The Local 303: Colorado artists we’re featuring for July 2025
Highlighting a few Colorado artists hitting the UMS stage this year.
June 27, 2025: AG Weiser on birthright citizenship ruling; Challenges facing conservation under Trump
With Colorado’s attorney general, we decipher an important Supreme Court ruling today related to birthright citizenship. Then, we take the pulse of conservation under President Trump with Salida journalist Ben Goldfarb. Later, we sit down with the CEO of Colorado’s hometown burger chain, Good Times. Thank goodness we had napkins. And new music from Arvada artist Holly Lovell, who was recently featured in the Local 303.
June 25, 2025: Is there a ‘Goldilocks’ amount of rain?; Douglas County voters reject home rule
Too much rain fosters growth of grasses and underbrush, and not enough rain makes everything dry out, raising the risk of wildfires. So, is there a “Goldilocks” amount of rain that’s just right? That’s just one thing we ask Denver7 chief meteorologist Lisa Hidalgo in our regular conversation. Plus, a Western Colorado University student on the challenges of forecasting weather in Gunnison. Also, Douglas County voters reject home rule. Then, what it takes to become a confidential voter in Colorado. Plus, the Boulder Comedy Festival, how to find Indie films in movie theaters, the celebrating Pride with the Local 303.
The Local 303: Colorado artists we’re featuring for June 2025
Pride is here, and this month’s Local 303 lineup is full of Colorado artists proudly representing the LGBTQIA+ community across a variety of genres!
FoCo Fondo p/b Fat Tire
A gravel ride, a gravel race, rooted in the insanity of a Fondo with the levity of the Fort Collins community.
New preserve on Purgatoire River in Southeastern Colorado established to restore prairie habitat
Nearly a mile of riverfront in Bent County is now a preserve for prairie wildlife and plants. Nonetheless, there’s much work to do at the new Purgatoire River Preserve.
Letters from Vietnam – Turning History into Living Art
30 years after the death of her father, Jacqueline finally got to know him by reading the hundreds of letters and audiotapes he had sent to her and her mother […]
Pueblo Library District Summer Reading Program
Ready to add some vibrant hues to your summer?Dive into the Pueblo City-County Library District’s “Color Our World” Summer Reading Program!
Colorado Arts Spotlight: ‘Month of Video’ returns to Denver, plus things to do on Fourth of July weekend
Denver’s free video art festival is here through July. Here’s where to go and what to see for MOV.
Proposed NOAA budget would shutter Boulder’s world-class climate research laboratories
The plan follows through on Project 2025, which called to radically shrink the agency’s research arm.
How one Colorado Springs intersection and a bronze monument became a crossroads for controversy
The debate over a statue of city founder General William J. Palmer at the intersection of Platte and Nevada Avenues continues.
ICE says it will stop letting detainees go to criminal court in some Colorado counties
In an email sent this week, ICE said it would still honor court appearances, but only if those appearances can be made over video links from the detention center.
Where to find Fourth of July fireworks and celebrations in Colorado
Where to find 4th of July parades, festivities, drone shows and fireworks in Colorado.
Insectival: 30th Anniversary Bug Bash
Butterfly Pavilion, Colorado’s only invertebrate zoo and a global leader in invertebrate research, conservation, and education, is turning 30 — and inviting the community to celebrate with the biggest bug […]
Douglas County home rule vote rejected by wide margin
County commissioners pushed the special election to revamp Douglas County’s operations, but voters didn’t buy into the idea.
A GOP senator wants to see public lands sold for housing. Will the proposal work for Colorado’s communities?
A provision in the reconciliation bill would sell “underutilized” public lands for housing, but it doesn’t require those parcels be sold to local governments or for that housing to be affordable.
