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“I can’t stay. I can’t go back. I have nothing. We have already tried to make our life here.”
Thousands of Venezuelans in Colorado lose legal status, move into the shadows
The change places them in danger of detention.
www.cpr.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“I can’t stay. I can’t go back. I have nothing. We have already tried to make our life here.”
You won't be hearing howling anytime soon.
Why doesn’t the Denver Zoo have wolves?
People want to know.
denverite.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
You won't be hearing howling anytime soon.
Lace up those skates.
Where to ice skate around Denver this winter, inside and out
Skyline Park is closed, but there are plenty of other options.
denverite.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Lace up those skates.
Ultimately, the policy's attempt to distinguish between different religious beliefs is what doomed it.
How a COVID-19 vaccine policy cost University of Colorado $10.3 million
The Anschutz campus policy only allowed religious exemptions from people who could cite “official doctrine” that opposed vaccinations.
denverite.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Ultimately, the policy's attempt to distinguish between different religious beliefs is what doomed it.
The pop of pickleball won’t be heard anytime soon at the Civic Center Station gravel pit.
The dream of pickleball may be dead at Denver’s Civic Center gravel pit
It was just too expensive in a year of layoffs and budget cuts.
denverite.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The pop of pickleball won’t be heard anytime soon at the Civic Center Station gravel pit.
Check out any number of pop-up holiday bars and meet with Santa.
Things to do in Denver this weekend, Dec. 5-7
The Parade of Lights is Saturday night.
denverite.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Check out any number of pop-up holiday bars and meet with Santa.
South Broadway’s Gypsy House Cafe has been shuttered since March, but the funky, well-loved coffee shop hasn’t been fully laid to rest.
Gypsy House Cafe ordered to pay $122,000 to its former landlord
The South Broadway business closed in March.
denverite.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
South Broadway’s Gypsy House Cafe has been shuttered since March, but the funky, well-loved coffee shop hasn’t been fully laid to rest.
The notes of "Pomp and Circumstance" will once again echo at Red Rocks.
Red Rocks will host some Denver Public Schools graduations again
It has been years since a Denver school sent graduates to the amphitheater.
denverite.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The notes of "Pomp and Circumstance" will once again echo at Red Rocks.
Trump’s cuts pushed the nonprofit to the brink. Then the building was burglarized.
A $10,000 theft and $800,000 of lost funding have a Black LGBTQ group reeling
Youth Seen is taking a “hard pause” to set priorities.
denverite.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Trump’s cuts pushed the nonprofit to the brink. Then the building was burglarized.
Dozens of upset neighbors allege a group of influential residents who were against the road diet gained an unfair advantage by hiring a former DOTI staffer to lobby the city.
City met with a lobbyist before cutting Alameda road narrowing, public records show
City transportation officials insist the scaled-back project is just as safe.
denverite.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Dozens of upset neighbors allege a group of influential residents who were against the road diet gained an unfair advantage by hiring a former DOTI staffer to lobby the city.
Anything you throw into purple recycling bins ends up at a Materials Recovery Facility in northern Denver.
You asked if Denver really recycles. We took a tour to find out
Put on your hard hats.
denverite.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Anything you throw into purple recycling bins ends up at a Materials Recovery Facility in northern Denver.
The Denver Police Department will soon rebuild and expand its 51-year-old station on Colfax Avenue.
However, the plan is missing one obvious addition, according to neighborhood leader Frank Locantore: housing.
However, the plan is missing one obvious addition, according to neighborhood leader Frank Locantore: housing.
Should this Colfax police station include housing?
Some argue that building up instead of sprawling out would leave space on the block for “desperately needed” housing.
denverite.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Denver Police Department will soon rebuild and expand its 51-year-old station on Colfax Avenue.
However, the plan is missing one obvious addition, according to neighborhood leader Frank Locantore: housing.
However, the plan is missing one obvious addition, according to neighborhood leader Frank Locantore: housing.
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless estimates that it could lose funding for some 800 households in permanent supportive housing.
Thousands of Coloradans could lose supportive housing in 2026, major nonprofits warn
President Donald Trump has ordered cuts and changes to the national program for permanent supportive housing.
denverite.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless estimates that it could lose funding for some 800 households in permanent supportive housing.
Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket and The Flaming Lips will need little introduction for millennials.
Millennial musical juggernauts (and some newer acts) to play Denver’s Outside Days fest
Death Cab for Cutie, Japanese Breakfast and a slew of local bands will perform in a new location.
denverite.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket and The Flaming Lips will need little introduction for millennials.
Airports make good observation sites.
Why Denver's weather reports come from DIA where no one lives| Colorado Public Radio
A lot of the answer has to do with airplanes — but that's not all.
www.cpr.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Airports make good observation sites.
Will Jones alleges the district retaliated against him after he filed a race, gender and age discrimination complaint in February 2023.
Former spokesperson accuses Denver Public Schools of discrimination in lawsuit
The district says it's "confident in its position."
denverite.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Will Jones alleges the district retaliated against him after he filed a race, gender and age discrimination complaint in February 2023.
Revisit the 25-inch snowfall of Denver's Christmas Eve blizzard in 1982.
#TBT: The "Great Colorado Blizzard" of 1982
Here's some visual nostalgia to give you some perspective while you're inside warming up.
denverite.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Revisit the 25-inch snowfall of Denver's Christmas Eve blizzard in 1982.
It's the first proper snow day of the season.
Denver cold weather safety and snow shoveling tips for you, your neighbors and pets
Stay warm, shovel and save the dogs.
denverite.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's the first proper snow day of the season.
Denver's sometimes-it-works, sometimes-it-doesn't approach has been in use for a long time.
Denver has struggled to clear streets after big snowstorms for a long time. Here's why.
Plow more streets? Throw down more sand and salt? Denver's tried it.
denverite.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Denver's sometimes-it-works, sometimes-it-doesn't approach has been in use for a long time.
Denver’s parks abound with bounding labradors, its sidewalks patrolled by untethered shepherds, its public spaces filled with unleashed dogs.
Does anyone enforce Denver’s off-leash dog rules?
Sometimes!
denverite.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Denver’s parks abound with bounding labradors, its sidewalks patrolled by untethered shepherds, its public spaces filled with unleashed dogs.
A volunteer court observer will not be prosecuted after being briefly detained and cited at the Denver Immigration Court in June.
Charges dropped for Denver court observer who was briefly detained by ICE, ACLU says
It’s still unclear exactly what the person was accused of doing wrong.
denverite.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A volunteer court observer will not be prosecuted after being briefly detained and cited at the Denver Immigration Court in June.
"I think there's a real appetite here, and it's highly decentralized."
Can this long-shuttered theater in the Berkeley neighborhood become a hub for Denver's film scene?
The historic Yates Theater has so far dodged the urban redevelopment fever, but that’s due for a change.
denverite.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"I think there's a real appetite here, and it's highly decentralized."
The Petroleum Building, on the corner of 16th Street and Broadway, will become housing by summer 2027.
Denver’s supposedly nuke-proof 1950s skyscraper is getting new life
The Petroleum Building featured a drive-through bank teller, the city’s largest bar and a nuke-proof core.
denverite.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Petroleum Building, on the corner of 16th Street and Broadway, will become housing by summer 2027.
Landlords have to provide a working heat system, even if they're not charging for it, and they have to maintain temperatures of 70 degrees indoors.
They don't, however, have to give renters control of the thermostat.
They don't, however, have to give renters control of the thermostat.
What Denver renters need to know about their right to heat
Do landlords have to provide heat? What about a thermostat?
denverite.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Landlords have to provide a working heat system, even if they're not charging for it, and they have to maintain temperatures of 70 degrees indoors.
They don't, however, have to give renters control of the thermostat.
They don't, however, have to give renters control of the thermostat.
The holiday season loop is underway.
RTD will launch a special holiday loop in downtown Denver
The route will run from Nov. 28 to Jan. 3. After that, the D, H, and L lines will fully reopen.
denverite.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The holiday season loop is underway.