She’s a decent little skier for age 5 but she was made for après

So Gonzales is down 30%+ to Hick and barely cracking double digit support before the push part of the poll. Are many donors willing to fund that kind of Sisyphean push?

#BREAKING: In an interview with NBC News, the president addressed reports that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in airstrikes today, saying, "We feel that that is a correct story." nbcbay.com/sZdqhxO

NEW: Combat vets from CO on Trump’s war on Iran. Rep Jason Crow (D) calls it a “war of choice with no clear end game” as people are “struggling to pay for health care, groceries and housing.” Rep Gabe Evans (R) calls it “necessary” to “defend our core national security interests”

First ski above the tree-line for a brave kid who sometimes needs reminders she’s brave

The non-profit Project Self Sufficiency offers low-income single parents years of guidance on career development and life skills. They emerge making $37k/yr more on average + no longer reliant on government benefits. I'll match the next fifty $5 donations: www.coloradogives.org/story/dwzssf

The non-profit Project Self Sufficiency offers low-income single parents years of guidance on career development and life skills. They emerge making $37k/yr more on average + no longer reliant on government benefits. I'll match the next fifty $5 donations: www.coloradogives.org/story/dwzssf

Either Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is in his Joe Dirt era or we picked a bad camera angle.

Far right voices in Colorado, including GOP gubernatorial candidate Joe Oltmann, have long called for this step as a prelude to military tribunals and mass executions.

NEW: An advisor to the Clinton’s just came to the press cams and said today’s deposition has been paused after Rep. Lauren Boebert sent an unauthorized photo of Secretary Clinton to conservative influencer Benny Johnson.

Grateful for the Glendale Cherry Creek’s thoughtful writeup of Next’s street safety coverage. But for the sake of accuracy, our viewers are Godless mercenary hordes, not “hords,” whatever that means.

GOP Rep Scott Bottoms claims 20 anti human trafficking organizations wouldn’t help him expose alleged pedophile rings at the Colorado Capitol. Bottoms says they demanded up to $250k. A dozen prominent HT orgs tell me Bottoms never contacted them.

President Trump's marathon State of the Union address repeated his false claims about widespread election fraud and called for a ban on universal mail-in voting, like Colorado's system which is overwhelmingly preferred over in-person voting by both Republicans and Democrats in CO

NEW: Advocates fighting human trafficking in Colorado say GOP State Rep Scott Bottoms' unsubstantiated claims of pedophile rings in the State Capitol make it harder to protect actual victims.

Douglas County's GOP leaders approved a controversial plan to punish businesses that don't report every shoplifter. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports one county commissioner immediately made misleading claims about what that means for businesses.

NEW: Colorado is working on contingency plans to preserve mail-in voting if President Trump forces the Postal Service to stop delivering ballots, per @marshallglasses.bsky.social.

NEW: Denver swaps Flock for Axon for citywide surveillance camera network. City leaders grew frustrated with Flock over inconsistencies in Flock's claims about working with immigration officials, per @spencersoicher.bsky.social www.9news.com/article/news...

NEW: Colorado is working on contingency plans to preserve mail-in voting if President Trump forces the Postal Service to stop delivering ballots, per @marshallglasses.bsky.social.

The City of Denver changed busy one-way streets into two-way streets but didn't notify Google Maps or other GPS mapping apps. Wanna guess what happened? @marcsallinger.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social:

NEW: DougCo's GOP commissioners are finalizing a plan to punish some victims of crime. They'll vote tomorrow on a retail theft ordinance to fine stores that don't report every shoplifter. DA George Brauchler (R) and Sheriff Darren Weekly (R) distanced themselves from the plan.

NBC reports the DOJ is abandoning the failed attempt to indict Rep Jason Crow (D-CO) and other Democrats who reminded service members that they do not have to follow illegal orders www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

I’ve never read the Harry Potter books or seen the movies. A decade ago, before I had kids, a friend said wait. Experience them for the first time with your kids. Ten years later… here we go.

NEW: Flight trackers show flights from the U.S. (including Denver) and Canada to Puerto Vallarta are being turned around amid unrest in the city following the killing of a cartel leader. apnews.com/article/jali...

Rep Jeff Hurd (R-CO) responds after President Trump withdraws his endorsement after Hurd voted against tariffs. Trump has now endorsed Hurd’s far right challenger.

NEW: President Trump withdraws his endorsement of Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO) over Hurd’s vote against Trump’s tariffs. Trump shifts his endorsement to longshot GOP challenger Hope Scheppelman.

Looking for a gift for a hard-to-buy-for person in your life? How about access to the elected Democrats who run Colorado?

Former Tattered Cover CEO and 2X candidate for office Kwame Spearman is back with a new indy bookstore project. He dropped his 2023 run for Denver Mayor after blowback over his calls for ICE enforcement in Denver and false claims about homelessness. www.denvergazette.com/2026/02/20/f...

NEW: Eric Nelson, a Democratic politician with a history of fabrications, submitted 1,635 signatures to get on the ballot for a Colorado House race. Only 29 were valid.

VIEWER FEEDBACK: A Next viewer offers flaccid whataboutism about Trump to distract from our coverage of Colorado Democrats' ethics issues.

NEW: Eric Nelson, a Democratic politician with a history of fabrications, submitted 1,635 signatures to get on the ballot for a Colorado House race. Only 29 were valid.

Denver's experiencing the pain of Colfax bus rapid transit construction hoping to gain better transit. @marcsallinger.bsky.social reports on plans to expand BRT across the city:

NEW: A new ethics complaint said there was a price sheet outlining the cost for inside access to some of Colorado's top Democrats at a lobbyist retreat in Vail. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social:

NEW: A new city audit questions the "careless" spending of Caring For Denver, which spends almost $50M in taxpayer dollars per year on mental health and substance use issues. Denver's Auditor says Caring For Denver is harming the city's reputation with taxpayers.

How do journalists counteract bias? A good question - and a belated invitation to explore my conversation with @smotus.bsky.social about covering politics nowadays and the changing media landscape. It's on my Substack: substack.com/@kyleclarkis...

How do journalists counteract bias? A good question - and a belated invitation to explore my conversation with @smotus.bsky.social about covering politics nowadays and the changing media landscape. It's on my Substack: substack.com/@kyleclarkis...

This is still the last time it snowed in Denver.

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, Colorado marks its 150th, or sesquisemiquincentennial. It's a challenge for news anchors directed by their producers to say sesquisemiquincentennial.

NEW: Denver is preparing to replace its controversial vendor running video surveillance systems with a new company. But critics of the surveillance state are likely still Flocked. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=13iW...

NEW: Palantir, Colorado's most valuable publicly traded company, suddenly departed for Florida today. The Governor and Denver's Mayor say they were blindsided. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhkU...

NEW: GOP Rep Lauren Boebert's adult son has again been cited for child abuse without injury after Boebert's grandson wandered away from her home for a second time. Last year, Boebert said it was a "one-time incident that we have addressed as a family." www.9news.com/article/news...

NEW: Denver’s Auditor says he will not countersign Mayor Johnston’s unilateral contract with Flock that bypassed City Council approval. The Mayor says he doesn’t need the Auditor’s approval. 9NEWS has reported Denver is looking to replace Flock with another company anyway.

Best moment of these Games so far

A bill to strengthen punishment for child sex trafficking is moving through the Colorado legislature with strong bipartisan support... as a GOP state rep claims there are pedophile rings in the Colorado legislature

Let’s build a Habitat for Humanity house in Northern Colorado! Viewers have raised $50,000 in one time donations. And monthly donors to the Word of Thanks Fund will kick in about $50,000 more. I’ll match the next fifty $5 donations to @GreeleyHabitat: give.greeleyhabitat.org/campaigns/43...

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Let’s build a Habitat for Humanity house in Northern Colorado! Viewers have raised $50,000 in one time donations. And monthly donors to the Word of Thanks Fund will kick in about $50,000 more. I’ll match the next fifty $5 donations to @GreeleyHabitat: give.greeleyhabitat.org/campaigns/43...

Grateful that so many MAGA influencers are sharing our reporting that questions ICE’s (now deleted) claim about law enforcement in Colorado. But their headlines suggest they didn’t actually watch the report.

The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape. After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.

“If you love hockey, you belong.” What a simple and powerful statement on NBC tonight

GOP Gov candidate Rep Scott Bottoms alleges Capitol pedophile rings GOP Gov candidate Joe Oltmann: "If they do not start arresting people, the people need to take matters into their own hands" Speaker Julie McCluskie (D) says she fears conspiracy theories will lead to violence