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.

Celebrating the DPS Experience

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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 

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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".

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

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