Monday, December 1, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1913, Denver’s largest snowstorm on record began. Nearly four feet of snow fell over the next five days, with even higher totals in nearby mountain towns. Snow totals from our holiday weekend storm varied, but even a dusting in Denver was enough to end the […]

Thursday, November 27, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1919, a historic Thanksgiving snowstorm hit the Western Slope, bringing over 40 inches of snow to the region. Happy Thanksgiving! However you’re spending the day, we hope it brings peace, gratitude, and maybe even a second helping. Today’s edition of The Colorado Flyover is running a […]

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1922, Charles Schulz, cartoonist and creator of Peanuts, was born in Minnesota. In 1951, Schulz and his family moved to Colorado Springs in an effort to help him overcome writer’s block. The first collection of Peanuts comics was published the following year, in 1952. From Turkey Day fun runs to […]

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1862, the U.S. Treasury formally offered $25,000 to purchase Clark, Gruber & Co., a private minting firm founded in 1859 during Colorado’s gold rush. This offer laid the groundwork for establishing Denver’s first U.S. branch mint. A recent survey asked baseball fans, “If a foul ball was […]

Monday, November 24, 2025 Good Morning. On this day in 1864, Col. Chivington assumed command of the Colorado Third Regiment near Pueblo. Days later, he led the regiment in a deadly attack on a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people—an event known as the Sand Creek Massacre. Nearly 90 years ago, Castle Rock’s fire crew […]

Friday, November 21, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1882, the first Denver & Rio Grande Railway train arrived in Grand Junction. Holiday magic is in the air—literally—in Denver, where hundreds of illuminated drones will put on nightly Christmas-themed aerial displays beginning tonight. Find a preview in today’s Top Stories. 🎄Great news! The Flyover Christmas […]

Thursday, November 20, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1979, 21.1 inches of snow blanketed Fort Collins, setting a record for single-day snowfall in the city. Speaking of snow, Denver is still waiting on its first of the season, with a record-setting snowless streak topping 200 days. In our Top Stories, we look at […]

The Colorado Flyover The winning bidder of an auctioned-off, unpaid storage unit found 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills inside, marking the single-largest fentanyl bust in Colorado history.                  ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   […]

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1883, U.S. railroads adopted four standardized time zones on what became known as the Day of Two Noons, replacing a confusing and dangerous hodgepodge of local times. Colorado made the switch to Mountain Standard Time, which its clocks have followed ever since. 🦃 With Thanksgiving fast […]

The Colorado Flyover Gov. Jared Polis has requested a major disaster declaration from President Trump and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support ongoing flood recovery efforts in southwestern Colorado. ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ […]