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RTD Board Not Ready to Cut Popular Disability Program Despite Impending Budget Crisis

RTD Board Not Ready to Cut Popular Disability Program Despite Impending Budget Crisis

By Catie CheshireJuly 31, 2025

The transit agency is facing cash flow problems, but the board of directors decided now isn’t the time to cut the ride service subsidy program.

A man makes a heart.

Colorado Congressman Sues Trump After Denial at ICE Detention Facility

By Bennito L. KeltyJuly 30, 2025

Jason Crow spearheaded a successful bill in 2019 that allows all congressmembers to access immigration detention facilities without notice.

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What Are HHC Vapes, and What Are Their Effects?

By Herbert FuegoJuly 30, 2025

Unlike THC, HHC is produced in small amounts by cannabis. But HHC is easy to create by altering hemp-derived CBD, leading to a large, untested gray market.

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Xcel’s Coal Retirement Plan Could Cost Colorado Customers, Advocates Warn

Xcel’s Coal Retirement Plan Could Cost Colorado Customers, Advocates Warn

By Catie CheshireJuly 30, 2025

One consumer protection group is calling for the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to shrink Xce’s giant proposal.

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Lauren Boebert: Scraping by, Like the Rest of Us?

By Brendan Joel KelleyJuly 30, 2025

Lauren Boebert’s financial disclosure for 2024 shows, well, just about nothing.

Avi Stopper speaks at a City Council hearing.

Residents Tell City Council They Want More Out of Vibrant Denver Bond Plan

By Bennito L. KeltyJuly 29, 2025

The current slate of projects lacks bike and pedestrian infrastructure and affordable housing, they complain.

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Want to Get High and Help Science? These Colorado Trials Pay You to Try Cannabis or Psychedelics.

By Brendan Joel KelleyJuly 29, 2025

“People choose to participate in clinical trials because they see this as giving back something great.”

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DPD Watchdog Calls Out Proposed Police Discipline Changes

By Catie CheshireJuly 29, 2025

An idea to swap some consequences for low-level offenses by police officers with education was sharply criticized by the Independent Monitor.

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Five Proposals Petitioning to Get on Colorado’s Ballot in 2026

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 29, 2025

Colorado voters could weigh in on initiatives regarding immigration enforcement, college admissions, delivery fees and more.

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Colorado Department of Transportation Demolishes Historic Buildings at Burnham Yard, Possible Future Home of Broncos

By Catie CheshireJuly 28, 2025

According to Historic Denver, demolition began over the weekend…without warning.

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Residents Describe a Flood of Problems at Blake Street Apartment Complex

By Catie CheshireJuly 28, 2025

One resident lost everything to a burst pipe, and another is suing after her mother allegedly fell into an improperly covered drainage hole.

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Monthly Inflation in Denver Ranks Near Top of the Country

By Brendan Joel KelleyJuly 28, 2025

Only Seattle, St. Louis and Boston have fared worse.

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Lauren Boebert’s Son Charged With Misdemeanor Child Abuse

By Brendan Joel KelleyJuly 26, 2025

The Congresswoman’s oldest son was on probation after pleading guilty to identity theft last October.

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Trump Cut Federal Taxes on Overtime Pay. A Lawsuit Demands Colorado Do the Same.

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 25, 2025

The lawsuit challenges a recently passed Colorado law that will continue taxing overtime pay at the state level.

Denver Police officers talk at the corner of 8th Avenue and Logan Street.

Denver Homelessness Programs Threatened by Trump’s Latest Executive Orders

By Bennito L. KeltyJuly 25, 2025

Cuts to housing, more sweeps and detaining people with mental illness are among Trump’s newest orders for homelessness.

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Denver Stadium One of the Best Places to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

By Catie CheshireJuly 25, 2025

The only zombies we’ve seen so far are on the field, but Coors Field has some perks as a human stronghold – as long as the undead suck at climbing.

A flex post on 13th Avenue.

No Flex Zone: Denver Urban Policy Advocates Want Bike Lane Dividers Back

By Bennito L. KeltyJuly 25, 2025

Flex posts kept bike lanes clear of parked cars, according to Strong Denver, which is still upset over the city’s sudden swap.

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More Sexual Misconduct Allegations Emerge Against Barber in Denver, Westminster

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 25, 2025

Cesar Diaz of Ari’s Barbershop was reported to police three times for unlawful sexual contact, years before the newest accusation.

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Aurora Man With Long Criminal Record Found, Arrested in Mexico

By Alexander Hernandez GonzalezJuly 24, 2025

After being charged for kidnapping and sexually assaulting women while posing as a rideshare driver, he never appeared for a 2023 court date.

Naropa University president Charles Lief (right) speaks at a Naropa retreat in 2022.

Naropa University Spins Off Psychedelic Clinic Into Memoru Center

By Brendan Joel KelleyJuly 24, 2025

Memoru Center for Visionary Healing Arts will conduct psychedelic facilitation training, clinical care and research in a new Boulder campus.

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Federal Judge Scratches Head at Unprecedented Bail Request From Tina Peters

By Brendan Joel KelleyJuly 24, 2025

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky” – Michael Scott.

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RTD transit bus in Denver

On Eve of ADA’s 35-Year Anniversary, RTD Could Reduce Key Accessibility Program

By Catie CheshireJuly 24, 2025

Disability advocates say community members could lose essential services to fix a budget that isn’t even broken.

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