Pro-level athletes competed in a Basque handball exhibition last weekend, bringing lamb, red wine and community spirit
Nancy Lofholm
Special to The Colorado Sun
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Posted inHousing
Flurry of sales, lot-rent increases hit Colorado mobile home parks as new laws reform the industry
Park owners decry a “hostile legislative climate” while residents struggle — with only occasional success — to purchase their communities
Posted inArts, Culture, News
Young Jamin Wright could make anything from wood. It was harps that hit just the right note.
GRAND JUNCTION — Harps have a reputation that has a whole lot to do with chubby cupids and highbrow-hotel lobbies. Harp music is the Pearly Gates’ soundtrack. But inside a metal building tucked between a supply business and a laboratory in an industrial section of Grand Junction, it is quickly obvious that harps are also […]
Posted inEquity, News
Food trucks are helping keep Grand Junction kids fed while school’s out for summer
At the age of 4, Jade Peak has no doubt about her favorite food: grilled cheese sandwiches. She was in luck on a recent summer day when a Lunch Lizard food truck nosed into a parking lot under a sprawling shade tree in Grand Junction’s Lincoln Park. A squad of “lunch ladies” hopped out and flipped open […]
Posted inNews
Rugged camper born in Colorado may help hone a new facet of Silverton’s high-elevation economy
Kass and Beth Kremer and their friend Daryl Magner were soaking up the alpenglow on a pleasant August evening two years ago, lounging around a campfire next to their tent and old Bronco on the back side of Silverton Mountain. They were happy to be out of COVID lockdown and in the mountains. But they […]
Posted inHousing
Colorado tried to protect people who live in mobile home parks. A Gunnison community fell through the cracks.
The new owner of the renamed Ski Town Village hasn’t filled the potholes, cut the trees that threaten to fall on homes, or fixed the spotty water supply. But he has raised rents by 73%.
Posted inEnvironment
You’re not imagining it: It’s been windier than usual in Colorado, and that’s a big problem
They’re not just annoying. High winds increase fire danger and take a bite out of Colorado agriculture and tourism.
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Where’s Don Coram? Lauren Boebert’s GOP challenger says his late start is all part of the plan.
Don Coram has been training race horses for much of his life and has a succinct formula for what it takes to get across the finish line first: “You train to win. And you win the race at the end.” Ditto for his own political race. Coram is coming out of the gate late. Just […]
Posted inPolitics and Government
Resisting the political extremist “bomb throwers” on Colorado’s Western Slope
Restore the Balance is a Mesa County group formed by people from across the political spectrum that is trying to address extremism in Colorado
Posted inEnergy
Colorado’s curious case of a crypto mine that no one is really sure exists
Bitcoin miners are in a frenzy to find new homes after China banned the activity — and they’re bringing their energy problems with them everywhere they go