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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 13h

Farmers, ranchers cut back Colorado River water use while enduring one of the driest seasons on record

Less than half the normal amount of water flowed into Lake Powell from Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming this summer.

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 13h

ACLU, Colorado law firms sue ICE to stop "indiscriminate" arrests and detentions

Caroline Dias Goncalves, a 19-year-old college student detained by ICE in June, is one of the plaintiffs

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 16h

Southern Colorado towns regroup after major flooding, brace for more rain in forecast

Tropical depression brings heavy rain to the Four Corners area, and more is on the way early this week

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 21h

Shadow Mountain Lake: A pristine Colorado mountain pool or a science experiment for fish?

Millions of stocked fingerlings later, a competition among trout, white suckers and now tiger muskies roils below the surface

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 1d

Raging creeks cut off evacuation routes in southwest Colorado as 383 households are forced to flee

Heavy rain sent by Hurricane Priscilla forced 383 households at the north end of Vallecito Reservoir to evacuate. More weather is on the way.

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 1d

New group for men in Telluride hopes to prod talk about health care, seed similar groups in Colorado mountain towns

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 1d

What’s Working: More than 600 federal workers in Colorado filed for unemployment in nine days

That includes those who took the deferred resignation. Plus: Colorado unemployment numbers increase, why tech companies picked Denver, more!

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 1d

Former Republican election official buys Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems

The newly formed company, Liberty Vote, also vowed to follow the executive order Trump signed last spring seeking sweeping changes to election policies that multiple judges have put on hold…

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 2d

Colorado governor, congressman say there isn’t much government can do after massive Nederland shopping center fire

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse said the blaze doesn’t qualify as a major disaster and Small Business Administration loans are tied to that designation

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 2d

Livestock guardian dogs bred in Colorado could be the nonlethal deterrent the USDA has been looking for

A Steamboat couple breeds 180-pound Turkish Boz Shepherds, known for loving kids, lamb and calves — and for protecting them from predators including wolves.

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 2d

No stranger to festivals coming and going, the new Fancy Spider Music Festival tests Trinidad's capacity for change

Bands from all over the country will spend three days in Trinidad's historic downtown

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 2d

Does Colorado see more mass shootings than other states?

No. A 2023 nationwide study of gun violence ranked Colorado 22nd in mass shootings overall and per capita from 2014 to 2022.

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 2d

Farmers, ranchers cut back Colorado River water use while enduring one of the driest seasons on record

Less than half the normal amount of water flowed into Lake Powell from Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming this summer.

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 2d

New group for men in Telluride hopes to prod talk about health care, seed similar groups in Colorado mountain towns

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 2d

Volunteers break ground on new Mad Rabbit trails atop Rabbit Ears Pass after 8 years of planning

The Mad Rabbit project includes 49 miles of new singletrack and closing 36 miles of illegally built trails above Steamboat Springs

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 3d

Former Republican election official buys Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems

The newly formed company, Liberty Vote, also vowed to follow the executive order Trump signed last spring seeking sweeping changes to election policies that multiple judges have put on hold for violating...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 3d

Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay, transgender minors scrutinized before U.S. Supreme Court

A Colorado law banning so-called conversion therapy to “cure” minors of being gay or transgender was scrutinized Tuesday in arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, which will decide whether banning…

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 3d

ACLU, Colorado law firms sue ICE to stop “indiscriminate” arrests and detentions

ACLU, Colorado law firms sue ICE to stop "indiscriminate" arrests and detentions

Caroline Dias Goncalves, a 19-year-old college student detained by ICE in June, is one of the plaintiffs

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 3d

Former clerk for small Colorado town accused of diverting $26k from water project to personal accounts

The town of Aguilar has since set up a separate water account for the project designed to ensure long-term water access for the town of 450

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 3d

Nederland shopping center that anchored both town and travel is on fire

Central Nederland was ordered evacuated early Thursday a firefighters worked to protect the center near the Carousel of Happiness

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 3d

Proposition LL explained: Colorado could keep, spend all revenue it collects for school meals

If the measure passes, the state will be able to keep and spend more than $12 million it collected in excess of projections. The money would go toward the Healthy School Meals for All Program

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 3d

Proposition MM explained: Colorado would increase taxes on high earners to fund school meals, food stamps

Proposition MM would increase taxes on high earners to fund Colorado school meals and food stamps.

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 3d

Volunteers break ground on new Mad Rabbit trails atop Rabbit Ears Pass after 8 years of planning

The Mad Rabbit project includes 49 miles of new singletrack and closing 36 miles of illegally built trails above Steamboat Springs

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 3d

Kilian Jornet races across 72 14ers in Colorado, California and Washington in 31 days

The world's top mountaineer climbed 404,000 feet on 72 14ers, covering 3,100 miles on foot and bike for his States of Elevation project

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 3d

Nederland shopping center that anchored both town and traveler is on fire

Central Nederland was ordered evacuated early Thursday a firefighters worked to protect the center near the Carousel of Happiness

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