Author: Jim Trotter
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Lawsuit reveals tribal rift over American Indian mascots
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Danielle SeeWalker, a Lakota descendant from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe who lives in Denver, believes it’s well past time to get rid of American Indian mascots in public schools. Lee Roubideaux, a Rosebud Sioux who lives in Yuma, wants his community’s schools to keep…
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An appreciation: Jim Sheeler, 1968-2021
His towering talent as a storyteller never overshadowed his humility, his compassion and generosity toward others, his innate sense of decency and concern that allowed complete strangers to share with him the intimate details of their lives. He was a meticulous and painstaking craftsman whose artful constructs achieved the remarkable: Readers were delivered as present,…
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Rural counties reveal inequality in Colorado | Cronin & Loevy
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is among the dozen wealthier states, according to most U.S. Census indicators such as median household income. But this masks the fact that our wealthy counties, about a dozen or so, are concentrated in…
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Blue state, Red state: Colorado, Wyoming have twin COVID-19 outbreaks
WHEATLAND, Wyo. — Brandon Graves said COVID-19 arrived in Wheatland the way new movies do in this High Plains farming town: Months after hitting the big cities and without much fanfare. “It kind of trickled in and it never really exploded here,” said Graves, a lifelong resident and mayor of the town of about 3,500,…
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High and Dry: Colorado in Drought — 5th generation El Paso County rancher hit with disaster
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the second part of our series, we follow the trials of a 5th generation cattle rancher in El Paso County facing down a near impossible plight in 2020 due to drought. (Video by Skyler Ballard) Check back Friday, March 5, 2021 for part three…