One man’s failure to use a ramp in 2019 led to state and industry collaboration on raising awareness of the precipitous danger of mountain driving
Kevin Simpson
Kevin Simpson is a co-founder of The Colorado Sun and a general assignment writer and editor. He also oversees the Sun’s literary feature, SunLit, and the site’s cartoonists.
A St. Louis native and graduate of the University of Missouri’s journalism school, Kevin began his career in sports at the St. Cloud (MN) Daily Times in 1978 before moving to the Rocky Mountain News a year later. In 1984, he joined The Denver Post and spent 33 years there as a sports writer, city desk reporter, city columnist and long-form writer.
He was part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at the Post and his individual work has been recognized with a wide variety of awards.
Posted inEquity
After one failed effort to repatriate Native remains, a Colorado school is trying again — 30 years later
Native American objects, including human remains, sat in boxes at Western Colorado University for decades. Now a grant has fueled a renewed effort to find their proper home.
Posted inBusiness
The Newton experiment: How a rural Kansas weekly newspaper refreshed an outdated business model
When researchers sought to refresh a stale business model for rural weekly newspapers, they looked for a fearless innovator to thest their findings. Now they’re hoping they can export his success to other small papers, including in Colorado.
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 inSports
“I’m kind of part of the problem”: Why do Rockies fans keep paying to watch a losing team?
The Rockies consistently finish in the top half of the Majors in attendance despite few winning seasons. What keeps millions of fans flocking to Coors Field every summer?
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Claire Oberon Garcia, Colorado’s incoming state historian, adds an interdisciplinary — and literary — touch to the position
Longtime Colorado College English professor Claire Oberon Garcia assumes the title of Colorado State Historian as history, and how it’s taught, takes on an increasingly contentious role.
Posted inCulture
How does a shelter match dogs with new homes? A Longmont facility looked to a skilled photographer.
A life-changing experience after Hurricane Katrina led pro photographer Marsha Steckling to volunteer skills that reveal lovable — and adoptable — canine personalities.
Posted inCulture
Colorado and its cities end up on a lot of “best-of” lists. Here’s how those rankings hijack your brain.
Data dives and polling on any number of watercooler topics have become a pervasive, and largely successful, marketing strategy
Posted inEquity
Descendants of two government-sanctioned atrocities gather in Colorado, bond over “shared identity”
Relatives of Japanese Americans incarcerated at Amache are finding common threads with descendants of the nearby Sand Creek Massacre.
Posted inColoradans
A Colorado hero died fighting the Nazis. He’s finally been recognized back home.
Amid flyovers and military honors, Gov. Jared Polis thanked the man behind a larger-than-life statue that’s now a fixture near the state Capitol