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Lightning strikes a nest in a tree, causing an explosion and fire, captured by a wildlife camera.

Lightning strike explodes bald eagle nest in Boulder County

by Michael Booth 12:48 PM MDT on Oct 9, 20243:37 PM MDT on Oct 9, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

An train on a track

Denver’s 7A: What you need to know about RTD’s request to keep all its sales tax revenue

by Michael Booth 3:59 AM MDT on Oct 9, 20248:27 AM MDT on Oct 17, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

an aerial shot of a river dam

Water

Colorado’s congressional delegation urges feds to support historic Colorado River water deal

by Jerd Smith 4:05 AM MDT on Oct 8, 202412:29 PM MDT on Oct 8, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

A boat with three people in it is tethered in a pool of water at the base of what will become Chimney Rock reservoir. The pool is at the bottom of deep walls of loos, red stone. There is construction equipment on dirt roads around it.

Water

All the buckets, real or imagined: How Colorado plans to store water is a big dam question.

by Michael Booth 3:20 AM MDT on Oct 6, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

Close-up of a round warning sign on a wooden post reading “Brine Pipeline.” Yellow metal railing in the foreground, with dry vegetation and a blurred landscape in the background.

Water

Other parts of the world remove salt from water to make it drinkable. Is that possible in Colorado?

by Shannon Mullane 4:18 AM MDT on Oct 4, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

Aerial view of rectangular green and brown crop fields with a circular field in the background. A road intersects the fields.

Water

Lower Arkansas River water districts, Aurora prepare for talks over city’s controversial $80M farm water purchase

by Jerd Smith 4:01 AM MDT on Oct 3, 20243:29 PM MDT on Oct 4, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

A clear water flows in a ditch through a lush, green grassy meadow with trees and hills in the background under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Water

Colorado’s water users are told “use it or lose it.” But is the threat real?

by Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism 4:20 AM MDT on Oct 2, 20242:51 PM MDT on Oct 4, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

A solar panel with a green tractor in the background in a field showcases agrivoltaics. Several plants and wildflowers are seen in the foreground, while trees and a small building are visible at a distance.

A new solar farm is now shading Denver Botanic’s actual farm in one of the state’s biggest “agrivoltaics” experiments

by Michael Booth 4:08 AM MDT on Oct 2, 20247:39 AM MDT on Oct 2, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

Proposition JJ: Colorado would be allowed to keep all the sports betting tax revenue it collects

by Shannon Mullane 3:30 AM MDT on Oct 2, 20243:42 PM MDT on Oct 16, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

In this historical photo, two men stand inside a giant segment of the Central Arizona Project pipeline in the desert. There is a light-colored sedan to the left of the pipe.

Water

Why don’t we just pipe in water from the East to fix the Colorado River crisis?

by Alex Hager, KUNC 4:20 AM MDT on Oct 1, 20243:42 PM MDT on Oct 14, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun