Denver clears homeless camp near downtown post office as part of Johnston initiative

City crews moved more than 100 people out of a homeless encampment near the post office at 20th and Curtis streets downtown Thursday and into an east Denver hotel that has been converted into a shelter, officials confirmed. It was the fourth and, so far, the largest action at an encampment yet as part of … Read more

Colorado’s best winter festivals for 2023-24

As Coloradans, we don’t simply endure or tolerate winter. We embrace it. Sure, we could all just hunker down and hibernate through the snow and ice. Instead, we gather with friends around bonfires. We ski. We marvel at ice sculptures. We play games. We watch live music. We climb icy waterfalls. In Colorado, we welcome … Read more

GOP rivals take on Haley in effort to blunt her rise at Republican debate

By STEVE PEOPLES and NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press) With the Iowa caucuses rapidly approaching, a shrinking field of Republican White House hopefuls gathered Wednesday in Alabama for the fourth presidential debate. As usual, former President Donald Trump, who is dominating the GOP primary, didn’t appear. Instead, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki … Read more

Colorado poll finds voters skeptical of college, more supportive of career education

It’s more important for Colorado schools to prepare students for the workforce than to prepare them to attend college. That’s the opinion of more than 60% of respondents in a recent poll of education attitudes among Colorado voters. Magellan Strategies surveyed a representative group of 1,550 Colorado registered voters in September. The survey has a margin … Read more