Julie Gonzales’s long but not impossible odds | SONDERMANN
Allow me to start with a flashback. It was Thanksgiving 2024, just over 12 months back. For the first time, our son Clarke hosted the family Thanksgiving near New York City. It is a sign of our aging when the kids start to step into the role of host and convenor. The occasion was lovely.
Man who went on costly rampage inside government building pleads guilty
An incident in Denver that started with a drug-induced psychotic episode and ended with the largest single-location insurance claim for the state of Colorado has earned a man 8 years in prison.
New program helps Aurora homebuyers overcome down-payment hurdle
AURORA | Aurora homebuyers have a new path to homeownership through a state-wide down-payment assistance program launched this month. The program is designed to help moderate-income residents overcome the hurdle of the upfront cost of getting a mortgage, and it will run through Oct. 31, 2026 or until the city’s...
VIDEO: Aurora Police Seek Public’s Help to Identify Suspect in Armed Robbery on Iola...
The Aurora Police Department is reaching out to the public for assistance in identifying a suspect connected to an armed robbery that occurred in northwest Aurora last month. The Aurora Police Department, in a recent post on their social media channels, including a Facebook page, shared security footage and is asking...
A Colorado Guaranteed Income Program Could Help Families, but the Costs Are High
In Colorado, full-time workers need to earn an hourly wage of at least $36.79 to afford $2,000 in monthly rent, which is below the federal fair market rate for a Denver-area two-bedroom unit. 87 percent of low-income Coloradans spend more than one-third of their pretax income on housing — a...
Artist Edward Aldrich: Wild for Colorado wildlife
As Denver set a record for the most days without snowfall, in a menagerie of paintings by Edward (Ned) Aldrich, Colorado wildlife lives forever surrounded by the white stuff. Aldrich paints owls, wolves, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, rabbits and other North American species in heart-warming wintry scenes widely...
Major County Line Road Closure Set for Early 2026: What Local Residents Need to...
County Line Road will be closed between University Boulevard and Broadway starting January 6, 2026. The closure will last about 100 days, ending in mid-April 2026. This is part of the County Line Road Widening and Reconstruction project. Both directions of County Line Road will be closed between Clarkson Street and...
Denver takes 75 homeless RV dwellers off streets in two months
The City and County of Denver’s Department of Housing Stability has successfully moved 75 RV dwellers into shelters and apartments or reunified them with family, city homeless czar Cole Chandler said Thursday.
Two Denver sheriff’s deputies arrested on suspicion of assaulting at-risk adult
Two Denver sheriff’s deputies were arrested Thursday on suspicion of felony assault of an at-risk adult. Sgt. Carla Gentempo and Deputy Jason Gentempo were arrested by Denver police on suspicion of third-degree assault, a class six felony, according to a Thursday news release from the Denver Sheriff’s Department....
Denver Teens Use Alcohol, Tobacco Earlier After Neighborhood Violence Exposure, Study Shows
High levels of neighborhood violence increase the risk of Latino and African American teens in Denver starting to use alcohol and tobacco, according to our recent study. In the U.S., approximately two in ten adolescents between the ages of twelve and twenty drink alcohol. About one in ten smoke cigarettes. For teens...
