Colorado Matters

Skiing is big business in Colorado. The issues the industry faces are also big, like crowds, congestion, affordable worker housing, and climate change. We talk with Alterra Mountain Company CEO Jared Smith. Then, a Denver motel becomes more than a place to stay for migrants. Also, a retired brigadier general believes history can help prevent sexual assaults at the Air Force Academy. And Turn the Page with us to overcome heartbreak.

Now more working Coloradoans have access to paid leave to care for a loved one or themselves. It’s a state program called FAMLI, not to be confused with the federal program FMLA. We break down the differences and how to sign up. Then, "God is Red" explores diversity of thought in religion and the importance of respecting Native traditions and our environment.

A new year brings a new chance to manage your money better, whether it's paying down debt, setting a short-term savings goal, or planning for retirement. We've been asking financial experts, from all walks of life, for tips and insight into how things like credit scores work. Today: their advice, compiled in a special!

For the first time, CU-Boulder has someone focused on its relationship with tribes to encourage Indigenous students and foster economic and cultural development. Then, how the verdict in the trial of paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain might impact first responders. Later, murals as a movement, a storytelling workshop, and the silver lining in a downed tree.

This year, Colorado lost a man who helped us see where we live more clearly. Not long before his death, landscape photographer John Fielder donated his archive to the people of his beloved Colorado. In January, roughly six months before his death, Fielder invited us into his home near Silverthorne.

For Sheridan Guerin, playing Clara in the Nutcracker is a dream come true as the first Black ballerina to do so in Colorado Ballet history. Then, a Broomfield man shares the story of his dad, Richard Brookins, who became known as the "American St. Nick" in the tiny town of Wiltz, Luxembourg in World War II and years after. And Denver singer/songwriter René Moffatt's new song, "My First Christmas (without you)."

Today, world-class musicians serenade and enchant us! We've drawn from the archives of our Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganza to create a collection of some of our favorite vocal and instrumental performances from the past 8 years. Celebrate the season with jazz, blues, country, Broadway, and a cappella.

Today's Colorado Matters is a laughing matter. We've sewn together a comedy special that, we hope, will have you in stitches! It's a compendium of Colorado comics from our previous Holiday Extravaganzas.

Music, memories and merriment return with the 8th annual Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganza.

Globally, 2023 was a year of extreme heat; locally, Denver7 chief meteorologist Mike Nelson calls it the year of hail. We talk about weather records, current snowpack, and the outlook for winter. Then, a question about Santa Claus that's close to the heart for Chandra Thomas Whitfield.