Listen: Denver cleared camps from downtown. Now, homelessness is appearing elsewhere
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Listen: Westwood’s Danza Mexika camp is teaching a tradition kept secret for centuries
For a long time, only those invited could learn to dance like Aztecs.
Photos: Wildfires on the Front Range
These deadly and destructive fires have claimed at least one life and damaged multiple structures. But amid the chaos, communities and first responders from throughout the state have stepped in to help their neighbors.
Quarry fire: Wildfire burning in south Jefferson County triggers evacuations near Deer Creek Canyon
“This is really hard territory for our firefighters,” the Sheriff’s Dept. said.
Who to see at the 2024 Underground Music Showcase — according to us
Indie 102.3 hosts — and other fellow music nerds at Colorado Public Radio — tell you who we’re excited to see.
Listen: She started fencing in 2022. Now she’s going to the Paralympics
The Denver Fencing Center is sending its first elite athlete to the biggest event in adaptive sports.
Listen: A new play on a bus is really about healing the descendants of Colorado’s colonizers
There’s a stone historic marker tucked behind a concrete wall at the west end of the 8th Avenue bridge.
Listen: How a Facebook community of Denver moms are meeting the needs of new migrant arrivals where the city isn’t
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How we measured air quality at the I-70 cover park in Denver’s Elyria-Swansea neighborhood
The park was built to reduce pollution levels in Elyria-Swansea. Our reporters tested whether the air quality is actually improved.
Art therapy eases stress for medical workers
A new program offers art therapy for medical workers. Research at CU-Anschutz in Aurora shows promising early results in reducing stress and trauma in the health care field.
Migrants in Denver faced horror on their journeys to the U.S., but despite their desperate risks, many will be forced to leave.
Hundreds of migrants have arrived in metro-Denver in the past month. The city and state have spent upwards of a million dollars to accommodate them. Let’s go beyond the numbers and get a sense for who these folks are and what brought them here. CPR’s Stephanie Rivera and Denverite’s Kevin Beaty spoke with some of the migrants staying at Denver’s emergency shelters.
What’s happening now — and later –with migrant arrivals in Denver
The arrival of hundreds of migrants in Denver, from the southern U.S. border, has raised a lot of questions… particularly given recent political moves elsewhere, that target so-called sanctuary cities. The city of Denver this week opened an additional shelter to accommodate more arrivals, and declared a state of emergency to help navigate and accommodate the newcomers.
For the Colorado Springs LGBTQ community, the Club Q shooting has dredged up memories of the area’s bigoted past — and the huge progress made (and yet to make)
“What the shooting has done is really thrown into sharp relief that we have grown so much, but our work isn’t over.”
Catholic pilgrims give thanks to life on 43-mile trek to Mother Cabrini Shrine
The walk drew hundreds of people for a two-day journey from St. Isidore Church in Watkins to the Mother Cabrini Shrine in the foothills west of Golden.
Helping refugees stay in Colorado after fleeing Afghanistan
For Afghans who came to Colorado after the withdrawal of U.S. troops one year ago, the clock is ticking.
