Good morning, Colorado!
After a week of traveling outside the country in a warm, sunny place, it felt like a gift to come home to 75 degrees in Colorado. I started to daydream about hiking on trails in shorts and a T-shirt … until I saw snow in the forecast later this week. It’s springtime in Colorado, so it’s no surprise really. I’ll just go back to daydreaming about backpacking and camping for just a little while longer.
We’ve got a few more warm days before temperatures drop (along the Front Range anyway). Before you start searching for your hat and gloves, let’s get to the day’s news.
ENERGY
The Craig Station coal-burning power plant in Moffat County, seen on Feb. 14, 2024, is expected to close by 2028. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun)
The three coal-fired units at Craig Station are still scheduled to be shut down, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order to expand the production of “beautiful clean coal” — and as Mark Jaffe reports, the driving force behind the shutdown is economics, not politics.
TECHNOLOGY
After privacy advocates pushed back — and the governor indicated he may veto the bill as written — the legislation that would have required pornographic websites to verify the ages of users through government-issued ID or an AI examination of live photos has been abandoned by its sponsors, Jesse Paul writes.
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Thornton, speaks at a campaign event Oct. 26 in Commerce City. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun)
The approximate number of votes that separated Yadira Caraveo from victory over Gabe Evans in 2024.
After narrowly losing her seat to Rep. Gabe Evans during last year’s general election, pediatrician Caraveo has officially announced that she’s running again. But as Jesse Paul reports, she has competition in the Democratic primary before a rematch could be set.
TECHNOLOGY
University of Colorado with partners Elevate Quantum and other universities announced it would open a quantum incubator in Boulder for startups and researchers interested in taking ideas out of the lab and turning them into reality. (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Colorado officials celebrated World Quantum Day (which is on 4/14 in honor of the Planck constant) in Boulder by unveiling a package of lesson plans and blueprints designed to help build a “quantum workforce.” And as Tamara Chuang reports, the city’s top quantum companies are optimistic about the future, despite questions over the Trump administration’s commitment to the field.
MORE NEWS
A screenshot from a video of the night Christian Glass, 22, was shot and killed after Clear Creek County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call in June 2022. Former Clear Creek sheriff’s deputy Andrew Buen in February 2025 was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in Glass’ death.
THE COLORADO REPORT
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REVIEW
Stephanie Kane was a college student at CU in 1973, about to get married, when her fiancé’s mother was brutally murdered. She was haunted by the crime for years, and eventually wrote a fictionalized account called “Quiet Time,” which triggered a reopening of the real-life cold case. “True Crime Redux” recounts how that case played out, both legally and personally, with Kane and her fictional work coming under close examination.
Thanks for reading on this sunny day! Catch you back here tomorrow.
— Olivia & the whole staff of The Sun
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