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Democratic delegate says party must work tirelessly through Election Day
Democrat Polly Baca of Denver has been to every one of the party’s presidential nominating conventions since 1964.
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Interview: Heidi Ganahl hopes the nation can come together at the Republican National Convention
The former gubernatorial candidate is an alternate delegate at the RNC.
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Heat stress, heat stroke, and rethinking neighborhoods to stay cool
Dr. Jay Lemery helps us understand the impact of extreme heat.
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Denver comedian Kate McLachlan talks Pride, punchlines and punching down
Kate McLachlan’s podcast “Dyketopia” laces humor through discussions with the LGBTQ community.
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Helping veterans write the ‘Next Chapter’ of their lives
Colorado Matters spoke with the co-founder of Next Chapter, a program that goes beyond traditional mental health counseling to provide a range of services that keeps everyday challenges from morphing into crises.
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From summer heat and shading your soil, to pests and noxious weeds, gardening expert helps weather the growing season
It’s gardening season, so we asked expert Fatuma Emmad of FrontLine Farming for some growing tips.
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4th Congressional District: Democrat Trisha Calvarese
Get to know the candidates running for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District in the June 25 primary.
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You know about the spelling bee kids. Now meet Denver’s own spelling bee P-R-O-N-O-U-N-C-E-R
Jacques Bailly was a Denver eighth grader when he won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1980.
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Colorado Springs is first in the state to deploy blood medics
The city will become the first urban area in Colorado to provide transfusions of whole blood to critically ill patients in the field.
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Interview: Governor Jared Polis on new housing options, public transit, and property tax relief
Polis describes a “kumbaya’’ legislative session that brought bipartisan support for some of his long-standing initiatives.
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‘Clarence was always an artist’ Honoring the life of a painter, sculptor, and Tuskegee Airman
Some of the highlights of his lifetime of work are on display at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in an exhibit entitled “Clarence Shivers: Experimenting With Form.”
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Caught in gang warfare, dozens of orphaned children in Haiti were rescued through the determination of a Colorado nonprofit
HaitiChildren engineered the evacuation of 59 orphanage residents and 13 caretakers.
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A mass killer’s brain injury poses big questions for the military
Army reservist Robert Card II went on a shooting rampage in Maine last fall. An autopsy showed he had extensive brain damage, likely from repeated exposure to grenade explosions. He’d never been in combat.
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The future of space and tech exploration in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is set to become a hub of the international space community on April 8 for the annual Space Symposium. Colorado Matters spoke with the head of the Space Foundation.
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Miss America is just the latest title on Air Force Academy grad’s long resume
Just a few months after she graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, and while working on a graduate degree at Harvard, 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh took on a new challenge. Marsh represented Colorado in the Miss America pageant earlier this year and took the title.
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Explore the ‘lost history’ of Denver’s Manhattan Beach amusement park
Today, Denverites still stroll around Sloan’s Lake but most of them probably don’t even notice the small plaque that marks its past.