Airborne plastic discs, self-refereeing, and three-figure salaries: Mark Donohue and Felix Pronove sound off on playing ultimate disc at the highest level.
Federal land managers are drafting new definitions for different types of forests, an endeavor that could help protect Colorado’s most aged forests.
Since 2019, roughly two dozen private employers had hailed the work re-entry program, which allowed them to hire low-risk inmates facing pending releases from Colorado’s low-security prisons. Now the state has indefinitely shut down the program, and some employers are asking: Was one unfortunate incident worth upending the program?
Denver Public Schools didn’t renew the teacher’s contract at the end of the school year, prompting student protests and allegations of racism.
The checks will begin arriving in Coloradans’ mailboxes this month.
Since January, two campaigns with different visions about psychedelic reform in Colorado set out to collect enough signatures to qualify for this year’s statewide election. Only one made it, but its critics aren’t going anywhere.
In July, a tweet showing Denver landlords discussing how much to hike rents on their tenants blew up on social media. For Denver City Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca, it’s just more evidence of a rental market gone mad.
If the Rockies would have gambled—literally—we all could have won big.
They’ve got 6,000 legs, 3,000 horns, and an appetite for fire mitigation.
From its new headquarters in Denver, Humanitix favors people over profits.
The Aurora native left professional football and found meaning in saving lives and changing mindsets.
Eco-activists might be frustrated with the governor, but could anyone do a better job?
The African diaspora seminar is attracting students from diverse backgrounds and helping to level the playing field in advanced placement classes.
Also called oshá, the plant is sacred to many Native American and Indigenous people, who don’t want it commoditized by the American herbal products industry. Because it often grows on public lands, the U.S. Forest Service has been put smack in the middle of the fight.
A letter from the editor of 5280.
The Denver Zoo has partnered with Colorado Parks and Wildlife to replenish an ailing population of boreal toads in the state by breeding adult toads then releasing their tadpoles into the wild. Over several months, 5280 followed along to document the zoo’s journey to conserve the Centennial State’s only high-elevation amphibian.
Alex Sullivan was killed in the 2012 shooting, along with 11 others. His father, Tom, subsequently began a career in state politics focusing on issues related to gun violence and safety. In an interview, Sullivan talked about losing his son, the challenges of passing gun-violence legislation, and whether or not Alex would approve of Tom’s musical tastes.
The city of Boulder recently passed new gun control laws, including an assault weapons ban, but most people likely don’t know that Denver has one of the older assault weapons bans in the country.
Competitive Kan Jam, aka discflect, is a thing, and you can try your disc-flicking hand at the growing sport at the Kan Jam World League tournament in RiNo on Saturday.
Local abortion providers have noticed immediate impacts—and worry about the long-term repercussions.
