Good morning and happy last day of the month!
I want to personally (and on behalf of the team here) thank everyone who came out for SunFest 2024 on Friday! As much as we love doing our work from behind our keyboards, there’s nothing that can quite compare to being in a big room with people who are as passionate about Colorado as we are!
If you didn’t get to join in on the fun, we will be sharing videos of some of the fascinating Sunfest discussions soon, as well as sharing highlights in our podcast feed. So watch this space!
But even though our whole staff is pouring an extra cup of coffee this morning while we recover from the big event, the news waits for no one. So let’s end September strong and dive right into it, shall we?
WATER
“We really thought that was something we were going to be able to experience with them. It was so heartbreaking when we got there to see it was all dried up.”
— Danielle Boutin, of Florida, who planned to show family members Crystal Lake
Citing a concerning crack and signs of seepage on the aging Full Moon Dam that created Crystal Lake, the U.S. Forest Service decided to drain the lake this spring. And as Shannon Mullane reports, Ouray residents and visitors are concerned the town’s hot springs and tourism could take a hit if it doesn’t come back soon.
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ELECTION 2024
Colorado’s homestead property tax exemption is available to a pretty limited scope of homeowners. But as Brian Eason explains, the backers of Amendment G want to expand that scope to include thousands more Colorado veterans.
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WATER MYTHS
In the first of a series of stories tackling water myths in Colorado, Luke Runyon of The Water Desk digs into the relationship between urban growth and water use — and how cities have become much more efficient since the beginning of the megadrought in the West.
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MORE NEWS
“(Inflation) is clearly past tense. This happened in 2021 and 2022. But it’s lingering in people’s minds.”
— Economist Bill Craighead, host of the UCCS Economic Forum
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Thanks again to everyone for another successful SunFest — and to you for starting your week with us. We’ll see you back here tomorrow to kick off October!
— Eric and the whole staff of The Sun
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