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Colorado Department of Education data showed 27.5% of students were chronically absent in 2025-26, down from 28.4% in 2024-25 but still above the 22.6% pre-pandemic rate.

Districts varied widely plus officials are testing new strategies to boost attendance.

CoorsTek is renovating a six-block stretch in downtown Golden to bring the Coors family back to its roots, preserving historic brick buildings where the aluminum can was invented (and workers recently uncovered intact glass bottles from 1887).

The project will continue to reveal local history as restoration efforts progress.

Englewood Mayor Pro Tem Joe Anderson died while hiking in Summit County Friday; he served District 3 on the city council and worked on affordable housing and homelessness solutions.

Students saw bear notifications near Cherry Creek schools after CPW reported over 6,000 sightings this year (nearly double last year's total) amid drought and wildfires; officials confirmed eight alerts between Aug.

17 and Aug. 25 and kept students indoors until the area was safe.

Colorado’s glaciers, including Andrews Glacier (in Rocky Mountain National Park), are thinning rapidly after a record drought and hot summer.

Experts say water reserves and local recreation may face challenges as continuing low snowpack accelerates glacier loss.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar has signed an eight-year, $163.2 million contract extension that makes him the highest-paid player in NHL history, with the deal running through the 2034-35 season and averaging $20.4 million per season.

Jefferson County's free Westracks shuttle has nearly completed its first summer service connecting RTD's Golden Station to downtown Morrison and Red Rocks (serving over 1,600 riders since May), as organizers plan to expand hours and stops when the pilot wraps up after Labor Day.

An 80-year-old woman was attacked by a bear after it broke into her Estes Park home early Thursday + she received medical care while wildlife officers set traps amid a record number of bear sightings.