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“Just unprecedented”: Aurora Police saw 60% rise in officers leaving department last year
87 police personnel left or were jettisoned from the department in 2020, more departures than in 2015 and 2016 combined. About 750 of the Aurora Police Department's 1,000 employees are sworn officers.
After shooting, unrest, Wyoming gets its first Black sheriff
Aaron Appelhans, who grew up in Denver, takes the helm of the Albany County Sheriff's Office in a time of turmoil following the police shooting of an unarmed man during a traffic stop.
On Edge: After wanting to die, an Aurora teen is now learning to live
Navee Essien is speaking out – with support from her mother and therapist – partly because she grew up fighting for the mentally ill, and partly because she thinks her story might help.
On Edge: For Tylan Jones, anxiety is also a battle between optimism and pessimism
A battle wages within him. The idealist fighting disillusionment, the optimist going toe-to-toe with the pessimist. But that flame of hope inside him hasn’t been easy to keep burning in the last year.
A new Denver high school modeled after historically Black colleges opens next fall
Test scores and graduation rates show Denver Public Schools has not served students of color as well as it has the 25% of students who are white. Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy aims to repair that.
With coronavirus nixing gatherings, LGBTQ+ Coloradans seek new ways to foster belonging
LGBTQ+ people feel some impacts of the pandemic more sharply than the general population, but there have been silver linings to the shutdown
“Black in Denver” illustrates through photos — and words — the vast diversity of the Black diaspora
Nashville-born artist Narkita Gold might have chosen a larger canvas, like Chicago or New York, but she found “communities” in Colorado
Black Lives Matter protests in Gunnison County showed people of color they have more allies than they realized
“Deafening silence” spurred young women to organize demonstrations in Gunnison and Crested Butte and people showed up. And then they kept showing up with ideas for moving beyond symbolic gestures.
Pairing mental health counselors with police on calls shows promise in Colorado
Colorado's marijuana taxes funded 10 co-responder programs that dispatch mental health pros with cops. Two years in, the concept seems to be working in cities along the Front Range.
As virtual GABF arrives, craft beer industry faces difficult moment confronting racism and pandemic
The Brewers Association and Colorado breweries are taking action to address racism and a lack of diversity in their ranks. But critics want more done.
Denver security guard acted in self-defense, his lawyer says
Doug Richards, who said he is representing Matthew Dolloff's family, said the man who was shot, Lee Keltner, reached into his shirt which made Dolloff fear for his safety
Shooting amid Denver protests leaves man dead; 9News security guard detained as suspect
Videos taken at the scene just outside of the Denver Art Museum showed a confrontation in a crowd of people followed by a single gunshot being fired
Essay: What happened when Black Lives Matter arrived in Colorado’s deeply conservative Eastern Plains
Dozens gathered to demonstrate in Sterling. They faced hatred on social media. And a conversation -- and movement toward change -- began.
Colorado farm owners told Black Lives Matter donations prohibited
Sol Mountain Farm Manager Ike Manobla and his partner started asking for voluntary dollar donations among community members at the South Fork Friday Market
Nicolais: Clowns to the left, jokers to right, Michael Hancock in the middle continuing to govern
Between constant attacks from people like Candi CdeBaca and Steffan Tubbs, Mayor Michael Hancock has dealt with a pandemic and protests with aplomb
George Gore’s bloody legacy could soon be erased from Colorado’s mountains, replaced with a nod to the Utes
A Summit County resolution would rename the Gore Range, which spans four Colorado counties, the Nuchu Range, the pick of Ute tribal leaders