- Protesters in Pueblo have gathered every Sunday for more than a month at a statue of Christopher Columbus. Long revered by Italian Americans, Columbus is also seen as opening the doors to the brutalities of colonization. In a community like Pueblo, which is rich with both immigrant and Native history, the conversation about the explorer and his legacy has gone on for a long time.
- A statue of frontiersman Kit Carson was vandalized in Trinidad this week. Someone wrote the word “murderer” across the front and back of the base in black spray paint. The vandalism comes as officials in Denver removed a Kit Carson statue last Friday after the American Indian Movement wrote a letter to city council.
- People throughout the state of Colorado are dealing with the impact of the new coronavirus in different ways. For many, it presents new economic questions. That includes Steve Wooten, President of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. He’s a fourth generation rancher who lives about 45 miles northwest of Kim, Colorado, population 74.
- As temperatures plummet, some hemp farmers in Southern Colorado are worried about how the first freeze will affect a crop that is especially sensitive to cold. At the Hoehne Hemp Farm in Las Animas County, farmers are working around the clock to harvest 80 acres of hemp. It’s their first year growing the crop.