One of the boats is a garden planter now. A couple more sit in a storage unit near Elitch Gardens. The remaining handful of punts — think gondolas like in Venice — were given away as gifts, their fate today unknown. It’s been 13 years since the last punt plied Denver’s Cherry Creek. But the […]
David Gilbert
David is a former Colorado Sun staff writer.
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Colorado’s oldest business just sold. Its future could help preserve a community’s way of life.
R&R Market in San Luis nearly closed. A new effort will turn it into a co-op with the goal of rejuvenating a unique community.
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Meet the “Lightsaber Guys” who are summoning the force in Greeley
It’s Thursday night on Turner Green, and the glowing blades of lightsabers clash in the dark between towering dormitories on the University of Northern Colorado campus. Spectators hoot as the triumphant opening strains of the “Star Wars” theme burst from a window. With toy lightsabers bought on a whim, the “Lightsaber Guys of UNC” have […]
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Eleise Clark conjures the lives of Black women in the West, who have lessons for today
When Eleise Clark set out to research her genealogy, she ran into a brick wall: the Civil War. “I thought we were people,” Clark said. “But my grandfather was born as property.” As Clark dug into bills of sale in search of tidbits of information on her enslaved ancestors, including her grandfather who was born […]
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Homesites destroyed in the Marshall fire are going up for sale. Who will buy them?
On a ridge in Louisville with a stunning view of the Flatirons stood a six-bedroom, five-bath home, now reduced to a pile of ash by the Marshall fire, one of more than 1,000 homes in Louisville, Superior and unincorporated Boulder County destroyed on Dec. 30. The lot, rubble and all, went up for sale in […]
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Boulder County housing prices are still climbing 6 weeks after Marshall fire
Sandra Thomas-Comenole can’t rest yet. Seven weeks after her family lost their home to the Marshall fire, she, her husband and three of their children are in their third house since the fire tore through neighborhoods in Superior, Louisville and unincorporated Boulder County. As the weeks tick by since the fire, Thomas-Comenole and her family […]
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Researchers have found a new plant in Colorado’s high country: the “funky thistle”
In the strange landscape of Colorado’s high alpine tundra, most life stays small to survive. Tiny wildflowers spring from meager soil, accompanied by mosses and lichens adapted to the thin air and blistering cold. But bursting from scree slopes in the high Rockies of central Colorado grows a mighty thistle, often nearly 3 feet tall, […]
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As Colorado warms, dry soil sucks up more water. That’s bad news for rivers and farmers.
Increasingly dry soils could spell big trouble for reservoirs, agriculture, forest health and pose greater risk of wildfire.
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Dispersed camping is out of control in Chaffee County. Officials are seeking solutions.
A surge in recreational camping around Buena Vista and Salida is wreaking havoc on natural areas and spurring public lands managers to mull the closure of dozens of dispersed campsites. In the county that’s 82% public land and home to a fifth of the state’s fourteeners, wildlife populations are plunging in the face of habitat […]
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PHOTOS: Snow-sculpting competition returns to Breckenridge
As temperatures hovered at -14 before dawn Friday, a group of carvers meticulously shaped snow sculptures in Breckenridge. Nine teams of artists from around the world were putting in finishing touches after traveling to the high-elevation ski town to compete in the International Snow Sculpting Championships. Each had four days to carve a sculpture from […]