There’s a new heavyweight investor buying up properties on Crested Butte’s historic Elk Avenue. But this time it’s not a reclusive billionaire from afar. Jeff Hermanson, who transformed Denver’s Larimer Square and Union Station, has lived in Crested Butte for 48 years. And he’s buying commercial properties on what he calls “one of the greatest […]
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Colorado Sun with National Trust purchases 24 Front Range newspapers
A note from our editor: We’re proud to ensure that these community newspapers will remain in local hands and continue serving readers from Castle Rock to Brighton and beyond
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Colorado truly loves its Subarus, but when can the dog hang out the window of an electric version?
It’s no Rocky Mountain myth: We love our Subarus. Colorado buys more than twice as many of the four-wheel-drive, Fido-friendly gear wagons as people in other states, according to the latest quarterly registration numbers for state vehicle sales. And we are moving fast toward electric vehicles, if you judge by percentage growth in the raw […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Ryckman: Why I’m optimistic about local journalism in Colorado
These are exciting times for those who care about local journalism in Colorado. Sure, there has been a lot of concern about the cutbacks in legacy newsrooms and soul-searching about whether to continue giving money to hedge-fund owners who line their pockets while laying off journalists. But something else is happening in Colorado, and that […]