Listen: A new play on a bus is really about healing the descendants of Colorado’s colonizers
There’s a stone historic marker tucked behind a concrete wall at the west end of the 8th Avenue bridge.
Listen: How a Facebook community of Denver moms are meeting the needs of new migrant arrivals where the city isn’t
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How we measured air quality at the I-70 cover park in Denver’s Elyria-Swansea neighborhood
The park was built to reduce pollution levels in Elyria-Swansea. Our reporters tested whether the air quality is actually improved.
Art therapy eases stress for medical workers
A new program offers art therapy for medical workers. Research at CU-Anschutz in Aurora shows promising early results in reducing stress and trauma in the health care field.
Migrants in Denver faced horror on their journeys to the U.S., but despite their desperate risks, many will be forced to leave.
Hundreds of migrants have arrived in metro-Denver in the past month. The city and state have spent upwards of a million dollars to accommodate them. Let’s go beyond the numbers and get a sense for who these folks are and what brought them here. CPR’s Stephanie Rivera and Denverite’s Kevin Beaty spoke with some of the migrants staying at Denver’s emergency shelters.
What’s happening now — and later –with migrant arrivals in Denver
The arrival of hundreds of migrants in Denver, from the southern U.S. border, has raised a lot of questions… particularly given recent political moves elsewhere, that target so-called sanctuary cities. The city of Denver this week opened an additional shelter to accommodate more arrivals, and declared a state of emergency to help navigate and accommodate the newcomers.
For the Colorado Springs LGBTQ community, the Club Q shooting has dredged up memories of the area’s bigoted past — and the huge progress made (and yet to make)
“What the shooting has done is really thrown into sharp relief that we have grown so much, but our work isn’t over.”
Catholic pilgrims give thanks to life on 43-mile trek to Mother Cabrini Shrine
The walk drew hundreds of people for a two-day journey from St. Isidore Church in Watkins to the Mother Cabrini Shrine in the foothills west of Golden.
Helping refugees stay in Colorado after fleeing Afghanistan
For Afghans who came to Colorado after the withdrawal of U.S. troops one year ago, the clock is ticking.
NCAR fire evacuations lifted, but fire officials worry about what’s next: “We only have 365 fire days a year”
The NCAR fire came within 1,000 feet of homes and neighborhoods after unseasonably warm and dry conditions contributed to another winter wildfire near Boulder, just three months since the devastating Marshall fire.
Abortion ‘protection’ bill moves forward in House following Republican effort to stall
Abortion opponents rallied outside the state Capitol on Saturday following the second reading of a bill that’s expected to pass.
The cat-loving, cat-trapping communities of Denver
Some Denver neighborhoods are being overrun with feral cats. But a caring, cat-catching community has sprung up to tend to them.
An Afghan family in Denver on the new obstacles they face as refugees in the US
For the tens of thousands of Afghans who fled to the U.S. when the Taliban took over, resettling in the United States has come with many challenges. We meet two families brought together by these historic circumstances. One is an Afghan family that was among the 80,000 people who were able to flee to the U.S. after the American military withdrew from Afghanistan. The other is the family they turned to for help when they reached Colorado. Denverite’s Kevin Beaty has the story of these two families and their unique connection. We also learn about other Afghan families who are desperate to find new homes.
Denver’s Pedicab Economy Starting To Shake Off Its Pandemic Slumber
Opening Day at Coors Field might as well be the Super Bowl in normal times, not necessarily for the hometown team, but for the universe of workers who rely on big crowds to make their bread, namely pedicab drivers.
A Denver Public Schools After-school Program Brought Kids And Teachers Together In A Tough Year
COVID-19 caused a lot of change at Carson Elementary School. Making it work hasn’t always been easy. Kids, especially the younger ones, need constant reminders not to get too close and make sure their masks cover their little noses.
