History Colorado has approved landmark for a half-century-old Basque fronton in Grand Junction
Nancy Lofholm
Special to The Colorado Sun
Email: nlofholm35@gmail.com Twitter: @nlofholm
Posted inEquity
From particle accelerator to Mr. Bubbles: A 92-year-old Colorado physicist spends his retirement teaching 120,000 kids
John McConnell has a science and math center named for him at Colorado Mesa University and he still shows up to wow students and teachers.
Posted inHousing
Tight rental market leaves some residents displaced by Gunnison trailer park redevelopment with no place to go
50 people, half of them children, were given a month to leave the Frontier Land community so trailers could be scraped and replaced by higher priced new mobile homes
Posted inEnvironment
Tiniest “little gals” of the bee world seem to be holding their own in a warming world, Colorado research shows
Pollinators are in decline worldwide, but the smallest bees seem to be more resilient, continuing their crucial work even as climate changes
Posted inBusiness
One-fifth of Crested Butte’s restaurants have closed, leaving tourists hungry
To top it off, the grocery store will be temporarily closing soon. But thankfully, this is a short-term problem.
Posted inBusiness
Tiny worms have infested up to 40% of Colorado’s Olathe Sweet corn crop
Tuxedo, the state’s largest sweet corn producer, is only packing about 3,000 crates per day for shipment to stores compared with three times that in a normal year
Posted inOutdoors
Iconic Crystal Mill closes visitor trail after repeated bad behavior in the backcountry
Owners and local businesses blame Instagram for the influx of people who disregard leave no trace etiquette
Posted inEquity
Human-rights movement comes to Colorado with promise of more protections, rights for farmworkers
Beginning this season, Rancho Durazno in Palisade is the first agricultural enterprise in Colorado to join the Fair Food Program, an innovative human-rights movement that began a dozen years ago in Florida’s vast tomato fields.
Posted inEducation
Colorado teen defies district policy, collects diploma while wearing stole with symbols of U.S., Mexico flags
Naomi Peña Villasano asked a federal court to OK wearing a sarape in tribute to her Mexican and American heritage. When the court said no, she did it anyway.
Posted inPolitics and Government
Lauren Boebert files for divorce from her husband
Lauren and Jayson Boebert have been married for nearly two decades and have four sons together