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category-politics type-of-work-news type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/10/colorado-liquor-sales-grocery-stores-halted/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MORGANS-LIQUOR-KS-01112021056.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Colorado governor signs bill halting expansion of hard liquor sales in grocery and big-box stores" data-hero-candidate="1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/category/news/business/">Business</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a 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href="https://coloradosun.com/author/jason-blevins/">Jason Blevins</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:360px"> <div class="wp-block-group app-hide" style="padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading alt homepage-eyebrow has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-368bcaed77218c89e07a745f500ead82" id="h-nominations-are-open" style="background-color:#0e211f;padding-top:0.6em;padding-right:0.4em;padding-bottom:0.6em;padding-left:0.4em;text-transform:uppercase"><a data-type="page" data-id="377046" href="https://coloradosun.com/colorados-best/">NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN!</a></h3> <div 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Nominate your favorites before the ballot closes!</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 has-custom-font-size" style="font-size:14px"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button" href="/colorados-best" style="border-radius:15px;background-color:#d43e1f;padding-top:0.8em;padding-right:4px;padding-bottom:0.8em;padding-left:4px">NOMINATE HERE</a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-wp-block-newspack-ads-blocks-ad-unit alignnone" style="text-align:inherit"> <div class='newspack_global_ad block_67f9250dc97ec'> <div id='div-gpt-ad-67f9250dc97ec-0'></div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div style="height:1rem" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-primary-background-color has-background" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center accent-header has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-40b3768eced783b15641885775c8ff06" id="h-award-winners">AWARD WINNERS</h2> <div style="height:5px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha ts-3 has-text-align-center has-text-color has-white-color" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="377741"> <article data-post-id="438648" class="tag-colorado-sun tag-journalism tag-colorado-sun-news tag-no-editors-picks tag-the-colorado-sun category-sun-news type-of-work-behind-the-story type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/05/colorado-sun-awards-spj/" rel="bookmark">Colorado Sun journalists earn 24 awards in four-state Top of the Rockies contest</a></h2> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.34%"> <p class="has-text-align-center homepage-category has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-ba0a01736a64b49db6cbb0dc882a4fe0"><strong>PUBLIC SERVICE: 1st PLACE</strong></p> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-2 is-1 is-landscape is-style-default has-text-align-center has-text-color has-white-color" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="377741"> <article data-post-id="409526" class="tag-aurora tag-denver tag-immigration tag-immigration-court tag-migrants tag-the-long-road-to-asylum tag-venezuela category-immigration category-news type-of-work-news type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/28/colorado-immigration-court-cases-pending/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP23266550385354-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Colorado has 78,000 immigration cases pending — and the worst rate of attorney representation in the nation" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP23266550385354-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP23266550385354-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&quality=85&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP23266550385354-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&quality=85&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP23266550385354-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&quality=85&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP23266550385354-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&quality=85&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP23266550385354-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP23266550385354-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/28/colorado-immigration-court-cases-pending/" rel="bookmark">Colorado has 78,000 immigration cases pending — and the worst rate of attorney representation in the nation</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://coloradosun.com/author/jennifer-brown/">Jennifer Brown</a></span> and <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://coloradosun.com/author/ernesto/">Ernesto Cabral</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <p class="has-text-align-center homepage-category has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size 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href="https://coloradosun.com/author/olivia-prentzel/">Olivia Prentzel</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.34%"> <p class="has-text-align-center homepage-category has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-fd78acf2baa937c8d91fbf102d20443f"><strong>POLITICS NEWS: 1st PLACE</strong></p> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-2 is-1 is-landscape is-style-default has-text-align-center has-text-color has-white-color" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="377741"> <article data-post-id="396979" class="tag-conspiracy tag-dominion-voting-systems tag-elections tag-mesa-county tag-mesa-county-clerk-and-recorder tag-tina-peters tag-voter-fraud tag-voting tag-voting-fraud category-coloradans category-crime-and-courts category-news category-politics type-of-work-news type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2024/08/03/tina-peters-trial-mesa-county-colorado-election-deniers-ron-watkins/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP24214849619138.jpg?resize=800%2C600&quality=85&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Trial of former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters details web of right-wing activists, election deniers in her orbit" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP24214849619138.jpg?resize=800%2C600&quality=85&ssl=1 800w, 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class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://coloradosun.com/author/nancy-lofholm/">Nancy Lofholm</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <p class="has-text-align-center homepage-category has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-73aac857c4346b57e7f5ed4e974dd03d"><strong>MENTAL HEALTH FEATURE: 1st PLACE</strong></p> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha ts-2 is-style-borders has-text-align-center has-text-color has-white-color" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="377741"> <article data-post-id="380878" class="tag-behavioral-health tag-colorado-department-of-agriculture tag-colorado-department-of-public-health-environment tag-dolores tag-kremmling tag-mancos tag-mental-health tag-san-luis-valley tag-suicide-prevention category-agriculture category-health category-news category-politics type-of-work-news type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/22/mental-health-agriculture/" rel="bookmark">Rural Colorado’s “cowboy up” culture has led to high suicide rates. How can the state improve mental health in agriculture?</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://coloradosun.com/author/jennifer-brown/">Jennifer Brown</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.33%"> <p class="has-text-align-center homepage-category has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-e6ce9b1d66d49b729b44ef2a3bf68e0f"><strong>AG. & ENVIRONMENT FEATURE: 1st PLACE</strong></p> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-2 is-1 is-landscape is-style-default has-text-align-center has-text-color has-white-color" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="377741"> <article data-post-id="377349" class="tag-colorado-sunday tag-conservation tag-elk tag-park-county tag-ranching tag-wildlife category-agriculture category-business category-coloradans category-economy category-news type-of-work-news type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2024/03/24/eagle-rock-ranch-monetize-conservation/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/eagle-rock-ranch-10-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="This Colorado rancher sees a world where conservation can turn a profit" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/eagle-rock-ranch-10-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/eagle-rock-ranch-10-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&quality=85&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/eagle-rock-ranch-10-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&quality=85&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/eagle-rock-ranch-10-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&quality=85&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/eagle-rock-ranch-10-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&quality=85&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/eagle-rock-ranch-10-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/eagle-rock-ranch-10-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2024/03/24/eagle-rock-ranch-monetize-conservation/" rel="bookmark">This Colorado rancher sees a world where conservation can turn a profit</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://coloradosun.com/author/tracy-ross/">Tracy Ross</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <p class="has-text-align-center homepage-category has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-d7f7d47e8fddb220af3085c2788d39db"><strong>EDITORIAL CARTOONS: 1st PLACE</strong></p> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha ts-2 is-style-default has-text-align-center has-text-color has-white-color" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="377741"> <article data-post-id="370354" class="tag-civil-war tag-fox-news tag-politics tag-racism category-cartoons category-opinion type-of-work-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2024/01/26/whatd-i-miss-freedman-arguments-recycled/" rel="bookmark">“What’d I Miss?”: Old arguments never die, they’re only recycled</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://coloradosun.com/author/r-alan-brooks/">R. 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class="tag-akron tag-climate-change tag-colorado-water-quality-division tag-joint-budget-committee tag-state-legislature category-news category-water type-of-work-news type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/10/small-colorado-towns-push-back-as-state-seeks-to-clean-up-wastewater-to-protect-rivers/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/RenderedImage-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Small Colorado towns push back as state seeks to clean up wastewater to protect rivers" data-hero-candidate="1" 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tag-k-12-schools tag-rural tag-rural-colorado tag-rural-education tag-schools tag-teacher-pay tag-teachers category-education category-news type-of-work-news type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/09/colorado-rural-schools-low-teacher-salaries/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/vilas-school-featured.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Rural Colorado teachers could earn thousands of dollars more across state lines, study finds" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/vilas-school-featured.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/vilas-school-featured.jpg?resize=800%2C600&quality=85&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/vilas-school-featured.jpg?resize=600%2C450&quality=85&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/vilas-school-featured.jpg?resize=400%2C300&quality=85&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/vilas-school-featured.jpg?resize=200%2C150&quality=85&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/vilas-school-featured.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1 2400w, 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category-news category-politics type-of-work-news-service type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/09/colorado-daycare-private-equity-bill-dies/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pre-k-greeley-os-20-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Colorado lawmakers kill bill that would have imposed new regulations on private equity-owned day cares" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pre-k-greeley-os-20-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1 1200w, 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</div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/09/colorado-daycare-private-equity-bill-dies/" rel="bookmark">Colorado lawmakers kill bill that would have imposed new regulations on private equity-owned day cares</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://coloradosun.com/author/chas-sisk/">Chas Sisk</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:360px"> <div class="wp-block-group app-hide"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <div id="SUNRISER_singlestep_inline"></div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-wp-block-newspack-ads-blocks-ad-unit 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href="https://coloradosun.com/author/niyankor-ajuaj/">Niyankor Ajuaj</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ade9c8c2c9ba1205fb04367676b8c218 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.33%"> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha ts-2 has-text-align-center has-text-color has-white-color" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="377741"> <article data-post-id="438149" class="tag-colorado tag-colorado-legislature tag-nonprofits category-opinion category-opinion-columns type-of-work-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/08/opinion-colorado-house-bill-1101-nonprofit-funding/" rel="bookmark">Opinion: Legislation to update Colorado grant disbursement would help level playing field for smaller nonprofits</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://coloradosun.com/author/marco-dorado/">Marco Dorado</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <div style="height:1rem" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-2 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="377741"> <article data-post-id="439180" class="tag-colorado tag-colorado-state-patrol tag-crime tag-crime-and-courts tag-marijuana tag-marijuana-crime category-crime-and-courts category-news type-of-work-news type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/09/600-pounds-of-marijuana-stolen-from-colorado-state-patrol-evidence-storage-lot/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cannabis-plant.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="600 pounds of marijuana stolen from Colorado State Patrol evidence storage lot" data-hero-candidate="1" 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category-health category-news category-politics type-of-work-news type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/09/colorado-school-vaccination-requirements-acip/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/snowmassvax2-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Colorado lawmakers are quietly trying to RFK Jr.-proof school vaccination requirements" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/snowmassvax2-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1 1200w, 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src="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Image-from-iOS-14.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Colorado ditches plan to trade utilities’ wildfire liability for insurance funding. Homeowners may foot bill instead." data-hero-candidate="1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/category/news/wildfire/">Wildfire</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/09/colorado-home-insurance-costs-bill/" rel="bookmark">Colorado ditches plan to trade utilities’ wildfire liability for insurance funding. Homeowners may foot bill instead.</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://coloradosun.com/author/jesse-paul/">Jesse Paul</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="439159" class="tag-alamosa tag-canon-city tag-economic-development tag-florence tag-fremont-county tag-jobs tag-pueblo tag-pueblo-community-college tag-tech-hubs tag-trinidad tag-trinidad-state-college category-business category-economy category-equity category-news category-technology type-of-work-news type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/09/tech-jobs-emergent-campus-florence-trinidad-rural-colorado/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" 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class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://coloradosun.com/author/sue-mcmillin/">Sue McMillin</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="439160" class="tag-archuleta-county tag-colorado-department-of-public-health-environment tag-colorado-department-of-public-health-and-environment tag-measles tag-wolf-creek-ski-area category-health category-news type-of-work-news type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/08/measles-archuleta-county-wolf-creek/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/53483356800_cd14935e07_o.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large 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https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/53483356800_cd14935e07_o.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=85&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://coloradosun.com/category/news/health/">Health</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/08/measles-archuleta-county-wolf-creek/" rel="bookmark">There’s another measles case in Colorado, and people who visited Wolf Creek Ski Area may have been exposed</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://coloradosun.com/author/john-ingold/">John Ingold</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="439093" class="tag-car-crashes tag-crashes tag-roads tag-streets category-news category-transportation type-of-work-news type-post 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