The end of Albertsons?

Plus: Colorado’s proposed gun tax, caves closed to stop bat disease, the misery index, bear attacks man inside home and more

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Oct 7, 2024 - 13:59
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The end of Albertsons?
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Good morning and happy “Broncos whupped the Raiders” day, despite all the venom from that particular rivalry having been drained by a move to Las Vegas and many consecutive seasons of “rebuilding” by both franchises.

We had a busy weekend full of bat caves, grocery store merger trials and even a bear attack, but before we dive into the news, it’s time to reveal the winners of Colorado’s Best, where we asked readers like you to choose the best businesses, nonprofits and organizations in the state. I’m happy to see my favorite brunch spot — Lucile’s Creole Cafe — get its laurels, along with hundreds of other highly deserving spots around the state. Click the links below to explore the winners and add to your travel plans!

Now, I said something about bat caves earlier that I feel like we need to circle back to, so let’s buckle our utility belts and get spelunking, shall we?

An Albertsons grocery store is seen Oct. 14, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)

As the second week of the State of Colorado v. Kroger kicks off tomorrow, Tamara Chuang breaks down the first week of the tense antitrust trial, including what a post-merger future would look like in a practical sense, what would become of the brands involved and whether the actions Kroger says it will take to keep competition alive are enough to stop rising prices.

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Colorado state Sen. Tom Sullivan, D-Centennial, speaks at a rally in favor of Proposition KK, which would raise taxes on gun sales. The rally was held Sept. 12 outside the state Capitol. (Brian Eason, The Colorado Sun)

Continuing our series of guides to this year’s general election, we have stories on the state’s proposed gun tax and a change to how Colorado judges can handle bail for certain violent charges.

Little brown bats with White Nose Syndrome photographed in a New York cave. This spring Colorado biologists found white-nose syndrome on 32 bats on the Front Range, the first time the disease was detected that far west in Colorado. Most of the bats with the disease were little brown bats. (National Wildlife Health Center, U.S. Geological Survey)

The Rocky Mountain Region office of the U.S. Forest Service released a three-year order last month that detailed a plan to close 88 caves — 16 in Colorado — in an attempt to limit the spread of the white-nose syndrome that has spread rapidly in the eastern part of the country. Jason Blevins has the details.

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Inflation has dropped. Unemployment is down. Those kinds of indicators are contributing to what economists call the “misery index” actually going down, especially in Colorado. So why doesn’t it feel like we’re less miserable? Tamara Chuang breaks it down in this week’s edition of “What’s Working.”

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As cities along the Front Range imagine their futures, water storage is a big part of the equation. Michael Booth lays out how and where growing towns plan to store their water, from Greeley to Pueblo, in this week’s Colorado Sunday.

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