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NBA star Russell Westbrook forced to release statement after claims Nuggets teammate denied his jersey number request
NBA star Russell Westbrook has been forced to clear the air after wearing a new jersey number. Westbrook signed with the Denver Nuggets this offseason after being traded and released. Westbrook arrived to the Nuggets only to find that his iconic jersey No. 0 was taken by Christian Braun. The 35-year-old Westbrook has worn the […]
Rookie RBs Bounce 8-Year Veteran From Broncos’ 53-Man Roster
The Denver Broncos knew they were getting a pretty decent running back in rookie Audric Estime, who they drafted in the fifth round (No. 147 overall) after he put up big numbers at Notre Dame in 2023. What the Broncos may not have expected was the play of another rookie...
Boulder LGBTQ+ distillery DV8 cancels events, closes temporarily
Boulder distillery DV8, one of the city’s few explicitly queer spaces, closed earlier this month. It is unknown if or whether it will reopen, though the venue’s communications describe the closure as temporary. DV8 first canceled events hosted at the East Boulder venue, via an Aug. 1 social...
Car lands in river after crash
A driver was taken to the hospital after their car collided with another car on Interstate 25 in Denver, left the roadway and landed in the South Platte River.It happened in the southbound lanes of the interstate early Tuesday morning, close to the Alameda Avenue exit.The driver in the vehicle that went in the river was able to get out of the vehicle. She was sitting on top of her car when emergency crews got to the spot where her vehicle landed.The other car involved in the collision was heavily damaged.By daybreak traffic that had been backed up was no longer affected by the cleanup from the crash.
These are the victims of the Boulder grocery store shooting
They are 10 people who went to the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22, 2021, and never returned. They were victims of yet another mass shooting in the United States, whose lives are still remembered by family and friends.
Big Pharma siphoning off critical health center resource
As Congress heads back to work after the August recess, advocates for the nation's safety net Community Health Centers are urging lawmakers to end Big Pharma's roadblock on discounted medicines through a federal program known as 340B. Donald Moore, CEO of Pueblo Community Health Center, said by denying discounts, drug...
Aspen Journalism recognized with two awards in 2023 Better News Media Contest
Aspen Journalism received two awards in the Colorado Press Association’s 2023 Better News Media Contest. The awards, announced on Aug. 24 at the 146th annual CPA Annual Convention in Northglenn, honored work by Aspen Journalism freelance journalist Sarah Tory and collaborating journalist Allen Best, who is the publisher of the energy and climate newsletter Big Pivots.
Here’s how Colorado’s 20 largest districts regulate student cell phone use
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.Before school started at her northern Colorado high school, senior Madison Vella heard complaints about the new rules barring cell phone use during class.“A lot of students were like, ‘This is stupid. We’re almost adults,’” she said.The rule change took some getting used to, but it’s been a positive, said Vella, a senior at Greeley West High School. Students are participating in class more and there’s a greater sense of community, she said.Vella’s school district,...
Colorado's fee-based enterprises skirt TABOR, increase revenue by 3,000%
In 1992 voters enacted the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights to constrain the growth of government by requiring voter approval for tax increases. Since then, the state government has built a new structure to avoid that requirement. The creation of TABOR-exempt state-owned “enterprises” has allowed government to increase fees from...
Colorado GOP removes party chair after he sent email attacking LGBTQ people
Colorado Republicans overwhelmingly voted to remove state party chairman Dave Williams by a vote of 161.66 to 12 on Saturday. Some people's votes only counted for a fraction of a full vote.The move comes after Williams sent an email attacking Pride Month and referring to the LGBTQ+ community as "godless groomers." He also called for the burning of all Pride flags on social media. More than 100 Republican leaders across Colorado had previously signed a petition to remove their state party chairman from his position."We will be getting a new chair of the State GOP!" Republican state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer wrote...
75 $1B+ climate disasters have impacted Colorado in past 44 years, NOAA says
Colorado has experienced its fair share of severe climate events over the past several decades. But now the National Centers for Environmental Information has a precise picture of that share's size.
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