Anthony Cotton

People approaching retirement face many challenges–there’s money and affordability, but there are also questions about identity and self-worth… and of course, what comes next. Change Makers, a new program at the University of Colorado Denver offers a chance to help professionals and others navigate those questions. As part of our Aging Matters series, we spoke with program directors Anne Button and Rachel Cohen. We also spoke with Alex Chernushin, a newly-retired aerospace engineer who took part in the program.

After a brief respite (and perhaps a little sleep), the clerks for Colorado’s 64 counties were back at work Wednesday, finishing up the tabulations for all of the voting that took place across the state.

When former President Donald Trump spoke in Aurora recently, he pledged to use the Alien Enemies Act to rid the city of violent gang members. The measure, first introduced in the late 1700s, was used in one of the darkest chapters in Colorado history — the formation of an interment facility, called Camp Amache, where thousands of Japanese-American citizens were held during World War II.

Fans looking for answers about where the Denver Nuggets stand this NBA season won’t have to wait long — the team opens its 2024-25 campaign tonight versus the Oklahoma City Thunder.

When archaeologists in Egypt discovered a papyrus in 2022 that appears to hold fragments of work from the ancient Greek tragedian Euripides, it set in motion a chain of events that culminates in Boulder this weekend. A pair of scholars from the University of Colorado Boulder, Yvona Trnka-Amrhein and John Gibert will be part of a symposium centered around the find. After the discovery of the papyrus, the duo have worked on deciphering and interpreting the text, which they say contains portions from two of his plays.

There was plenty of pomp and ceremony during Sunday’s closing ceremonies for the Paris Olympics.

Bianka Emerson says President Joe Biden’s decision to not seek a second term and endorsing vice president Kamala Harris to replace him, has energized a moribund Democratic campaign. Emerson, president of Colorado Black Women for Political Action, participated in a recent conference call that featured more than 40,000 women and raised more than $1 million. Emerson spoke of the challenges Harris — and Black women as a whole — are facing in the upcoming election.

Families are complicated — and writing about family secrets even more so. In her new novel, “Candlelight Bridge,” Cara Lopez Lee tells the story of clans living amidst the Chinese and Mexican revolutions of the early 1900s, who eventually come to America. Once there, actions are taken that reverberate through centuries.

Three young explorers who found bones from a young T-Rex were recently at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science where the fossils are part of an exhibit called “Discovering Teen Rex.” 12-year-old Jessin Fisher, his nine-year-old brother Liam and their 11-year-old cousin, Kaiden Madsen made the extremely rare discovery on a hike with their dad two years ago in North Dakota.

Colin Prater is a science teacher at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, but he’s apparently really good at math as well, because recently he solved one of the most difficult equations in athletics…advancing from a field of 10,000 golfers around the world to one of just 156 spots in this week’s U.S. Open. Prater is one of Colorado’s most accomplished amateur golfers, a two-time winner of the Colorado Golf Association’s Player of the Year award, but he had to overcome long odds in making the field at venerated Pinehurst, North Carolina. In the final round of qualifying, Prater won one of two available spots for the Open — in doing so he became one of just 15 non-professionals to make the field. Colorado will be represented in the event; besides Prater, PGA Tour player Mark Hubbard, a graduate of Colorado Academy high school and Wyndham Clark, a Valor Christian High grad, are playing. Clark is the Open’s defending champion after winning last year.