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Thursday, December 18th, 2025
Good morning, Denver. Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 18th of December.
ECONOMY NEWS
- ➤ A new Colorado Polling Institute survey shows 61% of likely voters have cut spending amid rising costs in groceries, pet food, and housing while growing concerns over slow job growth and tightening budgets emerge. Local residents report feeling the pinch despite no recession, reflecting broader economic challenges. Colorado Public Radio
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ The Community College of Aurora secured $34,700 in a state grant to expand free educational resources for college courses. The grant will fund faculty-led development of no-cost learning materials + host a workshop next year to help lower textbook costs for students. Sentinel Colorado
- ➤ Brian Stevenson of Rocky Mountain Music Repair in Broomfield is hosting the sixth annual School Secret Santa today. Music teachers across the Front Range will bid on repaired instruments with donated fake money to support local music programs (ensuring instruments work perfectly). Denver7
ENVIRONMENT NEWS
- ➤ Zebra mussels have infested 135 miles of the Colorado River, threatening Palisade farmers’ irrigation systems. Preventive copper treatments have begun (as cost concerns rise) to protect water supplies for more than 6,000 users in the Grand Valley. Colorado Public Radio
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