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		<title>Good Morning America Is at Pikes Peak Today&#8230;but Denver&#8217;s Left in the Dark</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:19:27 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/pikespeak.jpg" alt="snow-capped mountain" /><p>Xfinity has blocked out the ABC affiliate in the Mile High.</p>
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		<title>Cheat Sheet: Colorado Sues Trump Over Election Order</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:37:46 -0600</pubDate>
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<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/opinion/colorado-sues-trump-over-election-executive-order-40868598/">Cheat Sheet: Colorado Sues Trump Over Election Order</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Tina Peters Gets a New Sentence and a New Champion</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:53:15 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/tinagetty.webp" alt="blonde woman in white dress" /><p>“The trial court’s comments about Peters’s belief in the existence of 2020 election fraud went beyond relevant considerations for her sentencing."</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/opinion/disgraced-colorado-clerk-tina-peters-getting-new-sentence-40866712/">Tina Peters Gets a New Sentence and a New Champion</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>There Oughta Be a Law Against John Eastman</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:58:09 -0600</pubDate>
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<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/opinion/john-eastman-argued-against-birthright-citizenship-40866068/">There Oughta Be a Law Against John Eastman</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>150 Colorado Classics: A Starter Set of Places to Go, Things to See</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:41:04 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/denver-skyline-park-view-flickr.jpg" alt="Denver skyline view from city park" /><p>The state's having a big birthday. Here are 150 reasons to celebrate.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/opinion/top-colorado-places-to-go-and-things-to-do-40860377/">150 Colorado Classics: A Starter Set of Places to Go, Things to See</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>This Year’s Best of Denver Marks the End of an Era</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/IMG_2385.jpeg" alt="This Year’s Best of Denver Marks the End of an Era" /><p>Westword’s founder and editor-in-chief, Patricia Calhoun, will retire this summer. </p>
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		<title>State of the Union: We Watched, So You Didn&#8217;t Have to</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:11:57 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/ww-media/mediaserver/den/2025-15/trumpvotingbooth-377855730.webp" alt="trump coming out" /><p>Thirteen months after Donald Trump moved back into the White House, we're in a state of disbelief.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/opinion/watching-donald-trump-state-of-union-40849160/">State of the Union: We Watched, So You Didn&#8217;t Have to</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Denver&#8217;s Martin Luther King Jr. Marade Marches On</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 06:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/mlkhamblin.webp" alt="MLK statue" /><p>Community leaders will gather in City Park by Ed Dwight's statue of MLK, which replaced a more controversial sculpture.</p>
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		<title>The Air Apparent: Tina Peters Hangs Over Colorado Like a Brown Cloud</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-6.38.43-AM.png" alt="polis and CBS anchor" /><p>On a stop at Union Station, the new CBS anchor asked Governor Jared Polis about vaccines, lemonade...and our most famous jailbird.</p>
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		<title>Moment to Moment: Join Us for a Historic Membership Event Tuesday</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 05:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/historycolorado.webp" alt="building with bison sculpture" /><p>Journalism is a rough draft of history. Sometimes very rough, as you'll see on January 13.</p>
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