Today - The Sun's Kevin Simpson talks to mystery writers Becky Clark and Holly Harris talk about collaborating on "Colorado Mystery Merge".

Today, Sun reporter Olivia Prentzel discusses the fatal mountain lion attack on a hiker in northern Colorado, the investigation and what officials are saying about the rare event. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/05/human-dna-fatal-mountain-lion-attack/

Today - The Sun's Michael Booth talks with John Ingold about a controversial new vaccine schedule, and what a federal order extending coal power plants means for Colorado.

As we start the first full week of 2026, Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang has updates on a number of issues related to Colorado workers, including the state-administered retirement savings plan, new minimum wage numbers and an addition to the state’s paid family leave program. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/03/colorado-retirement-growth-private-401-savings/

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has the latest in the ski patroller strike in Telluride that shut down the ski area and why the rest of the industry is watching closely. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/01/telluride-ski-patroller-strike-resort-closure/

Today, events specialist Kristina Pritchett maps out some of The Sun’s in-person events for 2026, including our 4th annual Colorado Sunfest on May 1, our upcoming state legislative session preview and gatherings for first time homebuyers and would-be high-country hikers. https://coloradosun.com/events/

Today we revisit a conversation about happiness with Dr. June Gruber. Dr. Gruber is a clinical psychologist and full Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she directs the Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Laboratory.

Today, Sun director of development Alyssa Pinkerton looks at the growth in support for The Sun this year and what plans are ahead as the newsroom and operations teams plan to grow and cover even more of Colorado. coloradosun.com/support

Today, we're revisiting our conversation with Conor Hall, director of Colorado’s Outdoor Recreation Industry Office and a Colorado native. Hall talks about leading and growing the state’s $65 billion outdoor economy.

Today, we’re revisiting a 2023 conversation with Christina Holbrook, who rushed to self-publish her first novel after a brain cancer diagnosis made her worry the traditional publishing timeline wouldn’t move fast enough to bring her book into the world. The leap paid off: the novel went on to win a Colorado Book Award for romance.

Today – we’re revisiting a talk about holiday cheer, as Sun writer Kevin Simpson chats with the Colorado woman behind thousands of visits with that jolly old elf, Santa Claus.

Today - we're revisiting a conversation about how NORAD in Colorado Springs uses their aerospace technology for a very important holiday mission: tracking Santa Claus. https://coloradosun.com/2023/12/22/norad-santa-tracker-2023/ 

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has updates on the ski and snowboarding season, including the return of Cuchara ski hill in southern Colorado, a new feature about getting better on the snow and now free access to his Outsider newsletter starting Jan. 1.

The Colorado Music Experience's G. Brown talks with the Sun's Kevin Simpson about some key figures in Colorado's music history.

Today, Sun water reporter Shannon Mullane checks in from the annual Colorado River conference in Las Vegas. The top water officials in the Western U.S. are together as a water-sharing agreement among the seven states is still pending. https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/17/colorado-river-gathering-rhetoric-concerns-las-vegas/

Unaffiliated voters now make up half of the electorate in Colorado. A new poll is shedding light on this crucial bloc. Colorado Sun political reporters Jesse Paul and Taylor Dolven dug into the data. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/15/colorado-unaffiliated-voters-poll-2025/

Since the start of the Trump administration’s tariffs, Colorado global exports grew 6.3% between January and August, compared with the same period in 2024, and imports fell 2.6%. Today, Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang breaks down the tariff’s effects on Colorado companies. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/15/colorado-trump-tariffs-havenly-imports-exports-trade/  

Can a billionaire be the model for swiftly addressing the high-country housing shortage? Today, outdoors reporter Jason Blevins discusses a new housing project in Steamboat Springs backed by a tech-focused venture capitalist.

Author César Garcia Hernandez talks to the Sun's Kevin Simpson about his book on immigration politics and policy, "Welcome the Wretched".

Today we're joined by Cameron Kirkegaard, a senior at Grand Junction High School, who recently released a documentary he made called Line of Fire, about sexual assault on the U.S. Biathlon Team – that’s skiing and shooting – that has gone unaddressed for decades.

On today's Sun-Up, Temperature newsletter reporters Michael Booth and John Ingold offer updates on a surprising settlement over religious exemptions for Covid vaccines, and readers' burning questions about a state push to stop burning natural gas in homes.

Today, Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang reviews the annual Colorado economic forecast put together by the business school at University of Colorado and how that outlook is filled with uncertainty going into 2026.  Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/08/chaos-uncertainty-economy-colorado-predictions-forecast/

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about how the new book “The Way Out” by Colorado author Devon O’Neil can be a model to help advance the conversation on what we learn from mountain tragedies and dealing with the fallout and trauma.

Author Jenny Powers joins SunLit editor Kevin Simpson to discuss "On the Origin of Being".

Today, Sun arts and culture reporter Parker Yamasaki digs into the growing number of holiday markets around Colorado and places where you can still find that unique gift while helping local small businesses. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/colorado-holiday-markets/ 

Colorado lawmakers were recently warned that the state is stuck in a cycle of annual billion-dollar budget shortfalls. Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul discussed the situation with Arlo Pérez Esquivel on the Colorado Today podcast from Colorado Public Radio Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/17/colorado-budget-cycles-1-billion-shortfall-medicaid/

Today we look into the rocky future of the Rocky Mountain Regional Patent Office, which was slated to close during the shutdown and shift remaining employees to Virginia, and now may be relocated somewhere else in the West. Tamara Chung joins to explain what these shifting federal decisions could mean for Colorado and its workers.

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins takes us up to the hills outside of Paonia for updates on a project to turn potent methane leaking from an abandoned coal mine into less harmful carbon dioxide. Celebrating the DPS Experience

Today, Sun director of development Alyssa Pinkerton and membership manager Danika Worthington discuss ways listeners like you can get involved in supporting Colorado with free, trustworthy news by supporting nonprofit journalism. Gift membership: https://coloradosun.com/gift-membership  Black Friday: https://giving.coloradosun.com/page/black-friday-2025 

Author Mark Easter chats with The Colorado Sun's Kevin Simpson about his book "The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos".

Historian Derek Everett joins The Colorado Sun’s Kevin Simpson to explain the strange years when Colorado celebrated two Thanksgivings.

Today we're talking with Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang about the cost of the Thanksgiving meal in Colorado this year. Many expected costs to be higher this year, but they're not. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/22/thanksgiving-dinner-prices-colorado-grocery-2025/

The Thanksgiving holiday week is the unofficial start of the Colorado ski season. Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has a preview of the new stuff this winter across the state, big Colorado events before the Olympics and his always optimistic hope for the snow to pick up.

G. Brown, veteran music journalist and executive director of Colorado Music Experience, joins The Sun’s Kevin Simpson to dish out a Thanksgiving musical feast. From Colorado classics to unexpected holiday favorites, they share the songs, stories, and sounds that set the tone for the season.

Today, Sun reporter Olivia Prentzel looks at how a Denver-area investigator who relied on Flock cameras to build a theft case was disciplined after falsely accusing a woman of stealing a $25 package. She had her own evidence. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/12/columbine-valley-office-flock-camera-extra-training/

Colorado may have just had a statewide election, but the Colorado Sun's politics team is already turning its attention toward the midterm elections next year. Sun political reporter Jesse Paul was recently on Purplish, the podcast produced by CPR News and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance, to talk about what's on the horizon.

Today, Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang digs deeper into rent decreases across the metro Denver area and how and why it has become a renter’s market right now. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/17/rent-prices-denver-falling-apartment-data/

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins sifts through results from the Colorado communities looking to tax tourists more and how those ballot measures fared across the state, with some surprises. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/10/tourism-taxes-election/

Director Victor Hogan II and Writer Alan Brooks talk talk about their collaboration on bringing Brooks's graphic novel to the screen with "Always, Most of the Time".

Today, Colorado Sun rural reporter Tracy Ross has updates on the Colorado wolf reintroduction as it approaches the two-year mark of when the first wolves were released in Colorado.

Today, Michael Booth and John Ingold talk about a controversial highway expansion in Denver, plus a hospital merger in Estes Park.

Today, Colorado Sun arts and culture reporter Parker Yamasaki breaks down the latest report on the arts in the metro Denver area and how the pandemic recovery is coming along. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/08/arts-theater-economy-colorado/

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks into a major land sale in southern Colorado and how concerns about the Trump administration’s plans for public lands could derail the plan.

Kevin Fitzgerald, veterinarian and author, sits down with The Colorado Sun's Kevin Simpson to discusses his memoir "It Started with a Turtle"

The Colorado Sun is embarking on a yearlong project to take a hard look at child care issues in Colorado. Today, Sun education reporter Erica Breunlin talks about what she and other reporters will dive into and who they are wanting to hear from.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has sued the Trump administration more than 40 times since January. Colorado Sun political reporter Taylor Dolven has been tracking the cases and Weiser's win-loss record. She joined fellow political reporter Jesse Paul to talk about what she's found. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/08/04/colorado-attorney-general-phil-weiser-lawsuits-trump/

Today Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang about the evolution of Colorado Gives Day, why it’s more than a day and how it went from $8 million in 2010 to nearly $55 million last year. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/01/colorado-gives-day-lasts-39-days-food-bank-snap/

The mountain town of Nederland is regrouping after a major fire destroyed about 30% of the town’s businesses last month. Today, Colorado Sun rural reporter Tracy Ross has updates from the community west of Boulder. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/businesses-rebuild-after-nederland-fire/

Today: Author Allyson Reedy chats with Colorado Sun reporter Kevin Simpson about her new F. Scott Fitzgerald-inspired book, "Mrs. Wilson's Affair".

Today - Sun reporter Tracy Ross talks to award-winning journalist, Nate Schweber, about his new book “This America of Ours: Bernard and Avis Devoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild”.