Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1874, Alfred Packer—a guide hired months earlier to lead a group of miners through the San Juan Mountains—emerged from the wilderness alone. Packer later confessed to cannibalizing his companions when a snowstorm left the party stranded and on the brink of starvation. If you’ve ever […]

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2019, the Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar became the first defenseman to score a playoff goal in his NHL debut, contributing to the Avs’ 6-2 win over the Calgary Flames and an eventual first-round victory in the Stanley Cup playoffs. This summer is shaping up to […]

Monday, April 14, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1935, Colorado’s plains were engulfed by a colossal black cloud of dust—one of the decade’s worst dust storms, or “black blizzards,” causing blackout conditions across seven states. The day of the storm would later come to be known as Black Sunday. Would you try your […]

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 […]