The oldest thing in Colorado is more ancient than Earth itself.
Christie Gosch
The Indie Prof: 13 Reasons Why
The story of a high school student who commits suicide is not the kind of material usually targeted for mass consumption; the topic is mostly relegated to the darker edges of the indie world.
New Director Takes Over At Bluff Lake
Bluff Lake’s new director David Mallery grew up hiking around the Florida Everglades.
Why is Bluff Lake empty when they just repaired the dam?
Just as Bluff Lake was being improved to prevent leaks, the Bluff Lake Nature Center (BLNC) was informed by the state that they would have to drain the lake because the organization has no adjudicated rights to the water that flows into the pond from two storm drainage outfalls.
DSST Submits Charter Application for Stapleton Aurora Site
The Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) has submitted a charter school application to Aurora Public Schools, the only application received this year by APS
RTD Says A Line Crossing Problems Solved
In an April 20 letter to the Federal Railroad Administration, RTD “now asserts that the A-Line highway grade crossings are operating in accordance with the design.”
Nabbed! Serial Burglar Caught
Good news for south Stapleton: a garage burglar who has been prowling the alleys since last August has been caught.
Holistic Family Wellness Practice Moves to Eastbridge
Natural Balance Integrative Health, located in Stapleton for 10 years, is moving to their new location in Eastbridge at the end of May.
The Book Worm
Punctuated by blistering satire, Paul Beatty’s novel The Sellout is the story of an unnamed, pot-smoking urban farmer in Los Angeles who, by a tragic series of events, becomes the owner of a willing slave.
How Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Could Impact Denver
With the news of possible big federal budget cuts, particularly to the National Institutes of...
Proposed NIH Cuts “Risk Losing a Generation of Scientists”
The budget proposal put forth by the current administration seeks a 19 percent cut in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a federal agency that is responsible for conducting medical research and funding it at centers across the country.
This Is What Democracy Looks Like
In a sign of the times, a town hall meeting held by State Reps. James Coleman and Leslie Herod and State Sen. Angela Williams had to be relocated from the Whittier Café to a larger space at Manual High School.












