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New ‘national alt-weekly’ The News Station has roots in the Colorado cannabis...

A new digital site that’s recruiting freelance journalists and looking to become a “national alt-weekly” is co-owned by a former Colorado journalist-turned cannabis PR guy. The News Station, whose...

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About those Texans: KUNC reveals a ‘journalist getaways’ program at...

Conversations about whether to increase public-sector support for a struggling local news industry have been taking place lately among Colorado’s journalistic community more than elsewhere. But a new...

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Powerhouse nonprofit news outlet ProPublica expands in the West, and...

The powerful national nonprofit public-interest journalism outlet ProPublica is expanding — perhaps even into our state’s borders. From an announcement this week: ProPublica announced on Thursday that...

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Colorado news outlets got some ‘breathing room’ with federal relief PPP loans...

Colorado news organizations were among millions of businesses nationwide that accepted federal money to help weather a financial battering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Data released this week by the...

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Media: Gov. Jared Polis riffs on government intervention to help...

During one of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’s many public news conferences about COVID-19, a reporter made note of impacts the virus is having on the local news industry and asked if Polis thought...

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‘We are not immune’: COVID-19 layoffs hit Colorado newsrooms The virus is...

The COVID-19 novel coronavirus claimed a round of newsroom jobs in Colorado this week as revenues nosedived across local news balance sheets nationwide. “We are not immune from the same health and...

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Colorado, COVID-19, and the press: ‘Essential’ status requested from the...

Across the state, Coloradans are feeling what it’s like with daily life on low-power mode. The governor shuttered dining at bars and restaurants for a month; theaters, gyms, and casinos are kaput. The...

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Denver Post’s hedge-fund owner lost a ‘hostile takeover bid’ of the largest...

The hedge fund that controls Media News Group, née Digital First Media — also known as The Nothing, and for gutting newsrooms like The Denver Post — has lost a battle in its company’s attempted...

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Media: Why dozens of newsrooms across the Mountain West are partnering to...

“Crime and corruption, troubled schools, drug epidemics, natural disasters — the news deals with some pretty discouraging subjects. But it doesn’t have to be negative. In recent years, a movement for...

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The Home Front: New images from the Kuiper Belt Your daily roundup of the...

“The team behind the Boulder-born New Horizons mission on Wednesday released the clearest image to date from its New Year’s Eve flyby of Ultima Thule, the Kuiper Belt Object on which the spacecraft...

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The Home Front: Resort skiing in Colorado less affordable than ever Your...

“The $200 barrier for a walk-up ski lift ticket was broken for the first time by Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek this season, according to industry sources,” reports The Summit Daily. “Vail and Beaver...

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The Home Front: Travel season expected to smash records Your daily roundup of...

“Anyone who can get an early start on their holiday travel might want to this year,” reports The Colorado Springs Gazette. “Nearly a third of Coloradans — a record 1.8 million people — are expected to...

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The Home Front: Colorado’s $800 million ‘Las Vegas-scale’ hotel Your daily...

“The Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center threw open its doors at 12:18 p.m. Tuesday — the 18th day of the 12th month — giving Colorado a Las Vegas scale hotel at 1,501 rooms and Aurora a new...

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The Home Front: Local goat thinks he’s an elk Your daily roundup of the...

“A little black goat appears to have joined an elk herd near the Devil’s Backbone, causing wonderment and a bunch of photo snapping among residents in the area,” reports The Loveland Reporter-Herald....

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The Home Front: Food insecurity on campus Your daily roundup of the biggest...

“CU students are going hungry, but nobody is sure how many,” reports The Boulder Daily Camera. “CU officials do not yet have an estimate, and local service providers see and serve CU students but do...

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The Home Front: Michelle Obama comes to Colorado Your daily roundup of the...

“(Michelle) Obama was in town as part of a book tour for her recently released memoir ‘Becoming.’ The former first lady signed books at Tattered Cover in Denver, visited Children’s Hospital Colorado...

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The Home Front: Half-blind endangered wolf on the run Your daily roundup of...

“A half-blind endangered Mexican gray wolf that had been loose in Teller County since escaping from a wildlife center a month ago was captured Wednesday north of Divide,” reports The Colorado Springs...

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The Home Front: Rise in attempted suicide among middle school students Your...

“A presentation of the Healthy Kids Colorado 2017 survey shows a rise in attempted suicide with middle school students in Cañon City at 11.9 percent compared to 11.3 percent in 2015. Cañon City High...

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The Home Front: Boycott of Salvation Army causes bell-ringer shortage Your...

“A year ago, bells were ringing outside City Market and all was jolly as Durango residents knew that every dollar they put into the Salvation Army kettle would stay in the community, donated to local...

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The Home Front: Colorado’s economic growth likely to slow in 2019 Your daily...

“The Colorado economy will continue to grow next year, but the pace might slow a tad. That’s the message from the 2019 Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forecast released today,” reports The Boulder...

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