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Colorado News Briefs and Local Updates Jack Armstrong
Headlines Tuesday Sept 2, 2025
Labor Day
The long holiday weekend came to a close on Labor Day yesterday, the day set aside to honor the achievements of organized labor.
In Louisville, thousands of people lined both sides of Main Street to see the city’s annual Labor Day parade, the only Labor Day parade in Boulder County, according to the Daily Camera.
An American Legion honor guard led the procession, followed by marching bands from Monarch and Centaurus high schools, classic cars, equestrians, floats ridden by first responders, and local labor unions.
While the event was largely festive, many of those in the parade carried signs expressing strong opposition to the Trump administration and its policies.
Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s Second Congressional district, walked alongside Colorado Senator Michael Bennet. He told KGNU about his concern for the state of the country, and the value of organized labor.
Chase House Closing
A Boulder-based nonprofit is shuttering a residential treatment program aimed at helping young people with mental health or addiction issues. KGNU’s Andraa Von has more.
The Chase House is scheduled to close on September 19, according to Boulder Reporting Lab. The closure will leave Boulder County with no residential treatment programs specifically serving homeless youth.
The Chase House is operated by the non-profit TGTHR. The organization said they’ve struggled to fill beds at the home, in part because of strict eligibility requirements for residents. They also could not cover costs with Medicaid reimbursements.
TGTHR CEO, Annie Bacci, said closing Chase House will allow them to focus on restoring drop-in services and street outreach teams, along with affordable housing.
More than 120 people under age 18 in Boulder County were counted as experiencing homelessness, according to a 2024 homelessness survey.
Boulder Chamber and TGTHR will host a virtual town hall tonight to discuss the funding challenges. The link to register for this town hall on the KGNU website
RSVP for town hall here
Sanctuary Jurisdictions
More cities and states around the country are responding to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and her attempts to get them to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Bondi threatened to prosecute cities and states in so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions,” for failing to cooperate. Those jurisdictions include Denver, and the state of Colorado. Colorado Newsline reports that other jurisdictions named by Bondi have replied to her, defending their sanctuary policies. They include the cities of Boston, Seattle, and Albuquerque, and the states of California, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington. Many of them said in their replies that so far, the courts have upheld their right to limit cooperation with deportation officials.
Last month, a federal judge extended a preliminary injunction that protects areas targeted by the Trump Administration for being noncompliant with federal immigration enforcement.
A hearing on the injunction is scheduled for October 22.
Coloradans Linking Severe Weather to Climate Change
Most Americans think climate change is connected to increased severity of extreme weather events like flooding, drought, and severe heat.
That includes 70 percent of people in Boulder and Denver counties. Those who were asked, as part of a Yale University study, agree that wildfires are affected by climate change. That’s also aligned with Colorado’s own metrics – about 70% of state residents fear extreme weather events are stressed by human-caused climate change.
Jennifer Marlon is a senior research scientist at Yale’s school of the Environment.
She says she was surprised by the number of Americans who connected climate change to wildfire behavior.
She says that number is especially high in Colorado, which has seen some very large and destructive wildfires over the past five years..
Marlon says Colorado stands in sharp contrast to other states in the Mountain West — only 48 percent of Wyomingites think wildfires and global warming are connected, along with 60 percent of Utahns.
RTD Boulder Station
The RTD bus station at 30th and Pearl in Boulder is reopening today, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Three bus routes will stop at the Boulder Junction station, according to 9News. The AB2 bus to and from Denver International Airport is shifting its weekday service to the re-opened station. The Flatiron Flyer 4 to Civic Center in Denver is returning with peak hour morning and evening trips. And the city’s HOP bus is resuming its Boulder Junction service.
The Regional Transportation District said it’s also expanded the Downtown Boulder station, adding more gates and services there.
