Dana Coffield
@danacoffield.bsky.social
Journalism multi tool and cofounder of coloradosun.com 🌞 @coloradosun.bsky.social Still committed to making the world safe for backyard bees. 🐝
What a gift the poet Andrea Gibson was to us all. #RIP. coloradosun.com/2025/07/14/a...
Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died
“Come See Me in the Good Light,” a documentary film made by the poet and their wife dealing with Gibson’s cancer diagnosis in 2021, won festival favorite at Sundance this year. Gibson was 49.
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July 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What a gift the poet Andrea Gibson was to us all. #RIP. coloradosun.com/2025/07/14/a...
It's 288 miles/5 hours from home, but reading this story makes me want to do a big grocery shop out in tiny Walsh, Colorado. #fooddeserts #foodsecurity @coloradosun.com coloradosun.com/2025/06/17/w...
Beloved grocery store serving secluded Colorado town of 500 people looks for ways to buy local
The Walsh Community Grocery Store was resurrected in 2007. Seventeen years later, its manager is looking for creative ways to stock the shelves.
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June 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It's 288 miles/5 hours from home, but reading this story makes me want to do a big grocery shop out in tiny Walsh, Colorado. #fooddeserts #foodsecurity @coloradosun.com coloradosun.com/2025/06/17/w...
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This was Lamar. People were there in shifts, so our count was 40ish total for the afternoon. Lots of cheerful honks, no problems!
June 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This was Lamar. People were there in shifts, so our count was 40ish total for the afternoon. Lots of cheerful honks, no problems!
PHOTOS -->> What did No Kings look like in your town? We had people all over Colorado -- and only one photo of a shirtless guy wearing a crown fashioned from a Cheetos bag. #grandjunctionFTW coloradosun.com/2025/06/14/n...
Thousands gather across Colorado for ‘No Kings’ protest against Trump administration
More than a dozen rallies called people to speak out against a host of issues from immigration enforcement to attacks on free speech, LGBTQ rights
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June 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
PHOTOS -->> What did No Kings look like in your town? We had people all over Colorado -- and only one photo of a shirtless guy wearing a crown fashioned from a Cheetos bag. #grandjunctionFTW coloradosun.com/2025/06/14/n...
It’s a great day to be on the deck at the Sie Center at the University of Denver. Get here by 6 and you can join in the Sun’s legislative review!
May 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It’s a great day to be on the deck at the Sie Center at the University of Denver. Get here by 6 and you can join in the Sun’s legislative review!
Two words: Hughes Stadium 👇
Great webinar about the civic assembly the CPD is assisting with here in Fort Collins. I'm not very involved -- I'm on sabbatical -- but my colleagues Katie Knobloch & Sabrina Slagowski-Tipton have been killing it working w American Public Trust & Healthy Democracy www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxc3...
Civic Assemblies in Action: Lessons on Civic Engagement from Fort Collins
YouTube video by New America
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April 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Two words: Hughes Stadium 👇
Now 3 of the 15 wolves from BC released in Colorado in January are dead. This one is esp painful as she died in a place considered pretty ideal habitat (many elk) for wolves. @coloradosun.com coloradosun.com/2025/04/24/c...
Gray wolf released in Colorado earlier this year dies in Rocky Mountain National Park
A gray wolf from British Columbia released in January was reported dead April 20 in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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April 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Now 3 of the 15 wolves from BC released in Colorado in January are dead. This one is esp painful as she died in a place considered pretty ideal habitat (many elk) for wolves. @coloradosun.com coloradosun.com/2025/04/24/c...
Can Colorado mountain communities go it alone without federal firefighting money? A couple of counties are trying to make sure the fire "season" doesn't get a chance to take out their towns. #logging #treatment #mitigation coloradosun.com/2025/04/11/c...
Colorado counties take control of wildfire protection as DOGE slices federal funding
With Chaffee County leading the charge and Gunnison and Lake following suit, officials are stretching every dollar to protect their communities.
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April 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Can Colorado mountain communities go it alone without federal firefighting money? A couple of counties are trying to make sure the fire "season" doesn't get a chance to take out their towns. #logging #treatment #mitigation coloradosun.com/2025/04/11/c...
Michael Bennet’s campaign for Colorado governor has officially begun. And so has the maneuvering to replace him in the Senate. @jesseapaul.bsky.social
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Michael Bennet’s campaign for Colorado governor has officially begun. So has the power struggle to fill his Senate seat.
The three-term senator’s entrance into the governor’s race, where he faces a Democratic primary race against Attorney General Phil Weiser, has ignited a shadow campaign for his Senate seat
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April 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Michael Bennet’s campaign for Colorado governor has officially begun. And so has the maneuvering to replace him in the Senate. @jesseapaul.bsky.social
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NEW --> Why is Kathleen Sgamma out as potential BLM boss? It seems to have something to do with failure to kiss the ring. coloradosun.com/2025/04/10/k...
Colorado oil and gas industry advocate Kathleen Sgamma withdraws from consideration to lead the Bureau of Land Management
The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was set to discuss Sgamma’s nomination early Thursday when she withdrew
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April 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NEW --> Why is Kathleen Sgamma out as potential BLM boss? It seems to have something to do with failure to kiss the ring. coloradosun.com/2025/04/10/k...
Who wants to rent my house for the month of January 2027? (JK) It's only 10 miles from where Sundance Film Festival will be posting up in Boulder. coloradosun.com/2025/03/27/s...
Sundance Film Festival is officially relocating to Boulder from Utah
Boulder beat out proposals from Atlanta, Cincinnati, Louisville, Kentucky and Santa Fe
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March 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Who wants to rent my house for the month of January 2027? (JK) It's only 10 miles from where Sundance Film Festival will be posting up in Boulder. coloradosun.com/2025/03/27/s...
Honestly, someone should have warned the wolves moved to Colorado from British Columbia DO NOT WANDER INTO WYOMING. It's literally open season up there in most of the state. coloradosun.com/2025/03/20/c...
Wolf from Canada released in Colorado two months ago shot in Wyoming after it killed multiple sheep
Wolves are managed differently in Wyoming, and state officials said the wolf was legally shot after finding evidence of depredation
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March 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Honestly, someone should have warned the wolves moved to Colorado from British Columbia DO NOT WANDER INTO WYOMING. It's literally open season up there in most of the state. coloradosun.com/2025/03/20/c...
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston unloads about immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra being picked up by ICE in the parking lot of a Target store: "This is not about safety. This is about political theater and political retribution. This doesn’t make this country safer." coloradosun.com/2025/03/18/j...
ICE detains Jeanette Vizguerra, immigration activist who resisted deportation in Colorado church
Vizguerra — who made headlines by claiming sanctuary in a Denver church for years during the first Trump administration — was taken to the ICE detention facility in Aurora. The detention center told h...
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March 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston unloads about immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra being picked up by ICE in the parking lot of a Target store: "This is not about safety. This is about political theater and political retribution. This doesn’t make this country safer." coloradosun.com/2025/03/18/j...
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A Friday night purge targeted USAGM & Voice of America, the U.S. state media outlet that broadcast stories about democracy into Nazi Germany & occupied Europe in World War II:
apnews.com/article/voic... Trump & Musk firing journalists is a frontal attack on press freedom, & must be reported as such.
apnews.com/article/voic... Trump & Musk firing journalists is a frontal attack on press freedom, & must be reported as such.
Voice of America is required by law to report the news accurately. Could Donald Trump change that?
It’s called the Voice of America. The storied news outlet has promised “the truth” since it first broadcast stories about democracy into Nazi Germany during World War II.
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March 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A Friday night purge targeted USAGM & Voice of America, the U.S. state media outlet that broadcast stories about democracy into Nazi Germany & occupied Europe in World War II:
apnews.com/article/voic... Trump & Musk firing journalists is a frontal attack on press freedom, & must be reported as such.
apnews.com/article/voic... Trump & Musk firing journalists is a frontal attack on press freedom, & must be reported as such.
Fwiw, I love Denver.
March 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Fwiw, I love Denver.
Tell everyone you know. And tell them to tell everyone they know. #nationalparks coloradosun.com/2025/03/14/n...
The Trump administration doesn’t want you to know a record number of people visited national parks last year
The highest-ever 331.9 million visitors in 2024 is not being promoted by the agency after more than 1,000 Park Service workers have been fired.
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March 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Tell everyone you know. And tell them to tell everyone they know. #nationalparks coloradosun.com/2025/03/14/n...
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NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
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March 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
On the subject: Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition hosts Sunshine Week Slam March 14 at the Denver Press Club. Come on down and tell us a quick story of how you were denied access to records or meetings. Bonus points if it's in the form of a rhyme. #CANTHEYDOTHAT? mailchi.mp/f09776e1385f...
March 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
On the subject: Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition hosts Sunshine Week Slam March 14 at the Denver Press Club. Come on down and tell us a quick story of how you were denied access to records or meetings. Bonus points if it's in the form of a rhyme. #CANTHEYDOTHAT? mailchi.mp/f09776e1385f...
Yup. Now more than ever I want to see, document and understand how the levers of power are being moved in my state. (Well everywhere, but this is about Colorado) #sunshine #openrecords #goodgovernment coloradosun.com/2025/03/06/c...
Transparency advocates frustrated over limited access to Colorado government records consider ballot measure
The details of the transparency ballot question are still being worked out. But Jeff Roberts of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition said there are lots of ideas.
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March 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yup. Now more than ever I want to see, document and understand how the levers of power are being moved in my state. (Well everywhere, but this is about Colorado) #sunshine #openrecords #goodgovernment coloradosun.com/2025/03/06/c...
Meanwhile back in Colorado, in a much less spicy public hearing, the wildlife commission authorizes $350K in payments to two ranchers who lost animals to gray wolves last year. coloradosun.com/2025/03/05/g...
Grand County ranchers will receive almost $350,000 in compensation for animals lost to wolves last year
“This should have been paid to these producers last fall,” Colorado Wildlife Commission chair Dallas May says
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March 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Meanwhile back in Colorado, in a much less spicy public hearing, the wildlife commission authorizes $350K in payments to two ranchers who lost animals to gray wolves last year. coloradosun.com/2025/03/05/g...
In an especially spicy committee meeting, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston says it was his Christian duty to serve thousands of migrants delivered to the city in winter. U.S. Rep Boebert accuses him of "covering your ass." @jenbrowncolo.bsky.social coloradosun.com/2025/03/05/m...
Mayor says Denver had “moral obligation” to shelter migrants under questioning by GOP-led House committee
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert sits on the committee and three other Colorado Republicans asked to join the panel for the day
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March 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In an especially spicy committee meeting, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston says it was his Christian duty to serve thousands of migrants delivered to the city in winter. U.S. Rep Boebert accuses him of "covering your ass." @jenbrowncolo.bsky.social coloradosun.com/2025/03/05/m...
Thank god my mom gave me my baby book so I can see whether I received one vaccine or two for #measles @coloradosun.com coloradosun.com/2025/03/04/m...
With measles outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico, is it time for Colorado to worry?
A measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico is creeping closer to Colorado's border. Here's what you need to know.
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March 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thank god my mom gave me my baby book so I can see whether I received one vaccine or two for #measles @coloradosun.com coloradosun.com/2025/03/04/m...
Is curling a real sport, with real physical demands? Yes it very much is -- impressing even our writer Dan England, an ultra runner, who checked out training for the US Olympic trials going on in Lafayette. coloradosun.com/2025/02/21/c...
Curling teams are battling in Colorado this week for a spot at the 2026 Olympics
The Rock Creek Curling center in Lafayette will host 10 mixed doubles teams hoping to represent the U.S. in Italy next year. The sport looks a lot different than it did in decades past.
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February 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Is curling a real sport, with real physical demands? Yes it very much is -- impressing even our writer Dan England, an ultra runner, who checked out training for the US Olympic trials going on in Lafayette. coloradosun.com/2025/02/21/c...