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Amazon Web Services is the largest cloud service company in the U.S., they experienced a large shutdown on October 20th. Many apps, such as Amazon Shopping, were affected and unable to access internet. (Creative Commons//Pexels.)

Amazon Web Services Cloud’s Outage

Elena French, Staff Contributor November 3, 2025
Amazon Web Services experience an outage on October 20th, taking down thousands of applications and education platforms.
COVID 19 is spreading faster throughout Weld County. This is sparking concern among people, having them worried it will be as bad as the 2020 pandemic.

COVID-19 on the Rise in Weld County

Kayla Barrera, Staff Writer October 23, 2025
Covid 19 cases are rising in Weld County, concerning some.
Rocky Mountain National Park, from Trail Ridge Road in June of 2025. Government shut downs have almost happened before this decade, but the government hasn’t actually shut down since 2018. Due to the government shut down, national parks such as Rocky Mountain National Park, have shut down.

2025 Government Shutdown: What to Know

Elena French, Staff Contributor October 6, 2025
The U.S government, under the Trump administration has gone into government shutdown due to a disagreement of parties over a funding bill.
The FirstBank Colorado location closest to Frederick High at Colorado and Firestone Blvds in Firestone. PNC Bank announced that they plan to buy FirstBank for over $4 billion early next year and convert all their locations into PNC branches.

FirstBank Colorado Bought by PNC Bank

Melinda Yim, Staff Writer September 25, 2025
FirstBank, the largest regional bank in Colorado with over 700,000 customers, will be absorbed into PNC Bank next spring after a $4.1 billion buyout.
A peñero floats just offshore Margarita Island, Venezuela. Three small boats similar in size and design to this have been bombed by the US off the Venezuelan coast in the past month--one on September 2, one September 15, and one September 16. While the White House claims these strikes are to prevent drug transports to the US by Tren de Aragua, Venezuelan autocrat Nicolás Maduro has accused the US of extrajudicial murder. (Wilfredor/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA)

US Deploys Military Forces to Venezuela

Elena French, Staff Contributor September 19, 2025
After destroying a small craft of supposed smugglers off the Venezuelan coast, the US has deployed 4,000 marines to combat drug trafficking in the Caribbean.
A child of a New York area Coast Guard service member waves the American Flag while marching in New York City's Veterans Day Parade, Nov. 11, 2013. The Parade honors all eras and branches of military service, with special recognition given this year to the history of American Women in Uniform. (Robert Harclerode/U.S. Coast Guard, PD)

Trump Wants to Rebrand Veterans Day

Maddison Nickerson, Staff Writer May 6, 2025

President Donald Trump has sparked fresh debate after proposing a name change for Veterans Day, a holiday long dedicated to honoring the service and sacrifice of U.S. military veterans. Veterans Day (known...

Two brothers, Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were charged for murdering their parents in the 1980s, have been becoming more known now. The brothers case is being re examined, and re evaluated. (Courtesy of Common Sense Media)

The Menendez Brothers’ Potential Resentencing

Melina joy, assistant copy editor May 5, 2025

The case of Lyle and Erik Menendez, convicted in 1996 for the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menedez. The case has gained a lot of attention, has resurfaced in public discourse, making a...

Pope Francis passed away at 88 on March 21, 2025, after leading a mass for Easter the day before. The Pope had been battling with health for a while and succumbed to cardiovascular failure after a stroke put him into a brief coma Sunday night. (Wikimedia)

Pope Francis Dies at 88

Hazel Mciver Oun, Assistant image editor April 21, 2025

After a long battle with health issues, Pope Francis passed away at age 88 on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on March 13, 2013. He was the first...

Colorado’s Supreme Court has banned conversion therapy against the LGBTQ+ community. This is going to be re evaluated later in the year to decide if a change needs to be made.

Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban Fights SCOTUS Reversal

Ivonne Sambrano, Staff writer April 16, 2025

A Colorado law bans conversion therapy against the LGBTQ+ community. The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a case to a law in Colorado that bans conversion therapy aiming at people based on their...

Donald Trump has set a lot of tariffs on multiple countries, causing the price of groceries and other necessities to become more expensive. 3 days later, he decided to put most of these tariffs on pause for 90 days. These tariffs have started to cause the economy to crash, concerning many. Courtesy of Voice of America

UPDATE: Trump Tariffs Put on Pause

Kaylee Ledgerwood, Staff Writer April 11, 2025

Pauses aren’t just gonna let market shoot back up but trump is being looked at for insider trading President Donald Trumps latest tariffs set on countries has concerned many and caused the economy...

This photo of Donald Trump speaking with his supporters at a campaign rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona to speak out about his ideas and beliefs. His current beliefs on setting tariffs on many countries is not going to be a good thing for the economy, causing the prices of everything to skyrocket and the economy to collapse. Trump has now set a 90 day pause on these tariffs, which raise many questions about his reason for setting them. Courtesy of The White House

Trump Tariffs Tank Trade Relations

Kaylee Ledgerwood, Staff Writer April 7, 2025

Due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the world, the economy is starting to crash. Just a little while ago, the stock market was doing good, sitting at all time highs and growing at a good pace....

Text messages leaking U.S. operations in Yemen were accidentally sent to a journalist via Signal. These texts have caused an outbreak of confusion and panic as the government is now trying to cover up this confusion. (Courtesy of VP)

Signal Slip-Up Exposes US Battle Plans

Maddison Nickerson, Staff Writer April 3, 2025

In an extraordinary breach of security, sensitive military plans for U.S. operations in Yemen were leaked to a journalist via the messaging app, Signal. The leak, which occurred earlier this week, has...