Colorado Today

A new lawsuit claims the local power utility is to blame for the massive Aspen Acres fire. Then, we get a first hand look at the fire’s devastation, as residents from Beulah return home. Plus, we all know Colorado is an expensive place to live, but a new report suggests it could also be having an impact on our broader economy. And we take you on a stroll inside an adobe labyrinth in the San Luis Valley.
Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org. Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members.
Read more on the stories in today’s show:

KKTV reports on the Colorado man who believes he was switched at birth.

CPR’s Sam Brasch on a new lawsuit over the cause of the Aspen Acres fire

KRCC’s Briana Heaney on a Beulah homeowner’s reckoning with the fire’s devastation.

CPR’s Hayley Sanchez on the adobe labyrinth in Conejos County.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Arlo Pérez Esquivel, Jack Armstrong, Megan Verlee and Zain Haque-Piccione. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

A Denver-based immigration judge who was fired by the Trump Administration last month is speaking out about the system. Plus, state health officials say they’re being blocked from investigating a possible tuberculosis outbreak at the immigrant detention center in Aurora. And we visit a community movie night in Western Colorado that’s taken on a deeper resonance with this year’s fires.

Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org. Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members.

Read more on the stories in today’s show:

The Summit Daily has the full scoop on the amazing rescue of Bones ‘the killer cat’.

CPR’s Allison Sherry reports on fired immigration judge, Brea Burgie.

CPR’s John Daley on the state’s push to investigate tuberculosis at the immigrant detention center.

CPR’s Stina Sieg on outdoor movie nights in Glade Park.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Madilyn Rose, Arlo Pérez Esquivel, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

Front Range voters could decide this fall whether to approve a tax to build out the Colorado Connector passenger rail line. At the same time, RTD in Denver is considering major cuts to deal with a budget shortfall, including eliminating a popular free ride downtown. Plus, cyclosporiasis, the explosive diarrhea-causing stomach parasite making national headlines, is present in Colorado. But that’s not a cause for alarm. 
Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org. Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members.
Read more on the stories in today’s show:

CPR’s Ryan Warner with updates on the progress towards a front range passenger rail.

Denverite’s Paolo Zialcita on potential upcoming cuts at RTD.

The Colorado Sun’s John Ingold on what to know about cyclosporiasis.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Madilyn Rose, Arlo Pérez Esquivel, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

The GEO Group is under contract to open a new immigrant detention center at the site of a former private prison in Weld County, and residents’ views are mixed. Then, getting to and from the airport increasingly means sitting in traffic on Peña Boulevard. Now the airport wants the public to help it develop a solution. Plus, as the nation turns 250 years old, we meet the Boulder teenager on a stubborn quest to ask voters to leave the union.
Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org. Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members.
Read more on the stories in today’s show:

CPR’s Tom Hesse on the helicopter pilot who died fighting the Gold Mountain fire.

CPR’s Allison Sherry on the ICE facility coming to Hudson, and CPR’s Ava Kian on how locals are reacting.

Denverite’s Paolo Zialcita on the proposals for a Peña Blvd redesign.

Westword’s Hannah Metzger on the Boulder teen behind a raft of secessionist ballot measures. 

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Madilyn Rose, Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

Despite intense heat over the weekend, firefighters made good progress combatting the wildfires blazing around the state (please note: an earlier version of today's podcast was produced before news broke that a pilot has died fighting the Gold Mountain fire). Then, the US Department of Justice sent a letter to Colorado’s Secretary of State warning against noncitizen voting, something already explicitly banned in the state constitution. Plus, a team of scientists spent nearly two decades measuring exactly where the mile-high marker should go at the state capitol. Now, they finally have an answer.
Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org. Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members.
Read more on the stories in today’s show:

Find all of CPR’s wildfire coverage here

CPR’s Caitlyn Kim on the DOJ letter to Colorado’s Secretary of State 

Denverite’s Sandy Battulga on the moving mile-high marker

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Madilyn Rose, Mateo Schimpf, Jack Armstrong, Stephanie Wolf, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.