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Posted inOpinion Columns

Littwin: Do we know who Lauren Boebert is? Do you really have to ask?

by Mike Littwin 3:05 AM MDT on Sep 17, 20233:36 PM MDT on Sep 16, 2023

Columnist Mike Littwin observes that getting kicked out of a Denver theater for bad behavior amounts to just another day in the life of Lauren Boebert, Colorado’s gun-totin’ congresswoman.

Posted inCartoons

“What’d I Miss?”: Whatabout a boorish theater patron?

by R. Alan Brooks and Cori Redford 2:10 AM MDT on Sep 15, 202311:14 AM MDT on Sep 14, 2023

In “What’d I Miss?” Myra tells Ossie about Rep. Lauren Boebert’s deflective response to getting tossed from a Denver show — and imagines another “whataboutism.”

Posted inBook Excerpts

In “Little Souls,” two deaths converge during a day in the 1918 flu epidemic

by Sandra Dallas 2:15 AM MDT on Sep 3, 202312:03 PM MDT on Aug 27, 2023

Disparate scenes witnessed by the narrator in Sandra Dallas’ Denver-based historical novel, “Little Souls,” set the stage for a long personal nightmare.

A 68-person vacancy committee gathered Saturday at Regis University to select a replacement for the House District 4 seat after Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez resigned. (Elliott Wenzler, The Colorado Sun)
Posted inPolitics and Government

Tim Hernández chosen by Democratic vacancy committee to replace Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez at Colorado Capitol

by Elliott Wenzler 3:43 PM MDT on Aug 26, 20235:31 PM MDT on Aug 26, 2023

During a forum before the vote, Hernández said he would focus in the legislature on boosting housing density, fighting gun violence, increasing wages and reducing Colorado’s incarceration rates

Posted inBusiness

Is LoDo still thriving? Here’s how Coors Field helped shape a developing Denver neighborhood.

by Margaret Jackson 3:31 AM MDT on Aug 21, 20238:10 AM MDT on Aug 23, 2023

Investors, including the Monfort family, now are looking for opportunities in the blocks beyond the Ballpark neighborhood

Posted inNews

Deaths of people who are homeless in Denver surge 50% since last year

by Olivia Prentzel 4:01 AM MDT on Aug 2, 20236:35 AM MDT on Aug 2, 2023

Coroner blames “tightening grip of fentanyl” for the rising deaths, hitting 166 people so far this year, compared with 108 last year

Posted inOpinion Columns

Silverman: “Gangbuster,” a portrait of a heroic lawman, recounts a perfect story for Colorado Day

by Craig Silverman 3:05 AM MDT on Aug 1, 20234:09 PM MDT on Jul 31, 2023

Craig Silverman writes that author Alan Prendergast’s book “Gangbuster,” a portrait of a heroic 1920s-era Denver lawman, tells a fascinating chapter of the state’s history — and has national relevence, too.

a woman kissing the cheek of another woman. the woman being kissed holds a barbie doll.
Posted inCulture

Barbie was created 64 years ago by Denverite Ruth Handler. Here’s how the doll came to be.

by Parker Yamasaki 3:40 AM MDT on Jul 21, 20236:41 PM MDT on Sep 5, 2023

Barbie has inspired — and disturbed — generations that grew up with the toy. Director Greta Gerwig’s new film plays with both perceptions of Handler’s boundary-pushing Barbie doll.

Posted inHousing

Experiment to pay Denver’s homeless has reached $5 million and 846 people

by Jennifer Brown 4:05 AM MDT on Jul 20, 20239:42 AM MDT on Jul 20, 2023

Six months in, there are not yet concrete results in the yearlong study, but organizers report that the payments have been life altering for some

Posted inPolitics and Government

Denver’s new mayor declares state of emergency on homelessness, sets goal of housing 1,000 unsheltered people by end of 2023

by Elliott Wenzler 9:54 AM MDT on Jul 18, 20232:37 PM MDT on Jul 18, 2023

Mike Johnston was sworn into office on Monday. The homelessness declaration and plan was his first major action as Denver’s new leader.

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