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The Harker Heights apartment development was due to finish construction this year.
Denver needs an excavator to stamp out Leetsdale fire, the city's largest in decades
The Harker Heights apartment development was due to finish construction this year.
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January 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The Harker Heights apartment development was due to finish construction this year.
The notes of "Pomp and Circumstance" will once again echo at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre for some students graduating from Denver Public Schools.
Red Rocks will host some Denver Public Schools graduations again
It has been years since a Denver school sent graduates to the amphitheater.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The notes of "Pomp and Circumstance" will once again echo at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre for some students graduating from Denver Public Schools.
Another office-to-residential conversion is coming to Denver.
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.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Another office-to-residential conversion is coming to Denver.
Edgewater became the first Colorado city to take advantage of a recently passed state law that allows cities to raise their minimum wages without simultaneously raising the tipped minimum wage.
Edgewater’s tipped workers won’t get a wage increase. Here’s why
It's the first city in Colorado to take advantage of a new law.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Edgewater became the first Colorado city to take advantage of a recently passed state law that allows cities to raise their minimum wages without simultaneously raising the tipped minimum wage.
Keep those lights up!
Attention new Denverites: Keep your lights up 'til the Stock Show’s done
When your Christmas lights go up is up to you.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Keep those lights up!
The structure was the brainchild of two architects: Curtis Fentress and the late Jim Bradburn.
Two men, a bar and a sketch: How the DIA ‘tent’ came to be
The backstory behind that distinctive roof.
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January 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The structure was the brainchild of two architects: Curtis Fentress and the late Jim Bradburn.
From 2018: "Walking through City Park a few weeks ago, I was eyeing a cluster of Canada geese that were eyeing me, as you do, when I noticed an unusual presence. One of the geese was not Canadian at all."
Denver's Hot Duck is a Weird Goose
Or: I Think I'm a Birder Now.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
From 2018: "Walking through City Park a few weeks ago, I was eyeing a cluster of Canada geese that were eyeing me, as you do, when I noticed an unusual presence. One of the geese was not Canadian at all."
Turns out the answer is quite simple.
What's a manual? Manual High School's name, explained.
Many high schools in Denver are either named after someone, like Bruce Randolph, or directions or locations, such as West or Montbello high schools.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Turns out the answer is quite simple.
Fenton lives in a small house in working-class Aurora, across the street from the Denver border. Over 16 years, the couple’s home payments have risen from $950 to $2,000.
Recovering from cancer and fearing homelessness, this Aurora woman found hope cooking vulgar soap
Colorado’s cost of living has risen fast. Here’s how Edith Fenton is trying to survive.
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January 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Fenton lives in a small house in working-class Aurora, across the street from the Denver border. Over 16 years, the couple’s home payments have risen from $950 to $2,000.
Each contestant had 90 seconds to play one of their songs, 90 seconds to win.
16 rappers gathered in Denver. Then they plugged in their phones
Aux Wars was hosted by some of the biggest rappers in Denver's scene with the goal of building a bridge between veterans and new musicians.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Each contestant had 90 seconds to play one of their songs, 90 seconds to win.
At SAME Café off Colfax, you can pay for a meal three different ways: volunteer, pay what you can, or donate fruits and vegetables.
The Colfax café where everyone eats with dignity, whether they can pay or not
In exchange for a meal at SAME Café, you can volunteer, pay what you can, or donate fruits and vegetables.
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January 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
At SAME Café off Colfax, you can pay for a meal three different ways: volunteer, pay what you can, or donate fruits and vegetables.
"I’m still scared. This is a beautiful world. But this isn’t all there is."
A Colorado man’s final days show how patients are using — and struggling with — the right to die
Colorado legalized medical aid in dying a decade ago, but patients like Tim Hartley still navigate a restrictive landscape.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
"I’m still scared. This is a beautiful world. But this isn’t all there is."
In the years Denverite has asked our readers for questions about the city, one curiosity has constantly pinged our inbox: Are the things we recycle actually being recycled?
You asked if Denver really recycles. We took a tour to find out
Put on your hard hats.
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January 3, 2026 at 12:40 AM
In the years Denverite has asked our readers for questions about the city, one curiosity has constantly pinged our inbox: Are the things we recycle actually being recycled?
"It just didn't look appealing to me to go into the traditional chain pharmacy setting, but I knew I wanted to work with a community and be part of a community."
Inside one of Denver's last independent pharmacies
Husband and wife team Kristin and Chris Holmes own Capitol Heights Pharmacy on 12th Avenue.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
"It just didn't look appealing to me to go into the traditional chain pharmacy setting, but I knew I wanted to work with a community and be part of a community."
Colorado has the second-lowest gas prices in the nation, and Denver has some of the lowest prices in the state.
Why Denver has some of the lowest gas prices in the country
The arrival of big-name gas stations may be driving prices down.
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January 2, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Colorado has the second-lowest gas prices in the nation, and Denver has some of the lowest prices in the state.
Romance on the dancefloor.
Denver's next dating show will highlight a subculture 'Love is Blind' ignored
“Wooking for Love” is now accepting applications for an EDM-centric dating show.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Romance on the dancefloor.
MSU’s mariachi ensemble, Los Correcaminos, has played at graduations, competitions, and even played the national anthem at a Nuggets game.
MSU’s new Mariachi degree is the ‘grito’ of a student-led movement that’s been building over the last 10 years
Mariachi is growing statewide, and that expansion is creating opportunities for mariachi students at MSU.
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January 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
MSU’s mariachi ensemble, Los Correcaminos, has played at graduations, competitions, and even played the national anthem at a Nuggets game.
The newest exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science explores different ecosystems, biomes and symbiotic relationships.
The medium? Lego bricks.
The medium? Lego bricks.
Denver science museum uses 1.5 million Lego bricks to tell the planet's story
“Brick Planet: A Magical Journey Made With Lego Bricks” runs through May 3, 2026.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The newest exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science explores different ecosystems, biomes and symbiotic relationships.
The medium? Lego bricks.
The medium? Lego bricks.
If you live in a house that was built in the 1950s or earlier (like me), you may have a piece of Denver history in your backyard.
Denver's teeny chimneys are relics of our trash-burning past
Don't use them to burn anything.
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January 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
If you live in a house that was built in the 1950s or earlier (like me), you may have a piece of Denver history in your backyard.
Blame it on the altitude if you're feeling it this morning.
Do you get more drunk at altitude? Kind of, and the hangovers are worse.
Altitude supposedly will put more buzz in your beer. Sounds great, at least for spendthrift drinkers. But the truth is darker. The truth has hangovers.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Blame it on the altitude if you're feeling it this morning.
We followed the reopening journey of Welton Street Cafe.
Inside the very slow (and very intentional) reopening of an iconic Denver restaurant
"It takes a downfall, it takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of money and takes a lot of sacrifice."
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January 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
We followed the reopening journey of Welton Street Cafe.
From June: It’s an investment opportunity — and it’s a little unusual.
Why this 1950s three-bedroom home is selling for $1.7 million
Like so many old Denver houses, the actual home is worth less than the land.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
From June: It’s an investment opportunity — and it’s a little unusual.
Mental maps shape what a city is to us — and how we feel about its changes.
Mental maps of Denver are personal atlases that we use to navigate a changing city
Everyone has one, and no two are the same.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Mental maps shape what a city is to us — and how we feel about its changes.
What were your favorite books this year?
Books We Love: 2025
The best books of 2025, as read and recommended by staff and friends of Colorado Public Radio.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What were your favorite books this year?
As the city has grown around the thoroughfare, it remains a single slanted line in a sea of north-south grids.
Why is Morrison Road diagonal?
People were just trying to get to and from the town of Morrison.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
As the city has grown around the thoroughfare, it remains a single slanted line in a sea of north-south grids.