Monday, June 29, 2026                 Good Morning! On this day in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the law creating Mesa Verde National Park. It was the first national park set aside not for scenery, but to protect the cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Pueblo people. Nearly 1,000 people […]

Sunday, June 28, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1880, frontier scout and cowboy showman Texas Jack Omohundro died of pneumonia in the silver-mining town of Leadville. A stage partner of Buffalo Bill Cody, he’s buried there in Evergreen Cemetery. Speaking of being buried, a time capsule in De Beque almost stayed that way, […]

Saturday, June 27, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2008, Colorado celebrated its first Widespread Panic Day, honoring the jam band that has sold out Red Rocks more than any other act, a record 78 shows and counting. A new study following thousands of older adults showed that one specific diet could lower the […]

Friday, June 26, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2022, the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning four games to two to win their third Stanley Cup, ending a championship dry spell of more than 20 years. For the first time since Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program began in 2023, a collared gray wolf […]

Thursday, June 25, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2012, sparks from a motorist’s flat tire ignited the Last Chance Fire near the small town of Last Chance. Yale just tracked over 11,000 seniors for more than a decade, and what they found breaks every rule you’ve been told about getting older. Nearly half […]

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1895, Jack Dempsey was born in Manassa, a town south of Alamosa. Also known as Kid Blackie and the Manassa Mauler, Dempsey reigned as American world heavyweight boxing champion from 1919 to 1926, earning a reputation as one of the era’s most iconic professional fighters. […]

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2023, Casa Bonita, known as the “Disneyland of Mexican restaurants,” reopened in Lakewood under the ownership of South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Why is everyone suddenly arguing about tipping? The coffee counter, the takeout window, the screen that flips around before you’ve […]

Monday, June 22, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1852, the U.S. Army established Fort Massachusetts—the first U.S. Army fort in what would become Colorado—in the San Luis Valley, then part of the New Mexico Territory. A runaway sprinter van destroyed the historic “Leaving Colorful Colorado” sign at the Colorado-Utah border over the weekend. […]

Sunday, June 21, 2026 Happy Father’s Day! On this day in 2023, 37 tornadoes touched down across Colorado’s eastern plains, the most ever confirmed in the state in a single day. One slow-moving supercell over Washington County produced 27 of them. In case you missed it, this week on The Flyover Podcast, Ayla Brown broke […]

Saturday, June 20, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1859, Horace Tabor arrived in Denver from Kansas, having joined the Colorado gold rush. His prospecting, merchandising, and grubstaking in early mining camps and Leadville helped him achieve phenomenal financial success. The government quietly changed three retirement rules this past year, and the shifts drew […]