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Good morning, Colorado.

It’s finally farmers market season again and my wife and I have been hitting it hard. Asparagus. Eggs. Bread. Bacon. A 2-pound oyster mushroom that was too big to fit in a normal bag so needed its own tote.

If you ask me, this is the best time of the year. Admittedly, I say that about every new season — but this time I really mean it. Anyhoo, time to stop dreaming of food. Let’s turn to the news.

Danika Worthington

Presentation Editor

THE NEWS

WATER

As Colorado streamflow forecast shrinks, white water river runners need to act fast

Shelli Wenzel rows a raft down the Arkansas River on April 26 near Salida. (Anna Stonehouse, Special to The Colorado Sun)

“It’s not looking great.”

— Brian Domonkos, Colorado snow survey supervisor at the NRCS in Lakewood

48%

The streamflow forecast for the Rio Grande in Colorado compared with the median

It’s not a great season to be a river rat in Colorado. Jerd Smith reports on the streamflow forecasts for the state’s raftable waterways, where even the healthiest rivers in the state are expecting less than 80% of the median flow.

Suncor violated pollution limits for 900 hours during 2022-23 shutdown, environmental study says

Suncor Energy Refinery in Commerce City on Oct. 16. (Claudia A. Garcia, Special to The Colorado Sun).

Suncor’s Commerce City refinery violated pollution emission limits for 900 hours in the three months it shut down after a fire in late 2022, but the company avoided fines because of loopholes in regulations, an environmental group’s study said Tuesday. Michael Booth has more.

Criticizing Clear Creek School District over spending on construction, teachers demand a pay raise

Clear Creek Middle and High School pictured Monday in Evergreen. (Erica Breunlin, The Colorado Sun)

“A strong district cannot be built on infrastructure alone — especially when it comes at the direct expense of the people who sustain our schools. Educators should not be asked to bear the cost of the district’s overspending on capital projects.”

— Rachel Richardson, president of the Clear Creek County Education Association and a third grade teacher at King-Murphy Mountain School

“We’re trying to do the most that we can within the realities that we have.”

— Clear Creek School District board treasurer Kelly Flenniken

Tensions are high at the Clear Creek School District, as money being spent on infrastructure — in particular a $5 million bus barn — is rankling teachers and other staff as they try to negotiate bigger pay raises. But as Erica Breunlin reports, declining enrollment, federal cuts and other financial realities have district leaders scrambling.

Jets are carrying passengers from Pueblo to Denver again. For now.

Passengers deplane from a Denver Air Connection VIP flight at Pueblo Memorial Airport. The Englewood-based airline is the third provider of Essential Air Service to the airport in five years. (Mike Sweeney, Special to The Colorado Sun)

$59

The out-of-pocket cost to fly one-way from Pueblo to Denver on the Denver Air Connection, including free parking

The Denver Air Connection service launched with 12 weekly roundtrip flights between Pueblo and Denver as part of the federal government’s Essential Air Service program. But as Sue McMillin reports, efforts to rally the city to use the flights are running into potential cuts from the Trump administration.

MORE NEWS

Colorado Republicans back Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.” House leaders are trying to pass the massive package with Republican votes alone, and so far all of Colorado’s Congressional Republicans are on board. Loose pet kangaroo keeps police hopping — again — in Colorado. Irwin, the pet kangaroo, wasn’t difficult to nab when he got loose last fall in Durango. But when Irwin, now larger and faster, got loose again, Durango police had to think fast to capture the (legal) family pet. After crossing the border for better schools, some parents — including in Denver — are pulling their kids and leaving the U.S. Already, thousands of immigrants have notified federal authorities they plan to “self-deport,” according to the Department of Homeland Security. President Donald Trump has encouraged more families to leave by stoking fears of imprisonment, ramping up government surveillance, and offering people $1,000 and transportation out of the country.

Section by Eric Lubbers | CTO & Newsletter Wrangler

THE COLORADO REPORT

Denver’s 16th Street Mall has a new name, and it’s one word shorter. More than 40 years after turning the once busy street into a pavilion for pedestrians, the city is once again trying to reinvent downtown. The new name comes with a $100,000 branding campaign.— Denverite Grand County buys Vail water shares to shore up ag and environmental use. Residents raised concern that the deal would help developers take water from farmers, but the county said water will be subleased to producers during the growing season to ensure irrigation on the Granby Mesa.—Sky-Hi News Was this Denver waitress really “the most dangerous woman alive”? Eleanor Jarman scaled a fence of an Illinois prison after serving only seven years of her 199-year sentence as an accomplice for murder. Police searched for her for more than a decade. A Colorado author thinks she was in Denver, serving pancakes, all along. —Westword

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Section by Olivia Prentzel | Reporter

THE OPINION PAGE

COLUMNS

The Negotiator in Chief has had a tough week. Trump failed with Putin. He embarrassed himself in the petro-kingdoms. And he threatened reluctant GOP members if they don’t vote his way.— Mike Littwin

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SunLit

REVIEW

Out West Books offers stories influenced by famous authors

Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from bookstores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Out West Books in Grand Junction recommends:

“Austen at Sea” by Natalie Jenner, four characters find their lives transformed by the renowned author “The Queens of Crime” by Marie Benedict, famous crime writers band together to solve a murder “The Lost Book of First Loves” by RaeAnne Thayne, a fictional literary icon triggers unforeseen family drama

Read what the bookstore staff had to say about each. Pick up a copy and support your local bookstores at the same time.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Section by Kevin Simpson | Writer

If you’re wondering, oyster mushrooms are great when fried. See you tomorrow!

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