On his 9th birthday, a NE Denver boy celebrated at his school, but not with the typical sharing of cupcakes in class. Instead, Conrad Robinson was at the center of a full school assembly at Swigert International School to celebrate the money he raised for the Make-A-Wish Colorado foundation to honor his little sister, Pippa.
Over the past several months, non-profits across the country have been hit with federal funding cuts that have led to curtailed services, employee layoffs, and big questions about how some organizations will survive.
There were protests around the country on Labor Day, including in downtown Denver. And in the Central Park neighborhood, a passionate group of people calling itself Seniors for Democracy stood along MLK Jr. Blvd., showing support for workers and opposition to what they call a lack of caring by the Trump administration.
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow led a scheduled oversight visit to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Aurora today, which he said led to “many, many more questions.”
The mission of FIPI, launched officially two years ago, is not to take on gun owners or gun control groups, Betz said. “It’s not to tell people they should or shouldn’t own guns.” Rather, the group’s mission is to help prevent firearm-related injuries and deaths in homes and communities across Colorado.
With the news Friday that the Trump administration plans to release all of the federal education funds that it has withheld from states since July 1, Lake County School District Superintendent Kate Bartlett said it feels like she’s emerging from a time machine.
Standing under a shade tent at the new Village Farms at Stanley as loud bulldozers move rocks nearby, workers are busy planting the fields for the summer growing season.
This year, The Center on Colfax, which produces Denver Pride, saw some sponsors of the event leave, as economic concerns and rollbacks in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts escalated. In April, leaders projected a $230,000 decrease in event sponsorship funding from previous years.
A large crowd of 300 teenagers came to The Shops at Northfield on Sunday evening June 22, entering businesses, causing disturbances, and getting in fights.
This Month: Northeast Denver Development News; A Program Focused on Dignity in the Denver County Jail; Openings; and Denver Residents Listen, Learn, and Question at a Town Hall
Residents of Central Park in Denver are satisfied with their overall quality of life in the neighborhood, but traffic and crime are top of mind, a new survey shows.
Grief hits everyone at some point in life, but it’s not something people readily talk about. Two women say they hope to open up the conversation about grieving so that “all the humans” who have experienced loss can find a space to feel better about sharing their emotions.
