Shawn Patrick

You can hold tarantulas at Colorado’s Butterfly Pavilion again — just not Rosie

For 30 years, the deal was simple: You go to the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, you walk through the tropical conservatory, you look at the butterflies, and then — if […]
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Where to watch the World Cup Final in Denver on Sunday, July 19

The World Cup final is Sunday, and it’s a blockbuster: Argentina vs. Spain, noon kickoff (Mountain Time). Denver isn’t a host city, but that hasn’t stopped it from partying like […]
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National Ice Cream Day is July 19 – Here’s where to get deals around Colorado

It’s 100 degrees outside, so hot that the state is asking you not to take selfies with fish. Colorado, you deserve some ice cream. Good news: National Ice Cream Day […]
2 days ago

A naked man was arrested for surfing a moving train in rural Colorado

In a corner of Colorado so remote that the county has fewer residents than most Denver apartment buildings, a naked man was arrested Thursday for surfing on top of a […]
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife has a message for anglers: Please stop taking selfies with fish

Colorado Parks and Wildlife would like you to know that the trout do not want to be in your Instagram photo. Not right now, anyway. CPW is asking anglers across […]
3 days ago

A Denver guy got dumped from ‘Love Island USA,’ came back, and almost won the whole thing

In a state that’s produced Super Bowl champions, ‘South Park,’  and Chipotle, Colorado can now add another claim to fame: We almost won “Love Island USA.” Carl Schmidt, a 28-year-old […]
3 days ago

Fire investigators blame a squirrel for one of Colorado’s fires that threatened homes

In a state currently battling wildfires that have consumed more than 260,000 acres this year, investigators have determined that the latest brush fire to threaten homes south of Denver was […]
3 days ago

Denver’s viral ‘so ugly he’s cute’ baby cape buffalo has died, and the zoo is heartbroken

A month ago, the internet was arguing about whether the Denver Zoo’s new baby Cape buffalo was adorable or hilariously ugly. His bottom teeth stuck out, his big eyes bulged, […]
3 days ago

WATCH -Sad/eerie video of an abandoned pro baseball stadium in Colorado goes viral

It wasn’t that long ago that Colorado Springs was a vibrant baseball city. Now the old pro baseball stadium not only sits empty, but is in really bad shape. The […]
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Cheyenne Frontier Days starts this week, and it’s totally worth the short drive from Denver

Every summer, about 200,000 people descend on a Wyoming town of 65,000 for 10 days of rodeo, country music and an alarming amount of free pancakes. Cheyenne Frontier Days — […]
4 days ago

A Denver bar just beat every World Cup host city as the most-visited in the nation

If you had to guess which American city had the busiest World Cup bar in the entire country, you’d probably say New York, or Miami, or maybe one of the […]
4 days ago

A ‘Shark Tank’-backed ice cream chain where the cone is basically a donut is coming to Denver

The origin story of Denver’s next ice cream shop sounds like a fever dream: A college kid goes to the Czech Republic on a church mission, falls in love with […]
4 days ago

LOOK – A 145-foot, $1.8 million piece of art is now hanging 70 feet above the Colorado Convention Center

The city that gave us a glowing-eyed demon horse at the airport has added another piece to its growing collection of public art that makes visitors go, “Wait, how much […]
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LOOK – It’s so hot in Colorado that the pavement in Boulder County is literally buckling

You know it’s hot in Colorado when the ground itself starts giving up. The City of Boulder warned residents Tuesday (July 14) that high temperatures are causing concrete pavement to […]
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Chris Young is playing an intimate show in Colorado this November

Country star Chris Young is heading to Colorado this November, and he’s not playing Red Rocks or Ball Arena. He’s playing Greeley — which, honestly, might be the most country […]
5 days ago

Colorado already said yes to permanent daylight saving time. Congress is finally catching up

If you’ve spent the last four years wondering why Colorado passed a law to keep daylight saving time forever and then… nothing happened, your patience may finally be paying off. […]
5 days ago

The chain that claims it invented the chicken finger just opened its first Colorado location

Move over, Raising Cane’s. Colorado is about to meet the chain that says it did the whole chicken-finger-only thing first — and it’s brought a Southern accent and a family […]
5 days ago

The Old Farmer’s Almanac just dropped its fall forecast, and Colorado should keep the Sunscreen handy

Bad news for anyone who was hoping September would bring pumpkin spice weather to the Front Range: The Old Farmer’s Almanac says fall 2026 is going to feel a lot […]
5 days ago

Two Colorado cities crack the top 10 for best drivers in America

Turns out that all those white-knuckle drives over Vail Pass and icy I-25 merges have made Coloradans really, really good at not hitting each other. Allstate’s 2026 America’s Best Drivers […]
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LOOK – Colorado now has a third hidden giant troll

Colorado has wolves, it has fourteeners and it now has three giant trolls… The latest addition to the Centennial State’s growing troll collection was unveiled June 28 beneath the pedestrian […]
6 days ago

WATCH – PBR World Champion overcomes injury for 91-point ride to win Colorado event

It takes 6 million pounds of dirt to turn Colorado State’s Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins into a bull riding arena. It apparently takes a whole lot more than a […]
6 days ago

Colorado could ban the sale of fur from beavers, foxes, bobcats and more — Here’s what to know

Colorado’s beavers, foxes, bobcats and roughly a dozen other furry critters may soon find their pelts officially off the market — at least within state lines. The Colorado Parks and […]
6 days ago

Denver’s record-breaking temperatures – what’s the hottest it’s gotten in the Mile High City?

It’s hot in Denver right now, actually so hot that it could go down as some of the hottest days we’ve ever seen. Some models were projecting as high as […]
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Water World’s new Summit Canyon area opens July 16

The wait is almost over, Colorado. Water World has confirmed that Summit Canyon — the park’s largest new development in 40 years — opens at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July […]
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