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Calhoun: Wake-up Call

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Denver’s Martin Luther King Jr. Marade Marches On

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 19, 2026

Community leaders will gather in City Park by Ed Dwight’s statue of MLK, which replaced a more controversial sculpture.

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The Air Apparent: Tina Peters Hangs Over Colorado Like a Brown Cloud

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 14, 2026

On a stop at Union Station, the new CBS anchor asked Governor Jared Polis about vaccines, lemonade…and our most famous jailbird.

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Moment to Moment: Join Us for a Historic Membership Event Tuesday

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 12, 2026

Journalism is a rough draft of history. Sometimes very rough, as you’ll see on January 13.

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People Are Moving to Colorado Again…Take That, Trump!

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 7, 2026

“They’re leaving the state in droves. Bad governor,” Trump told Politico last week.

Welcome to Hell: More Trumper Tantrums Aimed at Colorado

Welcome to Hell: More Trumper Tantrums Aimed at Colorado

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 2, 2026

“Nothing says America First like denying clean drinking water to 50,000 people in southeast Colorado.”

2025: A Bridge Too Far and Other Epic Failures

By Patricia CalhounDecember 26, 2025

Governor Jared Polis brought people together this year…united in their hatred of his Colorado 150 Pedestrian Walkway.

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How Denver Became the “Christmas City of the World”

How Denver Became the “Christmas City of the World”

By Patricia CalhounDecember 25, 2025

And so it glows…a century after the city earned that title.

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Judge Rules Lindsey Halligan’s Appointment as Interim U.S. Attorney Unlawful

By Patricia CalhounNovember 24, 2025

The Coloradan had secured indictments against James Comey and Letitia James that have now been thrown out.

Taking a Stand: Last of “On Guard” Civil War Monument Gone From Capitol

Taking a Stand: Last of “On Guard” Civil War Monument Gone From Capitol

By Patricia CalhounNovember 11, 2025

“The controversy surrounding the Civil War Monument has become a symbol of Coloradans’ struggle to understand and take responsibility for our past.”

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John Eastman Gets Paid: Trump Pardon for Advice on How to Seize the Presidency

By Patricia CalhounNovember 10, 2025

“Claims of a stolen election are exceedingly serious and should only be made when they can be backed up with solid evidence.”

A Ghost of a Chance

By Patricia CalhounOctober 29, 2025

Civic Center Park doesn’t have to become a dead zone next year!

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Dominion Voting Systems Settles Defamation Suit with Rudy Guiliani

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 29, 2025

The terms are confidential, but America’s one-time mayor doesn’t have a lot left.

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Meet the Coloradan Ready to Make Some History With James Comey

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 26, 2025

With assignments like this, Lindsey Halligan won’t win Miss Congeniality.

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Attention Local Law Enforcement: It Wasn’t Denver7’s Decision

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 22, 2025

Conspiracy or coincidence? ICE recruitment commercial airs in Denver, an alleged sanctuary city.

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Before There Was Charlie Kirk, There Was Alan Berg

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 19, 2025

Free speech shouldn’t pay the price this time.

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Instead of Bar Bar, More Tech Bros and Chipotle Apartments – Denver Has Lost Its Character

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 7, 2025

The Carioca Cafe hasn’t poured a drink for the past fifteen months…and now the building will be demolished.

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Raise a Glass to Denver’s Best Dive Bar, Whose Remaining Walls Will Soon Come Tumbling Down

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 4, 2025

In June, a car drove into the Carioca Cafe, aka Bar Bar, sealing its fate.

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Space Case: Donald Trump’s Rocky Relationship With Colorado

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 3, 2025

In pulling Space Command from Colorado Springs, the president blamed this state’s mail-in voting system and “automatically crooked elections.”

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Vail Settles With Artist Danielle SeeWalker Over Free-Speech Case

Vail Settles With Artist Danielle SeeWalker Over Free-Speech Case

By Patricia CalhounAugust 22, 2025

“I was unfairly censored and characterized as anti-Semitic, and that could not be further from the truth.”

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Dominion Voting Systems Gets $67 Million Settlement from Newsmax

By Patricia CalhounAugust 19, 2025

Now President Donald Trump wants to ban mail-in ballots,

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The Next Chapter: Library Revives One Book One Denver

By Patricia CalhounAugust 9, 2025

After more than a decade, the Denver Public Library has reopened the program with Stay True, by Hua Hsu.

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McNichols and Civic Center Park Set for Redo…but Don’t Unwrap That Present Just Yet

By Patricia CalhounAugust 3, 2025

If Colorado can kill a dreaded birthday bridge, it can keep the heart of its capital city open for a 150th celebration.

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