It werked, queen: Denver’s all-ages drag show sashays past controversy
The weather report from Denver’s nationally unique Drag for All Ages, nearly a year into its turbulent run at Mile High Comics, is promising: The biggest storms seem to have passed. The rainbows...
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Broomfield’s “Drag Queen Story Time” met with support, protest
Rainbows stood out against an otherwise gray sky Saturday morning as LBGTQ+ advocates gathered hours before a controversial children’s library event. A 30-minute story time led by drag queen Shirley...
View ArticleColorado Education Association cancels upcoming Day of Action over...
Concerns over the coronavirus have prompted the Colorado Education Association to cancel its Day of Action at the Colorado State Capitol later this month. The annual protest typically brings hundreds...
View ArticleColorado surpasses 10,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and records 449 deaths
At least 10,106 people have confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Colorado and 449 people have died after contracting the virus, according to data released Monday by the Colorado Department of...
View ArticleMcMillin: Coloradans could pledge, for Earth Day, to maintain the coronavirus...
Brown clouds have lifted, levels of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide have measurably shrunk, and public health warnings about poor air quality have declined. Not just in Denver, but worldwide. You’d...
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White House shifts from raising alarms about coronavirus to reopening country
WASHINGTON — For weeks, the Trump administration played up the dangers of the coronavirus as it sought to persuade Americans to disrupt their lives and stay home. Now, as President Donald Trump aims...
View ArticleMadrid: The space cadets descended on Colorado’s Capitol this April for a...
This year, it wasn’t the typical stoner types in all-green that descended on Civic Center Park in April with marijuana leaf flags. It was the star-spangled banners that waved sky high in an intense...
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“My body, my choice”: Inside Colorado’s growing anti-shutdown movement
Joe Oltmann, of Castle Pines, is the 45-year-old CEO of a data company. He’s also a leader and financier in the nascent but growing movement of Coloradans demanding an end to stay-at-home orders. “I...
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As Colorado loosens stay-at-home restrictions, some businesses biding their...
Gov. Jared Polis’ “safer-at-home” phase of response to the COVID-19 involves the limited reopening of some Colorado businesses and therefore more people leaving their homes. Many in Colorado and across...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Colorado, May 5: A look at the latest updates on COVID-19
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock gave a press conference ahead of the city’s stay-at-home order expiring on Friday. Watch it below to see how the mayor plans to allow the city’s businesses to reopen...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Colorado, May 7: A look at the latest updates on COVID-19
As of Wednesday, Colorado has surpassed 921 coronavirus-related deaths with over 17,800 confirmed cases. The state reported 531 of those deaths came from nursing homes where most of the outbreaks have...
View ArticleMajority disapprove of coronavirus protests, AP-NORC poll says
WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans disapprove of protests against restrictions aimed at preventing the spread the coronavirus, according to a new poll that also finds the still-expansive support for...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Colorado, May 12: A look at the latest updates on COVID-19
One Colorado restaurant is making national headlines this week after openly defying the state’s public health order to open for dine-in service on Sunday. The Tri-County Health Department then ordered...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Colorado, May 13: A look at the latest updates on COVID-19
Exactly two months after Colorado reported its first coronavirus death, the state has surpassed 1,000 COVID-19-related deaths. More than 20,000 people have confirmed cases with 563 currently...
View ArticleDouthat: The coronavirus quagmire
“Americans play to win all the time,” George Patton told the Third Army in the spring of 1944. “That’s why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. The very thought of losing is hateful to...
View ArticleViolent protests rock Minneapolis for 2nd straight night
By DOUG GLASS, The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody rocked a Minneapolis neighborhood for a second straight night as angry crowds looted...
View ArticlePublic officials respond to George Floyd protests in Denver
Public officials are reacting to protests over the death of George Floyd in downtown Denver that turned violent after someone fired shots near the Colorado Capitol. Here’s what they had to say: Gov....
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Michael Porter Jr.’s tweets on George Floyd spark criticism from several NBA...
Michael Porter Jr. said the viral video of a white Minneapolis police officer pinning George Floyd to the ground drew tears to his eyes. “That is murder,” Porter tweeted earlier this week. The Nuggets...
View ArticleRTD suspends bus and rail service to and from downtown Denver
Regional Transportation District officials stopped bus and rail service to and from downtown Denver Friday after crowds clashed with police Thursday night and plans for more protests extend through the...
View ArticleDenver police searching for driver who struck protester during George Floyd...
Denver police are still working to identify the driver who was captured on video running into a protester with their car Thursday in downtown Denver amid demonstrations seeking justice for George...
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