The Daily Sun-Up

The pending sale of Eldora ski area in Boulder County to the town of Nederland has been going on for roughly two years. Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down the latest updates from the town, their change in strategy, and if the patience of the seller is wearing thing.

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Communities in the struggling Colorado River Basin looking for ways to shore up water supplies after decades of drought are turning to new forms of cloud seeding. Is it snake oil or science?

And check out more on our series "Can Colorado do more with less water?"
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Katie Rizzo, author of "The Trimesters of Grief", sit's down with the Sun's Kevin Simpson to discuss the loss of her son and her new book.

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Tracy talks to Amanda McCracken, a Boulder-based writer, runner, mother and author of When Longing Becomes Your Lover: Breaking from Infatuation, Rejection, and Perfectionism to Find Authentic Love: A True Story of Overcoming Limerence.

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Colorado Sun Public Policy Editor Justin George sits down with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during her recent visit to Littleton. Pelosi was in Colorado for a fundraiser supporting U.S. Rep. Jason Crow’s reelection campaign in the 6th Congressional District. In this special edition of The Unaffiliated, George talks with Pelosi about the political landscape in Colorado and across the country heading into the 2026 midterms.

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Colorado is working on its next round of incentives to help low-income communities with its “opportunity zones” program, which first launched in 2018. Sun rural reporter Tracy Ross talks about the program’s 2026 plans and her conversation with Gov. Jared Polis.

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Before the ski lifts start turning, there’s another Colorado tradition that will hit Colorado communities in the hills and on the Front Range: ski swaps. Parker Yamasaki looks into the history of swaps and the more than 20 going on across Colorado this fall.

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Author Krista Hanley sits down with the Sun's Kevin Simpson to discuss her Columbine experience and "How to Survive a Mass Shooting".

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Today the Sun's Tracy Ross talks to Annette McGivney and Betsy Gaines Quammen about their new books Plastic Shaman and This Haunted Land as well as the importance of representation, why Western women writers matter and a haunting in the Hemingway House. They'll be in discussion about their books at Boulder Bookstore on Wednesday, Oct 7th.

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Today, Sun events specialist Kristina Pritchett and politics editor Justin George give us a preview of the Colorado Sun debates and candidate conversations as we head into the midterm election season.

Events schedule: https://coloradosun.com/events/ 
Election coverage: https://coloradosun.com/colorado-election-2026/ 

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