Who gets to live in Steamboat Springs?

Good morning, Colorado.

Like many of you this morning I’m checking in with loved ones in Florida who are waking up to see the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Milton. All this while many Southerners are still reeling from Hurricane Helene’s destruction.

While we wait to see the extent of the damage, here’s today’s Colorado news.

Kevin Jeffers

Product Team

THE NEWS

HOUSING

A Colorado ski town found an answer to its affordable housing crisis. Then voters shut it down.

A proposal in Steamboat Springs that would have annexed 536 acres dedicated to affordable housing failed in a public vote in March. It was a blow to many who were hoping for a leveling off of home prices, and once again raised a thorny question: Who gets to live in Colorado’s idyllic mountain towns? Sarah Tory and the Colorado Trust tackle that question.

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ELECTION 2024

Amendment H: Creating a new board to investigate and discipline judges in Colorado

A constitutional amendment before Colorado voters next month would create a new board to hear ethics complaints against state judges and issue rulings, taking the judicial discipline process largely out of the hands of the state Supreme Court. Brian Eason has the latest in our series of ballot explainers.

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• The most memorable moments from the first debate between Yadira Caraveo and Gabe Evans. Caraveo, the Democratic incumbent, and Evans, a Republican state representative, are running against each other in Colorado’s highly competitive 8th Congressional District. Jesse Paul recaps their debate.

SPORTS

Taco Bell 50K: Bad ideas and burritos encouraged, but no barfing allowed

Throwing up isn’t uncommon in ultramarathons. But it was especially expected in perhaps the circuit’s weirdest race, the Taco Bell 50K, where 170 runners recently ran 31 miles on Denver city streets while stopping and eating at 10 Taco Bells. Dan England wraps it up.

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MORE NEWS

• Video: Lightning strike explodes bald eagle nest in Boulder County. A female eagle managed to survive the strike and has been spotted looking for a new nest with her mate. Michael Booth has more.
• The Temperature ☀️ RTD, a big solar renovation, Kaiser changes and baby factories. Plus: Where Colorado is still strong in births.

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COLORADO REPORT

• Aurora landlord loses control of apartments in “Tren de Aragua” controversy after allegedly failing to pay loans. The city will stop trying to shut down the Edge at Lowry and Whispering Pines apartments as a third party takes over.
  — Denverite
• A major solar storm is about to hit Earth. It could mean a big light show for Colorado. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center, headquartered in Boulder, has issued a rare warning that operators of power grids, satellite companies and telecommunications systems should brace for possible disruptions.
  — CPR News
• Teachers, parents defend Boulder teacher accused of drawing penises on papers, yearbooks. “Was what happened a mistake? Yes,” a coworker said. “Should a 20-year career go down the drain because of it? No.”
  — The Denver Post 🔑

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What’s Happening

Great American Beer Festival. For the past 42 years, the Great American Beer Festival has been going strong in Denver, since well before the city developed its (mostly true) reputation for attracting outdoorsy dudes obsessed with craft brews.

Part of the festival’s success is that it goes for breadth and depth. The Colorado Convention Center is the main site for the festival where brewers and the beer-adjacent set up their booths and mini-taprooms. Some highlights from inside the Convention Center include the United Nations taproom showcasing international flavors, the education-forward Homebrew HQ area and the craft beer-focused Collab Country.

Denver is home to more than 80 breweries and taprooms, so of course the festival spills into the streets. You can find interesting linkups and collaborations all throughout the city this week, including a special Chocolate Rye Porter at Our Mutual Friend taproom created by the Rye Resurgence Project in the San Luis Valley, and a Five Points party at Spangalang Brewery tonight to celebrate National Black Brewers Day.

$220 full festival pass; Oct. 10-12; Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., Denver

• Everybody Eats. A monthlong series of field trips and tastings by local food producers in and around Cortez. This upcoming week, learn about flour milling, cider making, chile roasting and more quintessential culinary traditions from the Southwest. $10-$25; Oct. 10-16; Various locations 
• Crestone Poetry Festival. Four days of poetry workshops, readings, open mics, panels and brown bag lunch performances. Most events are free, workshops cost $30-$40 a piece. Various prices; Oct. 17-20; Various venues in Crestone
• Crafty Hour. Don’t be a doormat this Friday, make one. Join artist instructors every Friday at Fruits of Our Labor, the self-described “rowdy craft collective,” for their Crafty Hour series. This week you can make custom brush doormats with stencils. Next week, it’s spooky acrylic earrings and keychains. Supplies always included, BYOB. $55; 6 p.m., Oct. 11; Fruits of Our Labor, 3515 Ringsby Ct., Denver

Section by Parker Yamasaki | Reporter

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