Monday, March 23, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1899, Teller County, named for U.S. Sen. Henry M. Teller, was established on the western slope of Pikes Peak. After finishing a cross-country tour, two 2,500-pound bronze bison crafted in Loveland have settled into their permanent home in Washington, D.C. Find out more in Et Cetera, […]
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Friday, March 20,2026
Friday, March 20, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2020, Colorado established Frances Xavier Cabrini Day as a state holiday. Cabrini, a humanitarian who helped establish a convent, school, and orphanage in Denver, was the first American citizen to be canonized as a saint. Today is the first day of spring, otherwise known as […]
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Thursday, March 19, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1873, Arthur Hoyt was born in Georgetown. Hoyt would become a prolific character actor of the silent screen and early sound films, appearing in nearly 300 films over 30 years—most famously as the befuddled motel owner who hassles Clark Gable in It Happened One Night. What would […]
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1894, a structure fire extensively damaged Denver’s Union Depot railroad station. Efforts to rebuild the station began immediately, and the building that emerged from the ashes provided the architectural basis of today’s Union Station. For the first time in more than a decade, Rocky Mountain National Park […]
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1932, President Herbert Hoover designated the Great Sand Dunes in southern Colorado as a national monument. Just days after a weekend storm left behind inches of snow, slick roads, and hundreds of delayed flights, a historic March […]
Monday, March 16, 2026
Monday, March 16, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1905, Colorado had three different governors in the span of 24 hours. When an investigation found that both sides in the 1904 election were guilty of voter fraud, the declared winner, Alva Adams, resigned. James Peabody, his opponent, was immediately sworn in but resigned the next morning, […]
Friday, March 13, 2026
Friday, March 13, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2019, Winter Storm Ulmer underwent bombogenesis, a process of rapid storm intensification, as it ripped across Colorado. The cyclone blizzard set all-time records for low barometric pressure readings in parts of the state. St. Patrick’s Day is on Tuesday, but celebrations start as early as tomorrow morning, […]
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2020, a promising Colorado Eagles hockey season came to an abrupt end with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Baby Boomers are entering retirement with a financial edge that many younger Americans may never experience. The Flyover Podcast shares […]
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1864, Black Hawk Point was incorporated as the City of Black Hawk, the Colorado Territory’s second incorporated city after Denver. First established as a gold rush-era mining camp, Black Hawk underwent a “second gold rush” in the 1990s when limited-stakes gaming was legalized. Speaking of trying […]
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1922, Colorado’s first commercial radio broadcasting station received its license. The station, KLZ, broadcast news bulletins, weather forecasts, children’s bedtime stories, and Sunday sermons. Later rebranded as KLZ Radio, it can be heard today on 560 AM. What’s the rarest animal you’ve ever seen in […]