Good morning, Colorado.
I’ve been trying to make the most of these warm days in the Denver metro while keeping my eye on when temps will inevitably drop again.
Watch out for Friday, everybody. By the way, thanks to everyone who responded to yesterday’s announcement about The Sun becoming a nonprofit. We are excited about this new path and grateful for all of the support so many of you showed us yesterday. We promise to work hard to earn it! (It’s also never too late to make a donation)
Now, on to the news.
Presentation Editor
THE NEWS
ENVIRONMENT
Xcel Energy pitches new clean energy plan for Colorado that is nearly twice as costly as one it offered in 2021
Xcel Energy has a vision for Colorado’s clean energy future — one with 7,100 megawatts of new generation and storage, nearly $3 billion in new transmission lines and 26% more generation. It also comes with a $15 billion price tag that’s twice as expensive as an earlier plan that was approved. Mark Jaffe has more.
EDUCATION
15 years after Colorado paved way for a new kind of school, students are falling short
Innovation schools were designed to give struggling public schools more flexibility and control in how they teach kids. But a recent report by the nonpartisan Keystone Policy Center found that the schools are largely failing to ensure students meet grade-level benchmarks. Erica Breunlin has more.
ARTS & CULTURE
A new Colorado film festival brings modern meaning to a historic barn
There’s a historic yellow barn sitting in the foothills west of Longmont. But if you head there this weekend, you won’t find hay stored inside, but rather people gathered for a one-day film festival. Yellow Barn Farm was once a thriving equestrian center. These days it’s an incubation site for all kinds of cultural and agricultural experiments, Parker Yamasaki writes.
THE COLORADO REPORT
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SunLit
Old Firehouse Books suggests a diverse array topics for December
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:
Read what the bookstore staff had to say about each. Pick up a copy and support your local bookstores at the same time.
Kevin Simpson | Writer
My phone says the temperature will get up to 67 degrees today. Unbelievable.
— Danika & the whole staff of The Sun
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