What Kroger’s CEO meant about those prices

Plus: Price tag in competitive congressional race now above $20M, some underwater trees have to go, and homeless camp sweeps don’t significantly reduce crime

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What Kroger’s CEO meant about those prices
Front view of a Kroger supermarket with a green roof, large glass windows, and a parking lot with several cars.
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Good morning, Colorado.

My wife and I haven’t seen some longtime friends in a while so we had them over last night for cocktails and, well, delivery pizza. Look, I can make a fancy drink or a nice meal, I can’t do both.

To celebrate the season, we imbibed with a mezcal cider: smoky mezcal, crisp cider, spiced maple syrup and a hit of lemon. It’s fall in a glass. If you’re looking for your next drink, I would recommend it. (Note: This recipe is a batch cocktail but you can easily cut it down.)

Now, with a less exciting coffee in hand, let’s turn our attention to the news of the day.

JUST IN: Price tag of highly competitive race in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District surpasses $20 million. Democratic super PACs reported spending $8.4 million in the 8th District through Friday to help U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo. Republican super PACs spent nearly $6.3 million through Friday to benefit state Rep. Gabe Evans of Fort Lupton. Jesse Paul has more.

A King Soopers grocery store in Denver in January 2022. (Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America)

During an antitrust trial to block a Kroger and Albertsons merger, the CEO of the former said: Yes, no and no.

Tamara Chuang has more from the trial.

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Cottonwood and willow trees will be cut down and removed in coming months at Chatfield State Park reservoir, part of a culling of nearly 3,000 now-flooded trunks that died after a planned reservoir-level increase. (Michael Booth, The Colorado Sun)

Chatfield State Park visitors will see nearly 3,000 trees with their bases underwater cut down in the coming months. Why do they have to go? Why has water been rising? Will the park stay open during the work? Michael Booth has answers to these questions and more.

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A homeless Denver resident walks past his tent in an encampment along the 1300 block of Pearl Street in Denver on Jan. 13, 2021. (Andy Colwell, Special to The Colorado Sun)

A study from public health researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus found that crime doesn’t generally decrease after homeless encampment sweeps. The study follows a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that makes it easier for communities to conduct encampment sweeps. Jennifer Brown has more.

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Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from bookstores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Explore Booksellers in Aspen recommends:

Read what the bookstore staff had to say about each. Pick up a copy and support your local bookstores at the same time.

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Time for more coffee. See you back here tomorrow.

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