Denver will pull back from plan to eradicate homelessness, official says
Denver officials are still hammering out the details, but a new plan to tackle homelessness will likely take the policy in a new direction.
Colorado’s national parks bring in $374M of visitor spending for 2014
The state’s 12 National Parks created $552.1 million in economic benefit, the report adds.
Weekend catch-up: What we learned about poverty relief, and 6 other stories
Colorado is prepping its own EITC program, a DA’s political ambitions, and more stories you may have missed this week.
Denver students’ poignant notes strike chord via #IWishMyTeacherKnew
Doull Elementary teacher Kyle Schwartz got her class — and the Internet — talking about the challenges students face.
Denver auditor slams city’s $63M plan to end homelessness
“We have spent all this money but we don’t know if anything is actually getting any better,” Auditor Dennis Gallagher said in response to the audit.
CU-Boulder police offer ‘safe zone’ for Craigslist deals
Deal hunters in Boulder now have a safe place to meet buyers and sellers from Craigslist and other websites.
FlightCar, the AirBNB of cars, launches at DIA
A California-based startup offers free airport parking — kind of.
Rocky Mountain National Park: No plans to close parts of park
A news report last week said officials were considering closing some parts of the park on its busiest days.
NASA images show how fire, insects and water have changed Colorado
Satellite images from NASA offer a unique glimpse at how our corner of the planet has changed.
Rocky Mountain National Park deals with overcrowding [updated]
More than 3.4 million people visited the park last year, which is a record.
Map: Record warmth throughout West
Average temperatures across seven Western states hit new records January-March of this year, federal data shows.
Report decries ‘criminalization’ of Colorado homeless
A new report says that 90 percent of Colorado’s homeless population have been harassed by police for a “crime of homelessness.”
Colorado River named most endangered in US
The report cited a tourism construction project, radioactive pollution and a proposed expansion of groundwater pumping outside of Grand Canyon National Park as the river’s top threats.
Aspen offers a snapshot of inequality that could influence 2016 election
A Boston Globe story published Monday follows Juan Ayala, who lives in a trailer in Glenwood Springs and works in Aspen.
Photos: On Easter weekend, volunteers wash feet of Denver homeless
Washing another’s feet is a traditional sign of service, humility and cleanliness in Christianity and an important part of the Easter Story.
