Dana Coffield

1 month ago | coloradosun.com | Dana Coffield

Former Wyoming state Rep. Cyrus Western has been tapped to run the Environmental Protection Agency’s Denver field office, replacing former Colorado House speaker KC Becker who served as Region 8 administrator during the Biden administration. The appointment, one of about 3,500 across the federal government the Trump administration is working to fill, does not require Senate confirmation. “When the president asks you to work for him, you don’t say no,” Western told Cowboy State Daily.

1 month ago | coloradosun.com | Nancy Lofholm |Dana Coffield

GRAND JUNCTION — When men began moving into a home on a historic cul-de-sac near St. Mary’s Hospital in January some residents in the close-knit neighborhood of midcentury homes on large lots wondered if maybe a fraternity was setting up in their midst.  The neighbors quickly got clues that the newly sold Grand Junction home was no frat house. On two occasions, men in shackles and handcuffs were dropped off at the home by Denver- and Eagle-area law enforcement vehicles.

1 month ago | coloradosun.com | Chryss Cada |Dana Coffield

Laura Love is both haunted and motivated by the decision to take her 13-year-old son Sam Aden to an emergency room after he shared feelings of despair in early 2022. “We had no idea what to expect once we got there, we just knew that when your kid is experiencing a mental health crisis you take them to the ER,” Love said.

1 month ago | coloradosun.com | Dan England |Dana Coffield

This is the time of year when Jeff Yost didn’t envy the wildlife officers working in the Denver metro area. Yost worked as a biologist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife for years, and every year, he’d hear about the problems caused by residents feeding deer. This was especially true in the winter, when more deer wander off the snowy mountains into populated areas to find easier food and habitat. Residents would see deer in the snow and cold and feel sorry for them.

1 month ago | coloradosun.com | Peter Moore |Dana Coffield

In Aspen, the stars come out during the day. A recent, highly reliable assessment, based on an Instagram account, ranked Aspen the No. 2 spot in the world for close encounters of the celeb kind, with 151 celebrity sightings per hundred people. That means that everybody in town sees approximately half a famous person every year. Which is about right for Kylie Jenner. The number No. 1 celeb spotting place, you ask? The Watch Hill neighborhood in Westerly, Rhode Island.