New Denver residence will house at-risk or homeless college students
During her first semester at Chicago’s Malcolm X College, Nikya Harrell had had enough. It was winter, and she was cold. She was bouncing to and from family members’ houses and sometimes could only afford one meal a week. Harrell came to school overwhelmed and crying. A concerned...
South Denver Teen Ariel Martin Vanishes, CBI Issues Indigenous Alert
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued a Missing Indigenous Person Alert for 17-year-old Ariel Nicole Martin, who was reported missing from south Denver, according to The Denver Post. Martin, who is Indigenous, is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes, according to The Denver...
Review: Erykah Badu performs Before the World Blows for the first time anywhere at...
Streaming “Before the World Blows,” Erykah Badu’s brand new album with The Alchemist, in your headphones or listening in your car belies its impact. To fully appreciate how powerful, propulsive and evocative the album truly is, you have to experience it live. Small speakers simply don’t do it justice.
Denver opens its first college student residence for those facing homelessness
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | During her first semester at Chicago’s Malcolm X College, Nikya Harrell had had enough. It was winter, and she was cold. She was bouncing to and from family members’ houses and sometimes could only afford one meal a week.
Small town chosen to help connect electric grids with $1.2 billion investment
In an effort to lower electricity costs and prevent power outages, a high-capacity substation east of Pueblo will source more energy by combining the eastern and western electric grids.
Denver Man Gets 32 Years in Girlfriend’s Death; Body Found in Stairwell
Innis Lee Collins, 42, was sentenced to 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 2022 death of Namantha Noller Rice, his 19-year-old girlfriend. Rice was found dead in the stairwell of an apartment building near East 16th Avenue and Broadway on April 23, 2022. Collins entered his plea in
‘World’s slowest escape’: Officer helps wandering tortoise return home in Littleton
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on Friday shared body-camera footage of a daring escape by a suspect from late August, and it required some bystander assistance.
2 injured after Friday morning shooting in Five Points neighborhood
Two people were taken to the hospital after a Friday morning shooting in Denver's Five Points neighborhood.
Family reeling after Aurora mother killed in e-bike accident
An Aurora family is grieving after Stephanie Maraggos was hit and killed while riding an e-bicycle, leaving behind her art and her family's memories of her.
Denver was once hit with a 15-foot-tall wave after a dam broke
On August 3, 1933, the failure of a nearby dam sent a wall of water crashing toward Denver, eventually hitting downtown blocks with a wave estimated to be about 15 feet tall. The sudden flood would ultimately result in two deaths and widespread damage. Located along Cherry Creek and about 30 miles south of downtown […]
