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

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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.

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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.

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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/

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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.

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

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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/ 

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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/

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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.

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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.

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