Happy Monday! I spent the weekend immersed in my new obsession — sourdough bread baking. It began with a little jar of sourdough starter from a coworker, then two days of reading the recipes and watching the YouTube videos of pioneer wives while nurturing a ball of dough to its final rise. It was just about to go into the oven, sitting peacefully on the kitchen counter under a damp cloth, as per the best practices, when all was lost. My puppy ate it. I cried.
The next day I sucked it up, realized that a lost ball of dough was nothing to cry over, bought more flour and started again. Now I’m knee-deep in sourdough bread, sourdough French toast and sourdough jalapeño-cheddar biscuits. I probably should have made a 2025 resolution to eat more protein, but this is way more cathartic. Here’s to hoping we all find something to help us stretch this year. No better way to get inspired than by starting the day with journalism that keeps you connected to your community.
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CULTURE
Naropa University forced to break ties with its own psychedelic studies program, spawning new independent healing center
The university that once employed Allen Ginsberg and Ram Dass as instructors had recently begun formalizing the school’s relationship with psychedelic research, which spooked the Boulder university’s insurers, Parker Yamasaki reports.
NEWS
BLM decision delivers fresh blow to contentious expansion plan for limestone quarry above Glenwood Springs
After years of arguing that an expansion of a limestone quarry up the hill from downtown Glenwood Springs would be covered by the 1872 Mining Act, the Department of the Interior told quarry owners that because it isn’t mining “valuable minerals” it has to apply for a new permit with stricter environmental scrutiny, Jason Blevins reports.
EDUCATION
Fewer teachers want to leave Colorado schools. But low pay, lack of safety remain issues.
48%
The percentage of Colorado teachers who reported not being able to afford to live near where they work.
A new Colorado Education Association report looking at the state of education in the state brings a mix of good and bad news: Many teachers remain overwhelmed with increasing workloads and pay that doesn’t stretch far enough to secure affordable homes in their communities. Still, fewer teachers report thoughts of exiting the classroom than in recent years. Erica Breunlin dives into teachers’ concerns about the direction of their field.
WILDLIFE
Colorado prepares for second wave of reintroduced wolves as capture operation begins in British Columbia
15
Gray wolves that could be captured for release in Colorado
Lots of eyes are on the airports and state wildlife areas in the northwestern part of the state after Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced over the weekend that work to capture the next group of gray wolves for translocation was underway in British Columbia.
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COLORADO SUNDAY
Game changers: The Colorado women taking their shot at hunting
“Rough, real, raw and joyful, with a big dose of feminism thrown in.” That’s how Erin Crider wants the hunting experience for women to be, as more and more women look to try to advance their skills in the sport in a place with limited opportunities to do so. She started Uncharted Outdoorswomen, with a pack of women guides, with a mission to make her clients — all women — so adept at hunting once they are properly schooled, they never need her services again, Tracy Ross writes.
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