Officer Jordan Steinke said she was focused on the suspect and the potential threat she posed
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Skating in the wild used to be a hard “no.” Now some Colorado parks are allowing it.
The skating ranger at 11 Mile State Park says recreation is changing and that skating outdoors should be accommodated — when the conditions are right
T-Mobile anchors new community solar power field as developers diversify how renewables get built in Colorado
The Greeley array juices the equivalent of 113 phone stores and more, as solar developers look for innovative deals to build community gardens
Man convicted of killing Colorado girl who vanished in 1984, sentenced to life in prison
Steve Pankey, 71, was found guilty of murdering Jonelle Matthews in second trial after jury last summer could not come to a verdict in the decades-old case
Key gaps between Black, Latino and white Coloradans have narrowed, but equity is “a dream unrealized”
Maria Bocanegra Tejeda awakens as the rising sun lights her room. Her room. In the house her family owns. That fact is still capable of surprising her, so far removed it is from her cousins’ crowded trailer in the crowded mobile home park where she spent nearly half of her 22 years. The night before, […]
Farmers in northeast Colorado didn’t benefit from the snow, rain that just hit the rest of the state
Northern Colorado ditch companies say they are in need of more water
Meet the “Lightsaber Guys” who are summoning the force in Greeley
It’s Thursday night on Turner Green, and the glowing blades of lightsabers clash in the dark between towering dormitories on the University of Northern Colorado campus. Spectators hoot as the triumphant opening strains of the “Star Wars” theme burst from a window. With toy lightsabers bought on a whim, the “Lightsaber Guys of UNC” have […]
Fired teen librarian in Colorado files discrimination complaints, cites canceled LGBTQ and anti-racism programs
When Brooky Parks thought about developing programs for teens at the Erie Community Library, her experiences as a mother were a powerful touch point. And while she didn’t necessarily program the calendar for Madeline, now 18, and Jack, who will turn 16 very soon, they were very much on her mind in her work as […]
Plastic hippos are out. Colorado playgrounds are getting a more natural makeover.
Before 2016, Grant Frontier Park was touted as a place where prospectors first discovered gold in the South Platte River near Denver. No one seemed to care. “I never saw anyone in the park,” Gordon Robertson, director of planning design and construction at Denver Parks and Recreation Department, said of the three-block long park that […]
Colorado dangles free transit on bad pollution days. But will there be anyone to ride? Or drive?
Way back in 2019, when most of us wore masks only at Halloween, Jayne Neimann considered the Bustang a vital part of her life. The bougie commuter bus run by the state transportation department offered Wi-Fi, cushy seats and a chance to relax with her phone for an hour on her way to Denver, where […]