Good morning, Sunriser readers!
Colorado has had a big year in acquisitions. First we landed women’s soccer, then we lured in Sundance.
I went down to the Boulder Theater yesterday where Sundance Institute folks mingled with state lawmakers and Boulder locals during the official announcement. There was a genuine buzz — and maybe some relief — about the event. Official and official-looking people raced through 4-minute speeches, rhapsodizing about Boulder’s mountain views and welcoming culture. It got a little Nicole Kidman in the AMC commercial at times. I saw at least one tear shed.
It is the movie industry, after all. Heartfelt speeches and theatrics are welcome. And I’m so here for it.
Don’t start playing the music yet, we’ve got a lot of news to get through.
Parker Yamasaki
Reporter
THE NEWS
CULTURE
Sundance Film Festival is officially relocating to Boulder from Utah
The Boulder Theater marquee welcomes the move of the Sundance Film Festival to Boulder on Thursday. (Alyte Katilius, Special to The Colorado Sun)“But there was something about Boulder.”
— Ebs Burnough, board chair of the Sundance Institute
Sundance Film Festival has been slowly peeling away from its home state of Utah over the past year, beginning with a call for proposals in April. Out of around 100 interested cities, Boulder landed the gig. I was at the Boulder Theater on Thursday for the official announcement.
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OUTDOORS
Plan to change Colorado Flight for Life helicopters’ color has many seeing red
CommonSpirit Health plans to change its Flight for Life helicopter colors from orange to purple. (Handout)“I don’t understand it. It’s like Coke changing from red to purple.”
— Chris Carr, former flight nurse
Six Flight for Life helicopters are getting a magenta makeover as part of an overall brand refresh by the Chicago-based CommonSpirit, which took over Colorado’s Centura Health in 2023. But the color change is irking some who think that money it’ll take to paint the copters would better be spent on things like, say, much-needed safety upgrades. Jason Blevins has more.
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WATER
Do you have an over-loved river in your Colorado town? Help is on the way.
Flat slabs of sandstone help visitors access North St. Vrain Creek at LaVern Johnson Park in Lyons. The park has numerous points where people can fish, wade or enter the water on tubes. (Dana Coffield, The Colorado Sun)$417,000
Seed money approved for the Colorado Rivermap project
A project launched by a fish advocacy group now has the funding and approval to start restoring rivers in need. The Colorado Rivermap will begin with a technical survey to identify stretches of river with poor access and eroded stream banks, before turning to advocacy groups and agencies to make the improvements. Jerd Smith of Freshwater News has more on the map.
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Lauren Boebert defends Trump administration on Musk, immigration and budget cuts during telephone town hall
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, arrives for a vote Nov. 15 at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)“The in-person town halls, unfortunately, have become more theater than dialogue.”
— Tyler Sandberg, Republican strategist with Timor Strategies
Rep. Lauren Boebert, whose rise to political fame began with an in-your-face microphone moment at an Aurora rally, held a virtual town hall with constituents Wednesday night. She’s the latest Republican to opt for a digital space over a physical one in an effort to quell political theatrics and viral moments. Caitlyn Kim reports on the town hall trade-offs.
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MORE NEWS
Temporary home for women’s pro soccer team will become permanent pitch for Cherry Creek schools. Denver’s National Women’s Soccer League team will build a stadium for the 2026 and ’27 seasons, then hand off the complex to student-athletes. Family sues southern Colorado sheriff after 69-year-old inmate died in county jail. The coroner ruled Michael Burch’s death a homicide caused by blunt force trauma. He was tackled and slammed into a metal bench by a Huerfano County jail officer. Fact Brief ☀️ Did the Colorado Supreme Court find Trump engaged in an insurrection? Yes. The Colorado Supreme Court barred Trump from the state ballot after finding he engaged in insurrection. The ruling was later overturned.Section by Parker Yamasaki | Reporter
THE COLORADO REPORT
WinCo Foods looks at Thornton for possible location for one of its discount stores. The employee-owned WinCo — known for its warehouse-style supermarkets, low prices and a large selection of bulk items — has its sights on land near other commercial businesses just north of E-470 for its first location in Colorado.— Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Company faces stock delisting over problems with its SEC filings. Trimble, a Westminster-based industrial technology company with a market cap of over $16 billion, is late in filing its annual financial reports because of accounting problems related to a 2023 acquisition. — Denver Business Journal ? Bob Fuchigami, survivor of Colorado’s Amache internment camp, dies at 94. Fuchigami was 11 when the Army forced him and his family from their Northern California farm and imprisoned them at the Japanese-American internment camp, also known as the Granada Relocation Center, for three years during World War II. Read Fuchigami’s opinion column advocating for Amache’s national park status, written for The Sun in 2019.— The Denver Post Ex-Tattered Cover CEO buys building for return to bookselling. Kwame Spearman and a partner bought the building that formerly housed Humboldt Kitchen + Bar (and currently hosts White Pie and Dos Santos) in Denver’s uptown neighborhood with plans for a bookstore with “soul and substance.”— BusinessDen ? Denver’s median down payment balloons. High interest rates are pushing homebuyers to put more money down, with Denver’s median down payment of $84,427 ringing in at 13.3% higher than the year before. — Axios Denver? = source has article meter or paywall
Section by Eric Lubbers | CTO & Newsletter Wrangler
THE OPINION PAGE
CARTOONS
In “What’d I Miss?” Myra calls out the deletion by the FTC of certain information critical of big tech companies that donated to the president’s inauguration.
CARTOON
Jim Morrissey illustrates how, as the Colorado legislature addresses proposed cuts to deal with a $1.2 billion deficit, there’s no magical solution to the fiscal pain.
CARTOON
Drew Litton reminds us that while in many locations, the start of the Major League baseball season signals renewed hope and possibility, these are the Colorado Rockies.
CARTOON
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Podcast Playlist
CONVERSATION
Each weekday The Daily Sun-Up podcast brings you a thoughtful conversation and headlines of the day. We keep it tight so you can listen on the go, or stack up a few and tune in at your leisure. Download the Sun-Up for free on your favorite podcasting app, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube or RSS to plug into your app. Check out this week’s lineup from The Sun team:
Know a kid interested in journalism? Education reporter Erica Bruenlin and events specialist Kristina Pritchett announce details for our 5th annual Rise & Shine program. The free, all-day event is great for any high school students interested in what we do.LISTEN Navigating Colorado budget cuts and nuclear prospects. Questions abound with the Trump administration changes — from funding cuts and changes in energy production. Sun reporter John Ingold and Parker Yamasaki talk about both in Colorado.LISTEN Colorado gardeners, get your spring on. Our reporting on CSU’s Veggie Madness contest got Sun business and tech reporter and resident green thumb Tamara Chuang primed for the upcoming season. We talk Colorado backyard crops and her tips.LISTEN I-70 traffic … don’t get me started. Chances are, you’ve been at a standstill on the mountain corridor because of an accident. Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has the crash data and solutions offered by local towns losing $2 million an hour. LISTEN Life, death, beauty, technology, poetry. Not to get too deep, but Sun reporter Tracy Ross has a powerful conversation with Boulder poet Radha Marcum about her process, her inspirations and her latest award-winning collection, “Pine Soot Tendon Bone.”LISTEN?️ Remember, you can ask Siri, Alexa or Google to “play the Daily Sun-Up podcast” and we’ll play right on your smart speaker. As always we appreciate your feedback and comments at [email protected].
Section by David Krause | Editor
That’s all we’ve got — roll the credits. See you back here next week.
— Parker & the whole staff of The Sun
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