The Colorado Sun

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The man who developed Colorado’s mountains sees a bright future ahead for places that are “a retreat from the crazy changing world”

Harry Frampton, who leads East West Partners, has some controversial ideas for solving the high country’s housing crisis

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From Tinkertoys to avocado greens: Denver Art Museum show presents play as a serious form of inspiration

By Joanne Ostrow Culture Primary category in which blog post is published

Why Styrofoam — amid all of Colorado’s recycling struggles — is being targeted for extinction

By Tamara Chuang Business Primary category in which blog post is published

Cody Townsend is skiing North America’s 50 classic lines — and worries climate change makes some “last descents”

By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published

Aspen stakes claim as the premier human-powered playground as skiers ditch lifts and traffic to walk uphill

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Colorado’s ban on banning plastics has cities’ plans to outlaw single-use bags and straws in limbo

By Tamara Chuang Environment Primary category in which blog post is published

Cigarettes all over again? Colorado has the highest youth vaping rate in the country.

By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
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Aspen-area men killed in avalanche near Crested Butte, bringing Colorado’s 2018-2019 avalanche death toll to 4

Owen Green and Michael Goerne were killed in Saturday's slide. Friends say they had been training for the Grand Traverse next month.

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“Their mindset was risk averse”: Man killed in backcountry avalanche near Aspen was on trip with wife, young child

Arin Trook, 48, was the second Colorado avalanche fatality of the season

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Jared Polis wants Colorado 100 percent powered by renewable energy, but talk is easier than the walk

At least 9 Colorado governments are working to wean themselves from coal and natural gas, but they say getting to 100% solar and wind power is harder than it seems.

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Aspen’s workers are hitting retirement age. And that’s made the resort town’s employee housing program a ticking time bomb.

Aspen is dealing with dueling interests: housing workers and building a community

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Coloradans generate 9.6 pounds of trash per person, per day. Where does it all go?

The state has 190 closed landfills and produces increasingly more waste each year. We’re not out of room, but that’s not the point.

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Colorado’s hot summer of dry ditches and empty reservoirs has left distressed farmers sweating: Will it get worse?

The state is in the midst of the fourth-driest water year and the third-hottest summer in more than a century of record keeping