While many Colorado communities are losing their local newspapers, Custer County readers are divided between a traditional, 100-year-old paper and a right-wing newcomer
Jennifer Brown
Jennifer Brown writes about mental health, the child welfare system, the disability community and homelessness for The Colorado Sun. As a former Montana 4-H kid, she also loves writing about agriculture and ranching.
Brown previously worked at the Hungry Horse News in Montana, the Tyler Morning Telegraph in Texas, The Associated Press in Oklahoma City, and The Denver Post before helping found The Sun in 2018.
Topic expertise: Mental health, child welfare, homelessness, social services, agriculture
Location: Denver
Language(s) in addition to English: A little bit of Spanish
Education: University of Montana
Honors & Awards: Brown has won several awards from the Colorado Press Association, the Top of the Rockies Society of Professional Journalists, the regional Best of the West and The Katie Awards, and was part of a Denver Post team that won a national Scripps Howard Award and a Pulitzer Prize.
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Posted inBusiness
While many small-town newspapers are vanishing, these Coloradans are working to keep local news alive
As many outlets scramble to publish following the closure of a key Colorado press, determined communities look at all options to preserve their voices
Posted inPolitics and Government
More than 18,400 migrants have come to Denver since Christmas. 6,739 of them were bused to other cities.
After a slowdown in June and July, the city is again receiving several busloads of migrants each day from the Texas border. Denver officials blame Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Posted inHealth
A Colorado dad wanted more for his son. So he opened a trade school for young adults with autism.
Graduates of the Englewood school are getting jobs as auto mechanics, welders, carpenters and electricians
Posted inCrime and Courts
Charges dropped against second Chaffee County day care worker accused of child abuse after boy pulled down classmate’s pants
The Salida-Poncha Springs community had rallied around Roberta Rodriguez, paying her rent and sending her on a vacation while she wasn’t able to get a job
Posted inEnvironment
Entire Western Colorado wild horse herd removed from range in helicopter roundup
All 122 horses in the West Douglas area were captured in the roundup, with four euthanized and the rest headed to holding pens in Cañon City
Posted inHealth
Colorado’s long battle over raw milk is reenergized by the “food freedom” movement
The state in recent years has eased regulations on meat processing, selling chicken eggs and homemade baked goods, but still has the most restrictive raw milk rule in the region
Posted inEnvironment
Federal roundup seeks to remove entire wild horse herd in western Colorado starting Friday
The Bureau of Land Management wants to remove the 122 horses living in West Douglas. One-third of the horses gathered in the last roundup there died of equine flu.
Posted inEducation
Are private transportation companies the answer to Colorado’s school bus driver shortage?
Students with disabilities, who are homeless or living in foster homes have the right to free transportation to their schools. School districts’ costs are rising.
Posted inHealth
Colorado’s first abortion clinic is turning 50, celebrating with “condom couture” and expansion of sex education
The Colorado Sun’s Q&A with Boulder Valley Health Center delves into 50 years of abortion care and why it’s dropping “women” from its name