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Calhoun: Wake-up Call

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How Denver Became the “Christmas City of the World”

How Denver Became the “Christmas City of the World”

By Patricia CalhounNovember 21, 2025

City Hall will get lit tonight, when Mayor Mike Johnston flips the switch on a century-old tradition.

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.”

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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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Lindsey Halligan v. Just About Everyone

By Patricia CalhounOctober 24, 2025

When Letitia James is in court today, everything will be on the record.

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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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Book It: Time for Colorado to Give Itself a Real Birthday Gift

By Patricia CalhounJuly 29, 2025

Books can build a bridge, too. Why not create a 150th anniversary anthology for the state?

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Veterans Groups Join the Fight Against the Colorado 150 Pedestrian Walkway

By Patricia CalhounJuly 21, 2025

“Our sacred spaces are not for sale, not for political show, and not to be paved over. They are to be protected as the living legacy of those who served and sacrificed for the freedoms we all enjoy.”

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Denver Is Deflated, but This City Can Rise Again

Denver Is Deflated, but This City Can Rise Again

By Patricia CalhounJuly 16, 2025

An update on my ten suggestions from bringing back downtown…as well as another trial balloon.

How Do You Feel About the Colorado 150 Pedestrian Walkway?

How Do You Feel About the Colorado 150 Pedestrian Walkway?

By Patricia CalhounJuly 15, 2025

Governor Jared Polis wants to know. Really.

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Buffalo Billed: Denver Looking for New Concessionaire for Pahaska Tepee

By Patricia CalhounJune 6, 2025

The city wants a food experience in keeping with the historical theme of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West traveling show.

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Pocket Change: Denver Mint Will Stop Producing Pennies

By Patricia CalhounMay 22, 2025

President Donald Trump took aim at the coin back in February, and now the Treasury Department has confirmed it will stop making cents.

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