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PigStyle becomes Loveland’s newest — and only — record store After losing work to DOGE cuts, Arjan Shaw hopes the new store fills a void in Loveland left when Downtown Sound, the only record store in town, moved to Greeley in 2024.

He got DOGE'd, then opened a record store.

Fort Collins boy, 12, wins Colorado spelling title, will compete at Scripps National Bee The clever 12-year-old won the competition after 55 rounds with the word “amaxophobia” — a fear of being in or riding in a vehicle.

We've got a new kid on the spelling block, folks

Meet your Colorado spellers representing the state in the @scrippsbee.bsky.social

Nikhil Ganta, 12, prefers writing non-fiction, obviously & fancies himself a brisk read of the dictionary.

www.denverpost.com/2026/03/10/n... via @denverpost.com

In federal court in Denver this morning, U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson said his picture and home address were posted online by someone in Florida after Jackson ruled ICE’s warrantless practices were likely illegal. The online post said Jackson “loves illegal immigrants.”

The New York Times ties components in the U.S. Tomahawk missile that killed children at the elementary school in Iran to Ball Aerospace Technologies in Boulder.

'u.s. forces' by midnight oil appreciation post

Secretary of State Marco Rubio writes: Today, I am designating Afghanistan as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention. The Taliban continue to use terrorist tactics to seek policy concessions, but it won’t work under this administration. The Taliban must release Dennis Coyle, Mahmood Habibi, and all Americans unjustly detained in Afghanistan.

Sec Rubio mentions the wrongful detention of Pubelo resident Dennis Coyle in announcement that Afghanistan is being designated a state sponsor of Wrongful Detention.

🧵Possibly of interest to 80s/90s KCRW listeners who remember my old radio shows… I recently gave two crates of my old cassette airchecks to a senior music producer at the station to be digitized.

KCRW have launched a new stream called Vintage24, which started as Bent24, all SNAP shows… (1/3)

Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra hospitalized after hemorrhagic stroke Dead Kennedys co-founder Jello Biafra suffered a hemorrhagic stroke on March 7. He is hospitalized but stable.

Jello Biafra is hospitalized after a hemorrhagic stroke on Saturday. He's stable. True to form, he joked "I've fallen and I can't get up" mid-stroke.

https://boingboing.net/2026/03/09/dead-kennedys-jello-biafra-hospitalized-after-hemorrhagic-stroke.html

Denver’s sickest tiny skateboarders can be found near Casa Bonita The metro is home to one of the only miniature “fingerboard” parks in the nation.

Fingerboarding has found a renaissance in the age of Instagram, and Denver's own miniature trick spot is part of a movement to show these boards are more than just toys.

Denver’s Regis University names first female president in its nearly 150-year history Shawna Cooper Whitehead is coming from Jesuit institution Boston College, where she has served as vice president of student affairs since 2021.

New: Denver’s Regis University names first female president in its nearly 150-year history
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JBS workers in Greeley to go on strike next week, union announces Recent talks have led nowhere, union officials said in a news release, sending workers a “clear message that the company is putting profits ahead of its people.”

Thousands of workers at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley plan to go on strike March 16 amid stalled contract negotiations and accusations that the company is committing unfair labor practices // Story by @samtabachnik.bsky.social

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99 The White House aide who revealed that Richard Nixon had secretly recorded his conversations as president has died. Alexander Butterfield was 99.

BREAKING: Alexander Butterfield, the Richard Nixon aide who disclosed the Watergate tapes, dies at 99.

Telluride Ski Resort sues town officials, alleging they ‘harassed and pressured’ ownership to sell Telluride Ski Resort is suing three current and former elected officials with the towns of Telluride and Mountain Village, alleging they conspired to pressure resort owner Chuck Horning into sellin…

Fallout from the Telluride ski patrol strike continues: Telluride Ski Resort suing current & former elected officials, alleging they conspired to pressure owner Chuck Horning to sell the ski area while leveraged ski patrol strike to do so.

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U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.

In a tiny Colorado town, infighting dissolved the government. Now the water’s running out. A tangled web of interpersonal feuds has left the town of Hartman with no clear path out of a situation that’s not covered by any state law.

Wild story from @sethklamann.bsky.social and @samtabachnik.bsky.social about a tiny town in remote southwest Colorado where the local government collapsed in acrimony and the state is scrambling to fix its water supply.

“Yelling has been a factor in Hartman since God was a boy,” an ex-trustee says

Long Live Robert Christgau: A Conversation with Matty Wishnow The world famous critic finally gets the documentary treatment

Robert Christgau was the first really famous person I interviewed in my radio career, and remains one of the most fiercely intelligent people I've ever met. Just to listen to him was mind-expanding

Long Live Robert Christgau: A Conversation with Matty Wishnow

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Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

TV person here: it is nearly impossible to run a a 4-month-old video BY MISTAKE particularly when the original video is brand new and a part of your on-going coverage.

In a tiny Colorado town, infighting dissolved the government. Now the water’s running out. A tangled web of interpersonal feuds has left the town of Hartman with no clear path out of a situation that’s not covered by any state law.

In mid-January, a fight at a trustees meeting collapsed town of Hartman’s government. It was the culmination of years of infighting, but now the town’s water supply is near collapse, with no government empowered to fix it. From @samtabachnik.bsky.social and me: www.denverpost.com/2026/03/08/h...

This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.

The two men hit it off right away, and as they walked drunkenly through the deserted streets of Osaka at 4:30 in the morning, Reitzell decided to ask Shields if he might be interested in contributing to a film score, if ever he found a suitable project. ‘Sure,’ Shields replied. His only prior experience with film music had been a $5,000 payday he’d shared with J Mascis to demo a version of the Mission Impossible 2 theme song. (In another win for mainstream American culture, Limp Bizkit got the gig instead.) Reitzell knew of Shields’s recent difficulties with Island and his inability to finish new solo work in the studio, but he seemed undeterred.

Cover of Andrew Perer’s “Turn My Head Into Sound: A History of Kevin Shields and My Bloody Valentine”

Somewhere there’s a recording of Kevin Shields and J Mascis doing the “Mission: Impossible” theme

Colorado board punts decision to prohibit SNAP from paying for soft drinks The nine-member board was evenly split at the end of a nearly eight-hour public meeting, with four members opposed, three in favor and two undecided.

Colorado health officials want to stop people from using SNAP benefits to buy soft drinks and other beverages with added sugar or sweeteners. But the state board that has to approve that rule is having a hard time doing so, pushing off its decision after an 8-hour public hearing today

Check MMR vaccination rates for Colorado schools, preschools and child care facilities Check vaccination rates by school district, school and child care facility.

Colorado's measles outbreak has reached 7 confirmed cases, all unvaccinated.

Curious about the MMR vaccination rates at your child's school or child care center? Check out this dashboard - searchable by county, district or individual school - built by Kevin Hamm using CDHPA data.

4 more measles cases linked to Broomfield school outbreak, with new exposure at Denver airport The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Friday reported three new cases in Adams County residents and one in a Weld County resident.

Measles outbreak tied to 2 schools in Bromfield is now up to 7 cases, with a whole bunch of new exposure sites

How broken is #FOIA? In 2009, I asked DoD for info on membership of some reorganized NSC committees under Obama. Just got the response yesterday, 16+ years later

Historic Front Range ranch near Continental Divide to be preserved as state wildlife habitat The 3,314-acre Tolland Ranch property is located west of the Peak to Peak Highway near Rollinsville in a wide, scenic valley adjacent to the James Peak Wilderness and the Roosevelt National Forest.

The 3,314-acre Tolland Ranch, a historic family-owned property in the shadow of the Continental Divide, has been purchased by The Conservation Fund and is being conveyed to Colorado Parks and Wildlife to be managed as a new state wildlife area

Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity), by Fugazi 12 track album

Stop literally everything.

Steve Albini's Fugazi sessions, widely bootlegged and full of lore, now available officially for the first time.

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My people, I have returned!

Had you experienced gambling problems since Colorado legalized sports betting in 2020? I’d love to hear your story.

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

NYTimes investigation confirms a US missile strike killed 175+ people, including many children, at Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...