Colorado asks EPA to give Front Range a lower rating

Plus: What happens when a senator steps down mid-term, wildlife advocates mad about Rabbit Ears mountain bike path changes and much more

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Apr 16, 2025 - 09:10
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Colorado asks EPA to give Front Range a lower rating
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Good morning, Colorado.

I don’t know about you but I’ve been trying to soak up this nice weather in Denver in between snowstorms.

I sat outside at a brewery, sat outside at a neighborhood bar, sat outside at another brewery. … OK, I’m now realizing I’ve just been doing a lot of sitting outside and drinking beer these past few weeks. Wait, no! I went to baseball and rugby games where I … sat outside and drank beer.

Well, what can I say, it’s spring. Now — with a coffee — let’s sit inside and get to today’s news.

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet speaks Friday at his gubernatorial campaign launch at City Park in Denver. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun)

Every state has its own rules for what happens when one of its U.S. senators steps down in the middle of their term. And with the possibility of Sen. Michael Bennet winning an election to become Colorado’s governor next year, Jesse Paul dug into what state law says and looked back at how past governors have handled the situation.

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Downtown Denver under hazy air seen April 21, 2022. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun)

Imagine a student, with a report card full of D’s, walking up and asking their teacher to change those grades to F’s instead. That’s not far off from what Colorado air pollution regulators are doing with the EPA, Michael Booth reports, as the department seeks to give the Front Range more time to make long-term changes to its ozone pollution.

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Steamboat Springs resident Scott Smallish mountain bikes Sept. 7, 2020, along the Continental Divide Trail in Routt County near Rabbit Ears Pass. (Matt Stensland, Special to The Colorado Sun)

It’s been six years since the U.S. Forest Service proposed a singletrack mountain bike path around the Continental Divide on Rabbit Ears Pass near Steamboat Springs. But after years of wrangling over environmental protections for the project, the Forest Service has backed out of a key wildlife benchmark study that advocates say negates the entire agreed-upon plan. Jason Blevins has more.

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