Despite protests, JeffCo moves forward with ‘compromise’ curriculum review plan
Hundreds packed a Jefferson County School Board meeting Thursday night. The board decided to create a curriculum review committee with its first goal to examine Advanced Placement U.S. history.
Study: Climate change not to blame for 2013 Colorado floods
Last year’s devastating floods in northern Colorado were not made more intense or more likely by the effects of climate change, a new study says.
QUIZ: A peek at the new history coursework that sparked JeffCo proposal
Take a brief quiz that shows the difference between the new and old AP U.S. history exams.
JeffCo students walk out, again, over proposed history curriculum changes
The protests are aimed at new JeffCo School Board member Julie Williams’ proposal to promote “patriotism” in the district’s history curriculum.
NASA spacecraft, piloted from Colorado, eases into orbit around Mars
The spacecraft, piloted and built in Colorado, is out to discover more about the Martian atmosphere.
In Crested Butte, residents singing the blues over closed street
Residents are unhappy that the main drag in town is still painted blue.
Denver Post owner Digital First Media puts paper up for sale
Digital First Media, which owns 76 newspapers across the nation, says it’s evaluating and considering strategic alternatives for its business.
Photos: Early season September snow dusts Colo. Front Range
The National Weather Service says the Denver International Airport recorded a trace of snow overnight, while Boulder saw a tenth of an inch.
Cover your plants, Colorado. It could snow tonight
Lows could hit 35 in metro Denver as rain will mix with and then change to snow overnight.
Colorado’s new poet laureate offers up fall arts preview, in verse
Read a pithy and eloquent preview of upcoming events in the Colorado arts world by the state’s new poet laureate, Joseph Hutchison.
Denver jail deputies fired in inmate abuse cases
In announcing the terminations, the department said it “takes incidents of inappropriate use of force very serious.”
Photos: The supermoon rises over Colorado
We’ve been collecting images of the supermoon from Colorado photographers through the summer.
Then and now photos: Colo. flood recovery one year later
Then-and-now scenes from last year’s historic flood in Colorado show varying degrees of recovery.
Colo. Gov. Hickenlooper names oil and gas task force
The 19-member task force includes representatives from the oil and gas industry, ag industry, local governments and civic leaders.
What should DIA’s new plaza be named? Airport wants your help
The new space will connect the iconic Teflon-covered Jeppesen Terminal to a new hotel and transit center.
Aspen Art Museum removes iPad-wearing tortoises from exhibit
The decision to send the tortoises to a warmer climate had to do “with cold weather and not public pushback.”
