There have been times in history when things change so much – politically, economically, socially – it's nearly impossible to keep up. This is one of those times.

And it's even more difficult to monitor what's happening in your own backyard, where stories about your local schools, businesses and teams can get buried under the day's national events.

That's where we come in.

We are the Colorado Trust for Local News, but you know us by other names:  The Brighton Blade, the Golden Transcript, the Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel, the Fort Lupton Press, the Canyon Courier, the Clear Creek Courant and the Westminster Window.

You can find us online, in your mailbox and in your email inbox.

These papers, your papers, are often the only source of local reporting in the community. This work produces real outcomes in the Front Range: stronger civic participation, more accountable local leadership and more connected communities.

This is where people get the facts about watering restrictions in their community, neighborhood concerns, local businesses and local sports and athletes. It's where accountability still exists at the level that most affects daily life.

Reporters like Christopher Koeberl, who covers people, schools and breaking news in Idaho Springs, Georgetown and surrounding areas for the Clear Creek Courant and the Clear Creek Mountain Life newsletter, are on the ground every week making sure those stories don't get lost.

Today, we’re proud to participate in Local News Day, a national day of action with a simple goal: help more people find, trust, and support their local news.

If you believe in the role local news plays in your community, there’s no better day to act.

Thank you for standing with us.

Gratefully,
Scott Taylor, Editor, Colorado Trust for Local News