The Daily Sun-Up

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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.

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Today, Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang breaks down a new multimillion dollar marketing campaign dubbed “Denver: The best return on life.” Funded by local business leaders, the campaign is leaning into the good things that are going on.

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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins gets us caught up on a variety of news coming from the outdoors, including a liability lawsuit dismissed, river permitting proposal, daylight saving pushback and more.

Daylight saving time pushback: https://coloradosun.com/2026/09/21/ski-resort-industry-urges-lawmakers-to-reject-daylight-saving-bill/ 

Liability lawsuit dismissed: https://coloradosun.com/2026/09/25/colorado-supreme-court-liability-waivers-resorts/ 

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Stephen Collector sits down with the Sun's Kevin Simpson to talk about the outdoors and his new book, "No Do-Overs in Paradise".

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The Colorado Broadband Office has canceled numerous contracts totaling more than $100 million that had been awarded to a Parker-based company to build fiber internet to rural households. Today, Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang looks at the allegations surrounding Maverix Broadband and their response.

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Today the Colorado Sun takes you inside a dark tent in the middle of the night at a remote Colorado campground, where an animal attack forced a resourceful camper to draw on her skills and fight back. Join us to hear Kathleen Baran in her own words.

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