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June 11, 2025: State notified feds before Boulder attack, Denver homelessness claims, fruit crops damaged

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A cluster of damaged cherries on a cherry tree branch.
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A cluster of cherries damaged by hail in Palisade, CO, Monday, June 9, 2025.

Republican Congressman Gabe Evans suggested that Colorado’s immigration laws are to blame for not preventing the firebomb attack in Boulder, but new information shows the feds failed to act. Then, Denver claims a historic drop in unsheltered homelessness. We fact check the claim. Plus, a severe hail storm hit parts of Colorado’s fruit-producing region.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Jo Erickson and Mateo Schimpf. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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