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COVID, protests wreaked havoc on Colorado’s theater scene. The outcome?...
When Local Theater Company launches the 11th installment of its Spring Lab this weekend at Boulder’s Dairy Arts Center, the three-day festival of staged readings of new works, conversations and parties...
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Boulder climate activist dies after apparent act of protest outside U.S....
Wynn Alan Bruce (Wynn Alan Bruce via Facebook) The Boulder man who set himself on fire in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Earth Day apparently acted in protest of inaction on climate change. Wynn...
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Boulder climate activist’s self-immolation stirs questions on faith, protest
Wynn Alan Bruce (Wynn Alan Bruce via Facebook) By Deepa Bharath and Coleen Slevin, The Associated Press Wynn Bruce, a 50-year-old Colorado climate activist and Buddhist, set himself on fire in front of...
View Article12 more protesters sue Denver over police response to 2020 protests as...
Twelve more injured protesters sued Denver on Tuesday alleging police officers needlessly gassed them and shot them with projectiles without warning during the 2020 protests over the murder of George...
View ArticlePHOTOS: March For Our Lives Denver Gun Protest 2022
Protesters gathered in Denver’s Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022 protest calling for stricter gun laws in the United States on Saturday, June 11, 2022.
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Opinion: We’ve come too far toward freedom to turn back now
This year is the first year Juneteenth will be celebrated as a federal holiday. Undoubtedly, this is a significant milestone in the history of Black folks in America. Although Juneteenth is intended as...
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Former CSU student endures effects of “the system” months after being...
Abdirahman Ahmed pulled out his handgun when a group of men knocked his younger brother to the ground during a brawl in downtown Fort Collins. Fearing for his brother’s life, Ahmed pulled the trigger...
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9 police chiefs exit Denver suburbs within a year amid rising crime and...
Nine chiefs of police, accounting for 63 years of cumulative service leading police departments across metro Denver, have left the job in just the last year. The reasons run the gamut — from retirement...
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Loveland officer who failed to stop fellow cop’s assault of 73-year-old woman...
Larimer County Sheriff's OfficeFormer Loveland police officers Austin Hopp, left, and Daria Jalali A former Loveland police officer who failed to stop one of her co-workers from assaulting a...
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A teacher of color was let go in Denver. The ripple effects are deep.
The front doors of North High School loomed large over Nayeli López in May as her first year of high school came to an unexpectedly chaotic close. López found herself at the forefront of a student...
View ArticleDenver police Chief Paul Pazen to retire in October; division chief nominated...
Chief Paul Pazen will retire from the Denver Police Department in October, ending a nearly three-decade career with the agency that included four years in the top job, the city announced Wednesday....
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Who is Ron Thomas? Next Denver police chief takes helm of department...
A frequent, trusted presence at community meetings and a self-described man of few words will take the helm of the Denver Police Department as it navigates a slew of problems. Division Chief Ron Thomas...
View ArticleJudge denies Denver’s request for new trial in protest lawsuit, won’t...
A federal judge on Monday denied Denver city attorneys’ request for a new trial and a significantly lower penalty in the civil case in which a jury awarded protesters $14 million after police injured...
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Elijah McClain died of ketamine toxicity, updated autopsy report says
Elijah McClain is pictured in this undated photograph. (Photo provided by family of Elijah McClain) The Adams County Coroner’s Office changed Elijah McClain’s cause of death from “undetermined” to...
View ArticleLeaked Oath Keepers list includes nearly 1,000 Coloradans, including cops and...
The Oath Keepers, an anti-government militia, spread to nearly every corner of Colorado over the past decade, claiming members in various law enforcement agencies, political offices and seats of power,...
View ArticleColorado town prevails as residents will no longer have to pay to get mail
Buena Vista residents at the base of Colorado’s Sawatch mountains who for years had to pay to receive U.S. mail — and last summer protested in streets about fees and poor service — have prevailed. U.S....
View ArticleBlack representation in Alabama tested before Supreme Court
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The invisible line dividing two of Alabama’s congressional districts slices through Montgomery, near iconic sites from the civil rights movement as well as ones more personal to Evan...
View ArticlePhotographer injured by police during 2020 George Floyd protests in Denver...
A Denver photographer who nearly had a finger severed when a police officer shot him with a less-lethal projectile while he documented George Floyd protests in 2020 in downtown Denver has agreed to...
View ArticleFinalists named for Denver’s top law enforcement oversight position — a job...
Two finalists will vie for Denver’s top police oversight position, which has been open for nearly two years. The Citizen Oversight Board named Mary Claire Opler and Lisabeth Pérez Castle as finalists...
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High-profile chief takes over troubled Aurora Police Department: “I will...
Aurora’s new interim police Chief Art Acevedo was about to speak to the District 2 night shift officers at their roll call on his first day on the job when his phone lit up. It was Shaquille O’Neal...
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