Good morning, Sunriser readers!
I had the unique experience this week of touring Farr Pump Plant, which takes water from Lake Granby in northwestern Colorado and uses it to make electricity. At ground level, the lakeside plant is a short, Cold War-era building that, according to my tour mates, looks and smells like the federal government.
But really, the plant is 12-stories tall, extending deep underground. On the fourth floor below ground level, I was standing on a large metal grate, looking farther down at huge pumps several stories below — while being very aware that I was also under the lake’s water elevation. It was a good opportunity to be afraid of heights and drowning at the same time. (Rest assured, I learned that it’s actually earth, not water, that touches the outside walls of the facility.)
It was almost as thrilling as today’s news. Now let’s get to it.
Shannon Mullane
Water Reporter
THE NEWS
MUSIC
International musicians are cancelling shows in America. Amir Amiri, a Canadian born in Iran, illuminates the struggle.
Green Box Artist in Residence, Amir Amiri, performs at the Sky Space on Feb. 28, 2023. Amiri planned to return to the festival in 2025 to perform. (Photo by Jeff Kearney, provided by Green Box Arts)International musicians feeding Colorado’s insatiable hunger for the arts aren’t getting into the U.S. as the Trump administration tightens immigration rules and policies, mucking up live music in the Centennial State and around the U.S. this summer. Parker Yamasaki highlights the impacts through the story of Iranian-born Canadian musician Amir Amiri, who’s missing four Colorado shows in Trump’s tangle of red tape.
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OUTDOORS
Boulder adds trailhead cams for weather and parking spaces, following county’s lead
Screenshot taken from a live view of the Wonderland Lake trailhead parking lot on Wednesday. (Courtesy of bouldercolorado.gov)Boulder County is taking “know before you go” to new heights for hikers, walkers, runners and other outdoor recreators with the installation of new livestream cameras at several of its most popular trailheads — including Flagstaff, Chautauqua, Wonderland Lake and Flatiron Vista. But will the insta-reports make us more or less likely to get out? Michael Booth has more.
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WILDFIRE
Hundreds of firefighters descend on Colorado as multiple wildfires grow
A Bridger Aerospace “Sooper Scooper” takes water from Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison on Monday. The Sooper Scooper is a specially designed amphibious aircraft that can draw nearly 1,500 gallons of water out of rivers or lakes and drop its watery payload onto wildfires. Two of the Sooper Scoopers are being used to help fight the South Rim fire in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. (Dean Krakel, Special to The Colorado Sun)Hundreds of firefighters are battling blazes along the Western Slope, including the Turner Gulch fire, which officials say had a 7,000-acre run Monday and “wants to go” on steep terrain covered in drought-crisped fuels that are complicating responders’ efforts to fight the blaze. Olivia Prentzel reports on this and other fires burning in extremely dry, hard-to-access reaches of western Colorado.
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MORE NEWS
Three new gray wolf packs have been established in Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife is mum, for now, on the number of pups born this spring to wolves released from Oregon and British Columbia. Financial problems and affairs led Colorado dentist to poison wife’s protein shakes, prosecutors say. James Craig, 47, allegedly used cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, an ingredient in over-the-counter eye drops, to kill his wife of 23 years, Angela Craig, in 2023. Senate votes to move ahead with Trump’s request for $9 billion in spending cuts, including to public radio and television. A final vote in the Senate could occur as early as Wednesday. The bill would then return to the House for another vote before it would go to Trump’s desk for his signature before a Friday deadline.Section by Tracy Ross | Reporter
THE COLORADO REPORT
Durango coder creates mysterious downtown scavenger hunt for locals, tourists. AI secret agent phone calls are leading locals around town. The mastermind behind the project says he was inspired by “The Matrix.” — Durango Herald Pentagon speakers withdraw at last minute from Aspen Security Forum. Just a day before Aspen’s annual conference on national security was set to begin, about a dozen Pentagon speakers bowed out because they said their values “do not align with the values of the Department of Defense.” — Aspen Daily News Report finds Colorado’s migration is down over 50% in the last decade, raising economic concerns. Nearly 40,000 fewer people moved to Colorado in 2025 than previous years, according to a new report by the Common Sense Institute.— Colorado Public Radio Colorado’s Firehawk helicopter grounded for maintenance as wildfires spread. The $24 million firefighting helicopter could be out of commission for weeks for the mandatory maintenance as at least five active wildfires burn across the state.— 9News? = source has article meter or paywall
Section by Olivia Prentzel | Reporter
SunLit
BOOKS
Old Firehouse Books suggests titles with divergent points of view
Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from bookstores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins recommends:
“A Short Stay in Hell” by Steven L. Peck, a fantasy tour of a dark afterlife “Life is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches” by Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan, a memoir featuring podcaster wisdom “How to Talk to Your Succulent” by Zoe Persico, middle-school fiction built around talking plantsRead what the bookstore staff had to say about each. Pick up a copy and support your local bookstores at the same time.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Section by Kevin Simpson | Writer
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