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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 19/06/2026

We’re aiming to add 300 new members ahead of the primaries on June 30. We’re already halfway there thanks to Lynn M., Michael N., Abigail J. and more readers who donated yesterday. Will you join them? giving.coloradosun.com/page/primari...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 11/06/2026

WATCH NOW: Democratic candidates in Colorado's attorney general race discuss top issues. Participants include: former assistant U.S. attorney Hetal Doshi, Boulder DA Michael Dougherty, and attorney David Seligman. Secretary of State Jena Griswold declined to participate. coloradosun.com/watch/

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 08/04/2026

Take 2 minutes today: - Search your city + “news” - Follow one local newsroom. That’s it. Start Local. #LocalNewsDay

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 02/04/2026

The most important news isn’t always national. It’s what’s happening down the street. #LocalNewsDay

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 29/03/2026

The shift to a four-day week is at the center of an ongoing debate about what kind of school schedule sets students up to excel. Reporter Eric Breunlin will speak with experts on the issue on April 16. Register for the free virtual event here. Register for free: coloradosun.com/events/#4Day...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 20/03/2026

During Sunshine Week, a nonpartisan collaboration to shine a light on the importance of public records and open government, we thought we’d quiz you on your knowledge of that trend in our own state. Can you answer these three questions on actual incidents involving Colorado Sun reporters?

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 19/03/2026

#FOIA works best when agencies prioritize the public’s interest and proactively disclose public records as structured data online. Support government transparency & participate in #SunshineWeek 2026. Learn more: sunshineweek.org

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 19/03/2026

With closed doors, high fees, slow responses and increasing exemptions, all levels of government have increasingly stomped down on the public's access to information. Support independent media during #SunshineWeek as we fight for greater accountability. Donate now: buff.ly/s61N40u

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 17/03/2026

Responses to Freedom of Information Act requests are often thwarted by high fees, slow responses or exemptions by local, state, and federal agencies. During #SunshineWeek, call on your government to uphold our right to know!

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 17/02/2026

Northbound Interstate 25 remains closed in Pueblo after a massive pileup involving 30 vehicles killed four people and injured 29 others, Colorado State Patrol said Tuesday. coloradosun.com/2026/02/17/f...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 13/02/2026

Time is running out to show someone you care with a digital valentine through The Sun. Make someone blush. Make democracy stronger. Now that’s love. Give a valentine: giving.coloradosun.com/page/valenti...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 12/02/2026

With Valentine’s Day this weekend, show your favorite human you care by sending them a digital valentine through The Sun this year. Give what you can — $1, $5, $10 — and we’ll share your message to that special someone on Feb. 14. Give a valentine: giving.coloradosun.com/page/valenti...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 06/02/2026

Craig Hospital, Kelly Brush Foundation and Challenge Aspen team up to help skiing reach everyone. "So cool to be able to see snow not as an obstacle but as an opportunity." coloradosun.com/2026/02/05/a...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 03/02/2026

Galvanized by the violence at the hands of federal immigration agents in Minnesota in recent weeks, Democrats in the Colorado legislature are planning to introduce a package of bills to regulate how ICE operates in the state. coloradosun.com/2026/02/02/d...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 21/01/2026

If jumping out of an airplane sounds extreme, canopy formation takes things several steps further. Here's how an Air Force captain’s intense training helped prepare for a 104-person, sky-diving world record. coloradosun.com/2026/01/20/h...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 14/01/2026

46 gas stations in 11 Colorado counties received diesel fuel instead of unleaded regular gasoline last week, according to a list Sinclair provided to the state a week after the error. See if you might have been affected at one of these stations. coloradosun.com/2026/01/14/h...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 31/12/2025

If our reporting has ever helped you, we hope you’ll consider making a special year-end gift right now. This is your last chance in 2025 to invest in journalism that strengthens democracy, connects communities and keeps Colorado informed. Give now: giving.coloradosun.com/page/your-ne...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 30/12/2025

The Colorado Sun is your newsroom. From our reporters to our editors, we work for you. As editor David Krause said, “While national conversations are important, our readers come to The Sun to read about issues related to our great state.” 👇

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 25/12/2025

To: Our followers, readers & members From: The Sun team Thank you! We work hard to give you free, fact-based Colorado news. And you, in turn, support us. You like our posts, you read our stories and you fund our journalism. We wouldn’t exist without you. So again, thank you!

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 23/12/2025

What do you get with independent journalism rooted in community? Reporters who care deeply because it’s their community, too. But impactful reporting that is rooted in Colorado requires the backing of Colorado. Fund reporting that helps our communities thrive. Give now: buff.ly/0ek0m1i

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 21/12/2025

The Colorado Sun is your newsroom. From our reporters to our editors to our columnists, we all work hard for you. As reporter Jennifer Brown said, “We want to know your story.” 👇

A Colorado Sun reader who is a mom taking care of two children with disabilities reached out to me.

While the federal government is slashing Medicaid, and Gov. Jared Polis is saying that the state-federal program is gobbling up the state budget, this mom just wanted to talk about what these cuts are going to mean for her family. Parents caring for kids with severe disabilities live with little sleep, few breaks from the stress, and a near-constant fear of what will happen to their adult kids when they die.

This mother’s story was a moving account of how government policies affect real people. And it’s how a lot of stories at The Sun begin — with a reader sending an email or picking up the phone. We’d rather hear about it from you than through a government agency’s news release.

We want to know your story. We want to hear your requests about stories you want us to look into. That’s because we report to you, not any corporate media company or bosses in another state.

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 18/12/2025

The Colorado Sun is your newsroom. From our reporters to our editors, we work for you. As reporter Tamara Chuang said, “The feedback I get from readers on housing, jobs, AI and even philanthropy keep me curious and digging for something different to write about each week.” 👇

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 11/12/2025

The Colorado Sun is your newsroom. From our reporters to our editors to our columnists, we all work hard for you. As reporter Erica Breunlin said, “Honest feedback from a reader challenged me to think more critically about the enormous responsibility I hold.” 👇

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 03/12/2025

There's only a few hours left in Giving NEWSday! Support from readers like you is the fuel that keeps our reporters on the ground, asking tough questions. It keeps us digging into the real issues. It ensures every Coloradan gets access to factual news. For free. Give now: buff.ly/m1EJrU0

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 02/12/2025

Colorado needs reliable local news. And local news needs you. Readers like you make it possible for us to cover issues with depth, clarity and heart. Give today and your donation will be doubled thanks to a matched of up to $100,000. Donate now: buff.ly/m1EJrU0

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 02/12/2025

Today is Giving NEWSday! The Colorado Sun has no paywall because we believe news is a public good. But here’s the honest truth: Free news isn’t free to make. If you give today, your gift will be matched by generous donors, DOUBLING your impact. Give now: buff.ly/dJtCNTk

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 29/11/2025

Wow! We are blown away by the support we’ve seen. 54 readers have stepped up to donate $1,575 so far! But we haven’t met our goal yet. We need 146 readers to step up on Small Business Saturday to help us hit our goal during the last day of our membership drive. Donate now: buff.ly/ewhlflM

"Last day! Help us add 200 donors. Help us hit our goal. Independent news provides you with crucial coverage. Support it by helping us add 146 more today!"

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 27/11/2025

The Colorado Sun is your newsroom. From our reporters to our editors to our columnists, we all work hard for you. As columnist Mike Littwin said, "Do readers matter? More than I can say." 👇

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 18/11/2025

The Colorado Sun is your newsroom. From our reporters to our editors to our columnists, we all work hard for you. As reporter Olivia Prentzel said, “Your stories power our reporting.” 👇

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 10/11/2025

From our reporters to our editors to our columnists, everyone at The Colorado Sun works hard for you. As reporter Parker Yamasaki said, “We deeply appreciate hearing from you, our readers, because this is your newsroom.” 👇

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 08/11/2025

The Colorado Sun is your newsroom. From our reporters to our editors to our columnists, we all work hard for you. As reporter and cofounder Jason Blevins said, “Hit us with a hot tip and we sweep the schedule and get busy.” 👇

This was a busy week with election news and a full roster of stories for Outsider readers. Then came an email from a reader that quickly swept my desk clear. It looks like a nearly 10-year plan to transfer one of the Colorado State Land Board’s most valued parcels is on the ropes, a little more than a week before the board was planning a final vote on the land sale.

Reporters here at The Sun work for readers like the person who sent that email. We report for you. Hit us with a hot tip and we sweep the schedule and get busy.

The Colorado Sun is not ours. It’s yours.

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 08/11/2025

Without reliable news, rumors replace facts and decisions happen without scrutiny. Take back your newsroom. Invest in local journalism today. >> coloradosun.com/your-newsroo...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 04/11/2025

There’s never been a more important time to stay curious, to keep searching for answers and to weed through the noise to find truth. Take back your newsroom. Invest in local journalism: coloradosun.com/your-newsroo...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 28/10/2025

An anonymous officer was caught on video throwing a woman to the ground during a peaceful protest outside the ICE field office in Durango. Dozens of protesters remained Tuesday after demonstrating through the night over the detainment of two children and their father on the way to school.

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 28/10/2025

In the end, Elser's charges were dropped. But a bigger question remains. How are Flock cameras being used by cities and are they a threat to our privacy?

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 28/10/2025

Elser was able to prove her own innocence but it took a lot of footwork. All of this was to prove she was not the person who stole a package worth less than $25 from a Bow Mar porch. 3/3

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 28/10/2025

Faced with proving her own innocence, Elser decided to apply her own electronic surveillance to the case. Elser had to gather enough files to counter what law enforcement said was definitive proof based on Flock cameras in the town of Bow Mar and a Ring doorbell camera from a porch. 2/3

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 06/10/2025

Five Points is battling its reputation as a neighborhood without much to offer by amplifying the past to chart its future. Read about how the neighborhood is making strides to draw more attention to the vibrant history and culture in Jennifer Brown's story. coloradosun.com/2025/10/05/f...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 20/09/2025

Freedom of speech is under attack. Help keep independent journalism alive in Colorado with a donation today. Donate: coloradosun.com/support?form...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 19/09/2025

An opinion from cartoonist Drew Litton. coloradosun.com/2025/09/19/d...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 19/09/2025

Outside owners don't dictate our news coverage — readers do. Help keep independent journalism alive in Colorado with a donation today. Donate: coloradosun.com/support?form...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 01/09/2025

✅ A. Rocky Mountain Brewery ➡️ Take our full Colorado quiz: coloradosun.com/2022/08/01/h...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 01/09/2025

📚❓ It's back-to-school season. Are you ready for a pop quiz? Hundreds of them now, but what was the first brewery to open in Colorado? A. Rocky Mountain Brewery B. Coors Brewery C. Zang Brewery D. New Belgium Brewery 👇 Answer below

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 01/09/2025

✅ D. Mount Elbert ➡️ Take our full Colorado quiz: coloradosun.com/2022/08/01/h...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 01/09/2025

📚❓ It's back-to-school season. Are you ready for today's pop quiz? Can’t miss them, but which of the 14ers is Colorado’s highest mountain? A. Longs Peak B. Mount Bierstadt C. Pikes Peak D. Mount Elbert 👇 Answer below

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 29/08/2025

✅ B. Square dance ➡️ Take our full Colorado quiz: coloradosun.com/2022/08/01/h...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 29/08/2025

📚❓ It's back-to-school season. Time for a pop-quiz: What is the state’s official folk dance? (Yep, we have one.) A. Ballet B. Square dance C. Folklorico D. Red Rocks stumble 👇 Answer below

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 27/08/2025

✅ Statehood came 100 years after the Declaration of Independence ➡️ Take our full Colorado quiz: coloradosun.com/2022/08/01/h...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 27/08/2025

📚❓ It's back-to-school time. Can you answer this pop quiz question: Why is Colorado called the “Centennial State”? 👇 Answer below

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 26/08/2025

➡️ Take our full Colorado quiz: coloradosun.com/2022/08/01/h...

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