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Column: Questions about Colorado’s second-largest utility

Grocery stores have been consolidating. With utilities, the opposite is occurring. We’re seeing some of them start to come apart. Specifically in question is whether Colorado’s second-largest electrical provider, Tri-State Generation and Transmission, will survive this great pivot in how we produce and consume electricity. more
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Column: How we are impacted by our beliefs about time

The cultural biases we place on time increase our anxiety for perfection during The Holidays. However, greater awareness of how your beliefs cause stress and anxiety can help alleviate mounting pressures. more
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Let the Arvada Center light the way to holiday cheer

Finding the right way to spend a night out during the holiday season is a tale as old as time. While there is no shortage of overtly holiday-themed activities to select from, maybe you’re in the … more
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Column: Public land — a true blessing

At every Thanksgiving dinner, my family asks everyone around the table to say what they’re grateful for. more
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Column: An update from Clear Creek County Board of Education

Two elections ago, the voters of Clear Creek County passed a historic bond measure, infusing dollars into each of our schools and laying the groundwork for our transition to expeditionary learning. more
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Welcome the holiday season to the Denver area

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all! At this time of year, people are constantly searching for fun ways to explore the metro area and all it has to offer — maybe you have family in from out of town … more
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Column: The fading miracle of migration

For the past few weeks, dozens of turkey vultures have been circling on thermals over my house in Oregon, preparing to soar away south into California. more
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Column: It’s never too late to save a river

An old river-running motto says, “Old boaters never die, they just get a little dinghy.” And some never lose their passion for keeping rivers wild. more
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DFF45 stands as example of film’s wide reach

In many ways, there’s never been a better time to be a cinephile. The combination of a rainbow of streaming services that cater to practically every interest and the return of in-theater screening … more
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Column: What parents should know about RSV

As RSV cases continue to spike across parts of the U.S. — with some areas nearing seasonal peak levels — those typical “bugs” your child brings home may have you feeling on edge. With so … more
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Column: Friendship — we’re killing it

One of the great ironies of this interconnected age when we are wired as never before, when communication with another is merely an email, text, Zoom call, or app away, and when we have a plethora of groups to join and participate in and the time to be involved in them, more and more are finding themselves friendless or their friendships tentative and tenuous. more
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Explore a new planet at Wings Over the Rockies

The idea of traveling to another planet seems closer than ever in recent years — no longer is it an idea solely left to the science fiction writers among us. And the Wings Over the Rockies Air … more
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Blankslate looks ahead with ‘Summer on a Salt Flat’

For many people, college leads to all kinds of new starts. For Tess Condron, Rylee Dunn and Emma Troughton, their time at the University of Denver led to the formation of the indie rock trio … more
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DFF45 brings the world’s stories to Denver

There’s a reason that during the worst parts of the COVID-19 pandemic, so many people turned to the film world for solace and inspiration. The Denver Film Festival is aiming to achieve that same … more
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Column: When no home is affordable, where do you live?

It’s a common story: Candace McNatt of Durango, in southern Colorado, kept losing bidding wars to buy a house. She finally settled on a tiny home of just 350 square feet. more
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Column: How do you want to shift your relationship with time?

When a client comes to me saying, “I never have enough time. I’m constantly running behind and feel like I’ll never catch up.” I hear a judge within, who has a rigid idea of time. more
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Say yes to ’The River Bride’ at the Arvada Center

Magical realism is one of the most difficult genres to tackle – blending the recognizable with the mystical is a fine line to walk. For the first production of the Arvada Center Black Box … more
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Column: The beast within

I call my essays Higher Living Reflections. What, though, does living higher entail? It includes elevating oneself and rising above base proclivities, a challenging endeavor often fraught with obstacles. more
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Column: What other dirty linen in our geographic drawer needs cleansing?

Evans will almost certainly be replaced as the name for Colorado’s 14th-highest mountain. But what about other names associated with an ugly massacre? more
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Column: On Colorado’s liquor laws

Based upon a combination of policies to protect existing businesses and puritanical beliefs about the use of alcohol, Colorado’s liquor laws were designed to have a variety of provisions that limited a market-based approach to many elements about how the product was sold in our state. more
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