by Will Holden | Mar 9, 2026 | Journalism
Kevin Simpson | The Colorado Sun While Kayla Buchanan sits at her desk at the Country Living Learning Center, her husband, Cheyenne County Sheriff Michael Buchanan, slips in the front door a little before noon and heads down a hallway to a small kitchen. There,...
by Will Holden | Mar 8, 2026 | Journalism
Jennifer Brown | The Colorado Sun Eight toddlers in eight tiny chairs are gathered around a foot-high table, stuffing corn and edamame into their mouths with fat fists. It’s afternoon snack time at Bright Start Learning Center, where one boy has his blue Crocs kicked...
by Will Holden | Feb 17, 2026 | Journalism
Taylor Dolven | The Colorado Sun Emily Murphy cried when she got the message from New Mexico’s early childhood department in November: she and her husband would no longer have to pay for child care. On Nov. 1 New Mexico became the first state in the country to offer...
by CHARRIS | Feb 15, 2026 | Journalism
Erica Breunlin | The Colorado Sun Ten empty cribs fill a canary yellow classroom at Mero Kaya’s Jump Start Early Learning Academy of Englewood. Toys are stowed neatly in brightly colored buckets. A mobile of bees and honeycombs hangs still. Kaya and his wife, Ranada,...
