Friday, April 11, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt issued a proclamation establishing San Isabel Forest Reserve, which would later become San Isabel National Forest. Today, San Isabel is one of Colorado’s 11 national forests, spanning more than a million acres and multiple mountain ranges. April isn’t just the end […]

Thursday, April 10, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2004, the Denver Pioneers won the NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey national championship for the first time in 35 years, defeating the Maine Black Bears 1-0 in the title game of the Frozen Four at Boston’s Fleet Center.  What do mead tastings, costume contests […]

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1851, Hispano farmers established the town of San Luis. Now 174 years old, San Luis claims the title of Colorado’s oldest continuously occupied town. Can psychedelic mushrooms be used for therapy? That’s the question soon to be explored at the state’s first-ever psychedelic healing center, […]

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1909, American novelist John Fante was born in Denver. Fante is best known for his 1939 novel Ask the Dust, which follows an Italian-American from Colorado—Fante’s alter ego—struggling to make it as a writer in Depression-era Los Angeles. Ski season is just about wrapping up, […]

Monday, April 7, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2007, the Colorado Rapids debuted, playing their first-ever game at the newly opened Dick’s Sporting Goods Park and securing a 2-1 victory over the visiting D.C. United. After the April snowstorm that put a damper on the Rockies’ home opener, we’re in store for some […]

Friday, April 4, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1873, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Samuel Hitt Elbert to be the sixth Governor of the Colorado Territory. One of Elbert’s first acts as governor was tending to the arrival of President Grant, who in the summer of that year became the first president to […]

Thursday, April 3, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1982, the Colorado Rockies—then Colorado’s National Hockey League team—defeated the Calgary Flames 3–1 in their final game before relocating. The franchise moved to New Jersey and became the Devils, leaving Colorado without an NHL team until 1995, when the Quebec Nordiques relocated to Denver and […]

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1889, voters approved the incorporation of the new town of Lafayette. The town was founded the previous year by Mary Miller, who named it in honor of her late husband, Lafayette Miller. We’re featuring some real relics in today’s issue, from a 200-year-old stolen painting […]

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1954, the U.S. Air Force Academy was established north of Colorado Springs. The committee in charge of recommending a location for the new academy had traveled 21,000 miles and looked at hundreds of sites before eventually selecting Colorado Springs as its first choice. April showers […]

Monday, March 31, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1927, civil rights activist Cesar Chavez was born. Chavez is known for his campaigns to win higher wages for farm laborers, notably leading boycotts and strikes, including one on behalf of lettuce pickers in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Why did 6,000 sheep cross the road? […]