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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 23h

ACLU, Colorado law firms sue ICE to stop "indiscriminate" arrests and detentions | The Colorado Sun
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ACLU, Colorado law firms sue ICE to stop "indiscriminate" arrests and detentions

Caroline Dias Goncalves, a 19-year-old college student detained by ICE in June, is one of the plaintiffs

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Kilian Jornet races across 72 14ers in Colorado, California and Washington in 31 days

The world's top mountaineer climbed 404,000 feet on 72 14ers, covering 3,100 miles on foot and bike for his States of Elevation project

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 1d

This is an important documentary that underscores the stakes for all of us -- not just journalists, but the communities that they cover. This is worth your time.

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The documentary "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," about how Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is gobbling up newspapers across America and gutting them, is available to watch on PBS.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 1d

New: Nederland shopping center that anchored both town and travel is on fire coloradosun.com/2025/10/09/n...

Nederland shopping center that anchored both town and travel is on fire

Central Nederland was ordered evacuated early Thursday a firefighters worked to protect the center near the Carousel of Happiness

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 2d

Hundreds of Colorado Springs teachers strike over loss of collective bargaining, although classes remained in session Wednesday with substitutes and former teachers-turned-administrators .... coloradosun.com/2025/10/08/h...

Hundreds of Colorado Springs teachers strike over loss of collective bargaining

Classes remained in session on Wednesday with Colorado Springs School District 11 relying on substitutes and former teachers-turned-administrators

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 2d

These 14 Colorado cities aren’t complying with state housing laws. It could cost them $280M in grants. coloradosun.com/2025/10/07/c...

These 14 Colorado cities aren’t complying with state housing laws. It could cost them $280M in grants.

Some of the cities that aren’t in compliance filed a lawsuit against the Polis administration earlier this year over its threat to withhold grant funding if they didn’t comply with the affordable hous...

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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 2d

The Aurora Sentinel is a “citizen” entitled to recover attorney fees and court costs for prevailing in an open meetings lawsuit against the Aurora City Council, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

CO Supreme Court: Aurora Sentinel is a ‘citizen’ entitled to attorney fees for winning an open meetings law case - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition

The Aurora Sentinel is a “citizen” entitled to recover attorney fees and court costs for prevailing in an open meetings lawsuit against the Aurora City Council, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled.

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 3d

Update: Conservative SCOTUS justices seem to agree with a Christian counselor in Colorado … Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay, transgender minors scrutinized before U.S. Supreme Court | The Colorado Sun
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Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay, transgender minors scrutinized before U.S. Supreme Court

A Colorado law banning so-called conversion therapy to “cure” minors of being gay or transgender was scrutinized Tuesday in arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, which will decide whether banning t...

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 3d

Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay, transgender minors goes before the U.S. Supreme Court | The Colorado Sun
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Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay, transgender minors goes before the U.S. Supreme Court

A Colorado law banning so-called conversion therapy to “cure” minors of being gay or transgender was scrutinized Tuesday in arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, which will decide whether banning t...

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 7d

And then, just this week, a celebrated climber died in Yosemite in another reppelling accident. .... Rare death of a climbing guide on Idaho Springs via ferrata launches state, federal investigations coloradosun.com/2025/10/03/i...

Rare death of a climbing guide on Idaho Springs via ferrata launches state, federal investigations

Olivia Copeland, a 26-year-old climbing guide, died in a fall while rappelling with her group on the Blue Sky Via Ferrata in Idaho Springs

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 7d

Trump administration slashes $550 million in Colorado clean energy grants. Democrats call it revenge. coloradosun.com/2025/10/03/c...

Trump administration slashes $550 million in Colorado clean energy grants. Democrats call it revenge.

Mostly blue states, like Colorado, are losing $7.5 billion in federal clean energy grants. Democrats say it is an act of political revenge.

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 7d

New: Palmer Lake residents will vote to approve or deny annexation for Buc-ee’s | The Colorado Sun
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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 9d

New: John Hickenlooper on what it would take to get his vote to end the federal government’s shutdown coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/j...

John Hickenlooper on what it would take to get his vote to end the federal government’s shutdown

The Colorado Democrat estimates the shutdown will last at least a week or two

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: As the federal government shutdown takes hold, we’re seeing the first impacts. …. US Patent Office is closing the Denver regional office permanently | The Colorado Sun
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US Patent Office is closing the Denver regional office permanently

This is not part of the federal shutdown that began Wednesday. The regional office opened outside of DC to expand the agency’s U.S. presence.

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 9d

New: Colorado authorities reviewing 2005 probe into Hunter S. Thompson’s death coloradosun.com/2025/09/30/h...

Colorado authorities reviewing 2005 probe into Hunter S. Thompson’s death

The famous author, known for his gonzo journalism, died by apparent suicide in his home in Woody Creek, outside of Aspen in 2005

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 10d

Juries have issued record-setting awards in wrongful death lawsuits and new lawsuits are targeting ski resorts .... $205M jury award in Colorado amusement park death highlights gaps in once-mighty liability waivers coloradosun.com/2025/09/30/g...

$205M jury award in Colorado amusement park death highlights gaps in once-mighty liability waivers

Since the state’s high court last year weakened liability waivers, juries have issued record-setting awards in wrongful death lawsuits

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 10d

“I do have hope”: Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra has been locked in Aurora ICE facility for more than six months coloradosun.com/2025/09/30/j...

“I do have hope”: Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra has been locked in Aurora ICE facility for more than six months

Vizguerra’s attorneys are trying fresh legal maneuver now that she has been detained for more than 180 days

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 11d

Good news for bison: Brucellosis-free bison are being sent to other states to help strengthen the overall population and to improve the health of prairie landscapes. ... A CSU researcher bred a disease out of iconic Yellowstone bison so they could come to Colorado coloradosun.com/2025/09/29/c...

A CSU researcher bred a disease out of iconic Yellowstone bison so they could come to Colorado

Jen Barfield figured out how to clean bison sperm and embryos of the disease that triggers miscarriages and premature births in cattle and other animals.

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 15d

14-year-old critically wounded in Evergreen High School shooting confronted attacker, family says | The Colorado Sun
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14-year-old critically wounded in Evergreen High School shooting confronted attacker, family says

“In those terrifying moments, our son showed a level of bravery, strength, and will to survive that no child should ever be asked to display,” the boy’s family said

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 15d

FWIW, Xcel said in its statement that $350 million of the announced settlement would come from the power company’s remaining insurance coverage, and “none from its customers.”

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 15d

Xcel Energy settling Marshall fire lawsuit for $640 million while admitting no fault coloradosun.com/2025/09/24/x...

Xcel Energy settling Marshall fire lawsuit for $640 million while admitting no fault

Xcel Energy and other defendants said Wednesday they are settling a massive lawsuit from victims of the 2021 Marshall fire just ahead of a major trial, with Xcel saying it will pay $640 million withou...

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 17d

This is real news you can use. .... Here’s how to reduce your lightning risk if you’re in Colorado’s backcountry with no shelter nearby coloradosun.com/2025/09/23/l...

Here’s how to reduce your lightning risk if you’re in Colorado’s backcountry with no shelter nearby

Colorado is third-highest in the nation for lightning deaths, according to data provided by the National Lightning Safety Council.

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 17d

The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine's biobank has collected genetic info from more than 270,000 patients, John Ingold reports today. ... Your drugs and your genes may not play nicely together. A UCHealth project aims to find out in advance. coloradosun.com/2025/09/23/u...

Your drugs and your genes may not play nicely together. A UCHealth project aims to find out in advance.

A biobank that is a partnership between UCHealth and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus looks for drug-gene interactions.

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 18d

They were caught in a storm on Sept. 12 .... Elk hunters found dead in southern Colorado were struck by lightning coloradosun.com/2025/09/22/h...

Elk hunters found dead in southern Colorado were struck by lightning

Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko, experienced outdoorsmen, were caught in a storm Sept. 12, according to Bridget Murphy, Porter’s financée

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 20d

Freedom of speech is under attack.

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