts to water use.
