A half-century-old Basque handball court that was nearly knocked down to make way for a parking lot is Colorado’s newest historic treasure. The History Colorado Board of Directors on Wednesday approved a Basque fronton in Grand Junction for inclusion on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. The fronton, named Plaza Urrutia by its founder,…
By Alanis Thames, The Associated Press One of Trevon Hamlet’s core memories from attending the University of Colorado is living on campus his freshman year and being able to count on one hand how many Black people he’d see in a day. Hamlet, who played lacrosse at Colorado from 2014-19 and still lives in the…
One day on the playground at a Montessori preschool in Boulder, the school principal approached a teacher, Andrea Gibson, and asked why they were always talking to themself at recess. “I was writing poems in my head,” Gibson told The Colorado Sun. “And she said something like, ‘Maybe you should try doing that full time,’…
Much of Colorado was built on the backs and determination of burros, and the same holds true for the state’s oldest church. But nearly 170 years ago it was the donkey’s stubbornness that determined the home for Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Antonito. Aaron Abeyta’s family has been in the San Luis Valley for…
PUEBLO — The price of admission to the 151st annual Colorado State Fair in Pueblo offers access to birds and beasts, daring young men and women on the flying trapeze and soaring dogs. There are carnival thrill rides and chill rides, cowboys and cowgirls, country music singers and comedians. If you’re a foodie, there are…
