From her early years as an All America swimmer at Northglenn High School, through her studies and ROTC training at Metropolitan State University of Denver and then her steady rise through the ranks in the U.S. Army, Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson always gave a nod to her Colorado roots with each incremental milestone. Late last […]
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Silverman: Our greatest generation succeeded despite setbacks. Let’s hope our kids can do the same.
What happens when world events interrupt scholastic achievement? Severe disruptions such as COVID-19 are rare, but not unprecedented. An American boy named Felix Sparks, born Aug. 2, 1917, was a superb sportsman and student at his Miami, Arizona, high school when the Great Depression hit. His copper mining town got crushed. There were no jobs. […]
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An Iraqi family takes refuge in Colorado; a Libyan family feels a rising threat
Connie Shoemaker has experienced more than half her life in an international setting. Her interest in Muslim women began with four years at American University in Cairo, Egypt, where her husband initiated a graduate communications program and she combined raising three children with teaching English, writing for Associated Press and other newspapers, and publishing a […]
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Coloradan Connie Shoemaker had stories to tell after years of international travel and work with immigrants
Connie Shoemaker has experienced more than half her life in an international setting. Her interest in Muslim women began with four years at American University in Cairo, Egypt, where her husband initiated a graduate communications program and she combined raising three children with teaching English, writing for Associated Press and other newspapers, and publishing a […]
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Their baby was taken away and placed in foster care for 164 days. It turns out, he had a bone disorder.
FOUNTAIN — When a child protection caseworker told Crystal Bryant they were taking her 5-month-old boy, the young mother dropped to her knees on the hospital floor. “Take me,” she pleaded. “For my son to stay home, take me, I don’t care.” She begged God and anyone listening, but “they still took him,” Bryant recalled, […]
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Grand Junction weapons company to pay $1 million for selling Army subpar grenade launchers
A Colorado weapons manufacturer has agreed to a $1 million settlement for allegedly shipping subpar grenade launchers to the U.S. Army, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Capco LLC supplied the Army with M320 grenade launchers between July 2016 and March 2018 even though company officials knew the launchers’ barrels did not meet specifications, U.S. […]
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DNA testing leads to break in decades-old Colorado murder case. But privacy questions are being raised.
Michael Whyte drove out of a parking lot, his belly full of fast food lunch, oblivious that police detectives had been watching him eat. Now, they were gingerly collecting the cup they had seen him drink from just minutes earlier. The two were eager with anticipation because, after more than three decades of fruitless leads, […]
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Denver is one of two finalists for a Medal of Honor Museum
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas area and Denver have been identified as the two finalists to become the new home for the $150 million National Medal of Honor Museum. The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation is expected to make a final decision by October. The museum currently is located aboard the USS Yorktown in […]
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“It’s been awhile”: A Colorado congressman jumped out of a plane to commemorate D-Day
It has been nearly 15 years since U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, a former Army Ranger and member of the 82nd Airborne Division, parachuted in service to his country. “It’s been awhile,” he said in an interview Friday. But the Aurora Democrat took to the skies again Sunday in France when he leaped from a plane […]