Advertisements and voter outreach efforts continue to ramp up ahead of next month’s primary election, as candidates statewide are working to reach as many voters as they can — particularly young voters, who have become an increasingly influential bloc in both national and Colorado politics.
When he was running for Congress in 2024, Gabe Evans said that if elected, it would be his “mission” to stop the “scourge of fentanyl.”
Following the Colorado Times Recorder’s investigation into nine previously unknown ICE detention facilities across the state, activists have organized a daily sit-in at one of the sites in Fredrick. FRDHOLD, as the hold room is referred to by DHS and ICE, was the second most used of the Colorado facilities, with more than 500 individuals held at the site from January to October 2025.
Last week, those of us here at the Colorado Times Recorder reported a bombshell scoop: ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, has held detainees, including children, at a network of nine undisclosed detention facilities called hold rooms. The hold rooms are often located in ICE or other Department of Homeland Security substations which have not been declared as detention facilities. Located in strip malls and office parks around the state, many of the hold rooms have detained people for weeks at a time, never disclosing to neighboring businesses or residents that the locations are being used for detention.
Community members and local Democratic officials gathered in front of Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Fort Lupton) Northglenn office today, urging the congressman to oppose a budget resolution spearheaded by House Republicans that would drastically scale back Medicaid.
