Good morning and happy Wednesday!
I hadn’t been to downtown Denver in a while, but yesterday morning I got to a Larimer Square coffee shop at just the right time to really enjoy that car-free block during a nice sunrise moment.
I could wax poetic about how nice it is to see a city wake up, but we have entirely too much news to get through today. So let’s just get that second cup and hit the ground running.
Eric Lubbers
CTO & Newsletter Wrangler
THE NEWS
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Jared Polis vows to chain himself to Colorado Capitol plaza to stop $28 million pedestrian bridge that he proposed
A rendering of what Gov. Jared Polis’ pedestrian bridge from across the Colorado Capitol would have looked liked. (Handout)Gov. Jared Polis’ proposal to build a $28 million pedestrian bridge in front of the Colorado Capitol is … unpopular, according to new results from a poll commissioned by the governor. Now Polis is saying he’ll stop it, even if he has to chain himself to the Capitol Plaza to do so. Jesse Paul has the story.
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OUTDOORS
Nederland’s plan to buy Eldora Mountain Resort stokes hope, questions for other ski communities
Skiers were stoked when the lifts started turning again at Eldora Mountain the afternoon of March 16, 2024. Many of them heard from friends working on the mountain that the lifts and parking lots had been cleared of about 4 feet of snow and had lined up in the parking lot at Nederland High School to wait for the road to the ski area to open. (Cullen McHale, Eldora Mountain)1,500
population of Nederland in Boulder County
When a tiny Colorado town wants to buy a nearby ski area for nine figures, people get curious. The town could borrow as much as $200 million from bond investors in a deal that defies the recent corporate consolidation in the resort industry. Jason Blevins looks inside the announcement that Nederland has a deal in place with the current owner, Powdr.
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ENVIRONMENT
Trump v. Colorado: How the president’s energy agenda is clashing with the state’s lofty green ambitions
Wind turbine blades await shipping in January 2019 in Pueblo. (Mike Sweeney, Special to The Colorado Sun)“Just the name of the order — Ending Market Distorting Subsidies For Foreign Controlled Energy Sources — is so inaccurate and it tells you that Donald Trump isn’t prioritizing what he ought to be.”
— KC Becker, CEO of the trade group Colorado Solar Energy and Storage Association
Trump’s second administration has made deregulating the energy sector at the federal level one of its primary initiatives. This clashes with states that are aiming to move the other way, such as Colorado, which aims to have 100% clean energy generation by 2040 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Mark Jaffe breaks down where things stand and where they’re going.
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OUTDOORS
Durango’s Farm to Summit turns bruised, cosmetically flawed local crops into gourmet meals for backpackers
Louise Barton co-founded Farm to Summit in Durango in 2022 after Barton founded Farm To Summit in 2022 after backpacking trips as a research botanist left her pining for better backcountry meals. (Handout)”We spend weeks planning a trip, and then we’re eating garbage. Like, it doesn’t make any sense.”
— Louise Barton, co-founder of Farm to Summit
A Durango-based company that grabs “seconds” from local farmers — crops that are fine to eat, but can’t be sold to supermarkets because of bruises or blemishes — and turns them into backpacking meals landed a $250,000 grant from the state to expand their production. Ryan Simonovich takes a look at the company’s big plans for the unwanted produce.
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IMMIGRATION
Colorado attorney general sues deputy who shared information leading to woman’s ICE arrest
Caroline Dias Goncalves, a University of Utah student, is seen in this screenshot from body camera footage recorded by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office deputy who originally pulled her over in Colorado on June 5. She was detained by immigration officers shortly after the traffic stop. (Mesa County Sheriff’s Office)When a 19-year-old nursing student from Utah was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month, people started asking questions: Namely, how did ICE know she was on the road? On Tuesday, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a lawsuit against the Mesa County sheriff’s deputy who shared her information with the immigration agents. Jesse Paul has the details.
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THE COLORADO REPORT
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Colorado’s dry, sunny climate can be tough on vegetable gardens. Here’s how to help yours thrive. In case you are planting another round of veggies, like me, CSU Extension has tons of resources to help gardeners, like how to deal with plant diseases and a seasonal planting tip sheet.— KUNC
Colorado state forester, fire chiefs raise alarm about further federal cuts that would impact fire preparedness. Colorado State Forest Service’s wildfire preparedness programs and FireWise USA, a nonprofit that works with communities to adapt to living with wildfire and reduce their risk of loss, would lose funding under Trump’s proposed federal budget.— Summit Daily
Broncos defense embracing lofty expectations after “monstrous” additions. Pat Surtain II, the AFC’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year, leads what’s expected to be one of the NFL’s best defenses this year. Here’s an update from training camp.— The Athletic ? Colorado identifies first human West Nile virus cases in 2025, in Adams County. Neither of the two people infected so far have been hospitalized, but one has unspecified neurologic symptoms, according to the state’s health department.— Colorado Public Radio
Section by Olivia Prentzel | Reporter
SunLit
BOOKS
Poor Richard’s Books picks span rivers, mountains, dimensions
Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from bookstores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Poor Richard’s Books in Colorado Springs recommends:
“Transcendence” by Ian Patterson, characters stranded in a cosmos they don’t understand “Is A River Alive?” by Robert Macfarlane, meditations on rivers as living beings “Battle Mountain” by C.J. Box, adventure in the Sierra Madre, with falconsRead 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
See you tomorrow!
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