Good Morning, Colorado, you’re listening to the Daily Sun-Up. It’s Friday May 7th, and even though there’s a lot of turmoil right now we’re feeling lucky to start the day with you.

Today - The housing market in Colorado has gone haywire - but how has one Eastern Plains town kept its head above water.

But before we begin, let’s go back in time with some Colorado history adapted from historian Derek R Everett’s book “Colorado Day by Day”:

Today, we take you back to May 7th 1897 when a 100 foot wide breach in the Castlewood Dam threatened to inundate communities below -- including Denver. Eight years earlier there was a similar flood that killed a thousand people in Pennsylvania. And although the 1897 crisis proved limited, it presaged the fatal failure of Castlewood Dam.  

Now, our feature story.

The housing market in Colorado and across the country has gone haywire in recent years -- especially since the coronavirus pandemic began -- as people are working from home, losing jobs and shifting life priorities. Reporter Kevin Simpson talks with Lucy Haggard about how one Eastern Plains town has been trying to keep its head above water and stay around for the next generation.

To read the full story, go to coloradosun.com

And Before we go, here are a few stories that you should know about today:

A Boulder police officer was legally justified when he shot a gunman targeting a King Soopers in Boulder in March, according to the district attorney. Officer Richard Steidell was among the authorities who responded to the shooting at the grocery store. Steidell hit the gunman in the right thigh with a shot from his 9mm handgun. The DA’s report concluded that Steidell’s actions were (quote) both objectively reasonable and, upon further review, correct. (end quote) Steidell has been on administrative leave during the mandated investigation. 

https://coloradosun.com/2021/04/21/boulder-shooting-suspect-new-charges/ 

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has added 199,000 acres of land for hunting and fishing access as part of the Public Access Program. Wednesday’s vote by the Parks and Wildlife Commission to do so is the latest action in an effort that Governor Jared Polis started in 2019 to add 1 million acres of land for public use. The lands were set aside when Colorado became a state to provide funding for schools and have been used for a variety of purposes. A hunting or fishing license is required to recreate there, even for so-called nonconsumptive purposes such as hiking or birding.

https://coloradosun.com/2021/05/06/colorado-opens-school-lands-to-public-access/ 

Ski patrollers at Breckenridge voted Wednesday in favor of unionization, with a single vote tipping the scale. The Summit County resort is the latest in the state to attempt unionization after Keystone patrollers rejected a union effort last month. Many patrollers have argued that a union is necessary to respond to stagnant wages, year-round workloads and corporate consolidation in the industry. But others have been skeptical of the union movement, and 29 of Breckenridge’s 114 patrollers eligible to vote opted to abstain. Vail Resorts, which owns the resort, said it was disappointed with the vote but will bargain in good faith with the union.

For more information on all of these stories, visit our website, www.coloradosun.com. And don’t forget to tune in again tomorrow for a special holiday episode. Now, a quick message from our editor.

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