Monday, March 30, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan as he left the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Hinckley’s listed hometown at the time was Evergreen, where his family had moved in 1974. Denver’s new women’s soccer team shattered the league’s all-time attendance record […]

Friday, March 27, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1880, two competing railroads—the Denver & Rio Grande Railway and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe—signed the Treaty of Boston, ending a two-year railroad war involving legal battles, cannon sieges, commandeered trains, and hired gunfighters. A Windsor man who rescued a woman and her two dogs from […]

Thursday, March 26, 2026                 Good Morning! On this day in 1997, a massive on-ice brawl—dubbed Fight Night at the Joe—erupted between the Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena, fueled by a previous on-ice incident between the two teams during the 1996 Western Conference Finals. In […]

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed William Gilpin as the first governor of the Colorado Territory. Gilpin played a critical role during the Civil War, raising troops to defend the territory from Confederate invasion. Have you ever helped rescue a wild animal? Reply to this email to tell […]

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1834, John Wesley Powell was born. A soldier, ethnologist, geologist, and explorer of the American West, Powell is also known for leading an expedition in 1871-1872 that produced the first reliable maps of the Colorado River. Is this the wildest March weather you’ve ever seen, or are […]

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, […]

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 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 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                 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 […]