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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 9h
Gov. Jared Polis said attempts to interfere with midterm elections are “dangerous,” but he stopped short of drawing a line to his decision to shorten the sentence of one of the people pushing those efforts.
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Without mentioning Tina Peters, Polis calls election interference pitch ‘dangerous’
Peters said to be pushing White House on plan to scrutinize midterm results.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 10h
The 8th Congressional District, a true toss-up seat, includes the northern Denver suburbs and parts of Greeley in Weld County.
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Gabe Evans and Manny Rutinel hold fiery debate in Colorado congressional swing seat race
Republican Gabe Evans and Democrat Manny Rutinel, who both want to represent the 8th Congressional District, had a lively and at times contentious debate in the most competitive Colorado race.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 13h
Denver plans to make millions more next year by busting more drivers who speed and park illegally.
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New, automated speed cameras will mean more Denver traffic tickets
The city expects to bring in $3.1 million more from traffic tickets.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 16h
Julissa Soto, a healthcare equity advocate, entered the race with $50,000 of her own money. With less than a month until the election, Soto’s campaign has been embroiled in a public feud with her former campaign director.
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One campaign in the crowded City Council race has become embroiled in legal and personal drama
Julissa Soto and her former campaign director Joseph Silva parted ways at the end of September. Lawsuits and a restraining order followed.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 18h
For over 20 years, the Lumpers have hiked in and around Denver. With a growing mailing list of more than 80 hikers, many have lived in the city for decades, some returning to their roots after years spent living around the country.
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We took a hike through Whittier with the 'Lumpers'
A hiking group of retired women have traversed some of Colorado's highest peaks and, now, the history of north Denver.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The University of Colorado Denver is establishing a campus in Hyderabad, India, the first public university in America to do so.
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CU Denver to become the first public university in the US to establish a campus in India
The university aims to welcome its first cohort in August 2027.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nearly 200 bands and 83 porches later, Denver PorchFest organizers have declared the inaugural neighborhood music festival a resounding success.
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‘Vibes were awesome’: Denver PorchFest organizers reflect on inaugural music festival
The donation-powered festival will return next year.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Colorado homeowners are cutting prices more than sellers in any other state.
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Colorado home sellers are cutting prices more than people in other states
The state’s sluggish housing market stands out as high interest rates sap buyer demand across the U.S.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A Denver metro woman who was falsely accused last year of theft through the use of Flock Safety surveillance data is suing the company and the towns involved.
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Woman falsely accused of theft based on Flock cameras is suing
A Columbine Valley Police sergeant wrongly accused Chrisanna Elser of package theft in September 2025.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The federal government is getting involved in the fight between Casa Bonita’s management and its performers over alleged labor law violations.
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National labor board will take Casa Bonita management to court
The complaint covers retaliatory action against members of the bargaining unit and refusing to provide bargaining information.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Dry Creek fire is burning about six acres of land about five miles north of the camp.
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Denver Public Schools-owned Balarat Outdoor Education evacuated due to Dry Creek fire
The popular field trip locale was evacuated "out of an abundance of caution."
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Colorado Asian Pacific United is seeking a $500,000 grant from the city to further commemorate that history and revitalize the alley from a loading zone back into the cultural hub it once embodied.
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What's next for Denver's historic Chinatown?
Colorado Asian Pacific United wants to revamp the alleyway downtown. But first, city council has to change the municipal code.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You will soon be able to Pokémon Go to the museum.
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A very popular Pokémon fossil exhibit is coming to Denver’s Museum of Nature and Science
Denver, I choose you!
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A 2024 CPR News investigation found that Caring for Denver, which spends more than $40 million in city tax money annually for mental health and drug treatment, believed it was not subject to open records laws.
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Denver council passes ‘good governance’ measure for behavioral health spending
The effort to provide greater oversight follows a CPR News investigation of mental and behavioral health spending in the city.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Stonehouse, a Gilded Age mansion at 740 N. Washington St., is headed to a final City Council vote for landmark designation status.
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This storied Capitol Hill mansion is up for landmark designation
The Stonehouse has been both a single-family home and a post-World War II apartment complex.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As drone delivery takes off, cities are busy trying to figure out how much control they have over the technology.
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Delivery drones are coming to Denver. But who regulates them?
As Walmart prepares to bring drone delivery to the region, Colorado cities are trying to figure out how much control they have over the technology.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lawyers for the Trump administration and the oil companies argued that federal laws like the Clean Air Act, and Supreme Court precedent, should block Boulder’s case from proceeding.
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Supreme Court hears Boulder climate case as Trump administration urges court to kill it
The high court will not issue an opinion on the contentious case for several months
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Denver is awash in empty office space. The clearing out of downtown’s business district began when office workers started working from home during the pandemic. Unlike in some other major cities, it never really stopped.
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Knocking down buildings in Denver drags up bad memories, but empty office space drags on the economy
Demolition is treated as a last resort for unused space, but places like 1300 Logan St. long outlive their purpose.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Forecasters are watching for a potential pattern change between Oct. 11 and 13 that could bring significantly cooler temperatures.
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Put down the soup spoon. Near-record heat is headed for Colorado’s Front Range
Temperatures could run as much as 20 degrees above normal Monday, with 90-degree heat possible in northern Colorado.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Lumpers have traversed Colorado’s highest peaks. But on this day they were going to learn something new about the city they call home: the history of north Denver, told through several neighborhood parks. Read more: denverite.com/2026/10/05/d...
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tentative opening dates are coming out, some as early as this week.
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Here are Colorado’s ski resort opening dates for the 2026-2027 season
Some resorts are hoping to open “ASAP.”
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CPR’s Mateo Schimpf and Maria Hinojosa of Latino USA unravel a young immigrant's story, and what it reveals about how the spectre of a transnational gang has shaped everything from individual lives to international policy.
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Listen to The Whisper Game — a new podcast from CPR News and Futuro Media
A series about a young migrant, an international gang, and how Aurora, Colorado, became a test case for Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Let's get spooky.
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The 13 best horror music videos of 2026
Remember that famous line from the 1982 horror classic Poltergeist, when Carol Anne presses her hands against the static-filled television in the dark
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Anyone can see that something is deeply wrong at Blue Mesa Reservoir on the Western Slope.
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Drought has decimated Colorado’s biggest reservoir, and the livelihoods of those who depend on it
Low water devastated recreation; effects on fish and electrical production could be next
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“And I could make a million thousand friends that are like me.”
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Balls and parachutes fly high at track and field day for kids who are deaf, hard of hearing
The annual event brings together kids with hearing loss from across the state
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Crocs is one of the U.S. companies that have been flocking to Malta to set up small offices in exchange for tax advantages.
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Crocs and Malta: How US companies are using tax havens to shield profits
A recent New York Times investigation found Malta has become the new hotspot for US companies, including Colorado-based Crocs, who want to dodge corporate taxes.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nearly 7% of Coloradans have already gotten their flu shot, according to the state health department. That’s a decrease of more than 1% from this time last year.
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Gov. Jared Polis gets vaccinated to protect against flu and COVID-19
Colorado doctors say it’s a good idea if you do too.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Colorado currently has four reproducing gray wolf packs, plus a fifth pack of four siblings that travel together and several wolves that do not live in packs that could potentially pair this winter.
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Colorado to stop killing wolves amid worries over falling population, parasites and low pup counts
CPW says it will continue to work with livestock producers to mitigate wolf attacks but that it must address lower-than-normal adult wolf survival rate and pup survival rate that’s expected to fall.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jaylen Davis, who is Black, was a sophomore at Addenbrooke Classical Academy in 2025, when students began making racial comments and mocking him with stereotypes. Students also allegedly touched him and his hair without consent, before it escalated further into threats, the lawsuit alleges.
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Former student of Lakewood charter school sues school, principal and former executive director for mishandling racial harassment
The lawsuit claims Addenbrooke Classical Academy did not take action to investigate, stop or prevent the harassment of the Black student.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jared Bednar, who has coached the Avalanche to a 445–262–75 record during his tenure, led the team to a Stanley Cup title in 2022.
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Avalanche agree to terms with coach Jared Bednar on a four-year extension through 2030-31
The Colorado Avalanche agreed to terms with Jared Bednar, the head coach with the most wins in franchise history.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The outdoor bars on the east side of the park mysteriously disappeared in mid-September.
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Where did Wash Park’s pull-up bars go?
We’re calling it a muscle mystery.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Denver plans to open a 20-family homeless shelter in a former correctional facility in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. But homeless and neighborhood advocates, who have been begging the city for more family shelters in recent years, are now sounding the alarm about the location.
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Denver plans to open a new family homeless shelter. Homeless advocates are sounding the alarm
The shelter is part of the city’s broader goal to end family homelessness.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Zoox, a robotaxi company owned by Amazon, is launching a small test fleet for a few months to train vehicles in winter conditions like heavy rain and snow.
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Watch out Waymo, Zoox is coming (sometime)
Another autonomous vehicle company is testing a small fleet on Denver streets.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The backers of the Colorado Connector train project spent nearly $2 million of taxpayer money in August on a blitz of glossy mailers, videos by Instagram influencers and other ads hyping the proposed Front Range rail project.
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Millions of tax dollars boosted controversial 'education' campaign for Front Range rail
A campaign loaded with positive messages about the Colorado Connector include paid Instagram influencers and targeted mailers.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's that time again.
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Ballots are headed out, here’s what you need to know
For one, you still have plenty of time to register to vote.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Starting this week, the City of Denver is accepting food-soiled paper products in composting bins, including pizza boxes, coffee filters, tea bags and chopsticks. Before, those items had to go into the trash.
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You can now put that pizza box (and other food-soiled paper) in the compost
But keep anything with plastic coatings or used with cleaning products in the trash.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Leslie Jones' "I'm Hot" tour stops in Denver on Saturday night.
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Why Leslie Jones, whose comedy career began in Fort Collins, is a terrible liar
Ahead of shows in Pueblo and Denver this week, the SNL alum discusses her quest for comedy excellence.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Shovels hit the ground Thursday morning at Santa Fe Yards, marking the beginning of a new era for Denver’s women’s soccer team. Denver Summit FC’s stadium will be just the second one in the country purpose-built for women’s sports.
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Construction is officially underway on Denver Summit FC’s permanent home
It's been an at-times rocky road for the stadium in the Baker neighborhood.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What are you doing this weekend?
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Things to do in Denver this weekend, October 2-4
A "DIVA" is a show at the Denver Art Museum.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s the latest swing in a fight over the future of the Park Hill Shopping Center and millions in public funding for Northeast Park Hill projects.
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The Holly tenants accuse landlord of theft, slander and damaging The Horizon Lounge
The fight over the future of The Park Hill Shopping Center heads to court.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Board President Xóchitl Gaytán recently accused Torres and board Vice President Monica Hunter of a long list of policy violations, which the board was set to publicly discuss for a third time — and potentially take action on — at a Thursday afternoon meeting.
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DJ Torres resigns from Denver school board amid escalating tension and accusations
The school board member said too much of his time has been "consumed" by internal conflict.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In 2026, knocking on doors to get out the vote seems to be no match for viral social media posts.
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More than 2,000 show up to Denver parking lot ... to talk the 2026 election
David Corboy used his social media platform to organize the event in support of liberal causes.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The festival costs $15-$35 to enter, and that fee doesn’t include food or drink (you do get a few goodies, like a panda headband).
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Review: The bites and sips we tried at Panda Fest
The festival has faced some backlash for being overpriced for the quality of the food. We didn't disagree.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Amid pushback from Denver City Council members and others who said it would disrupt their neighborhoods, the city’s planning department has narrowed the proposal so that it would only allow more density near major transit corridors.
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After proposing a citywide upzoning, Denver scales back ‘Unlocking Housing Choices’
Council members said their neighborhoods weren’t ready for density, while housing advocates decried the change.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Heading to the University of Denver or Knox rail stations? Starting Oct. 1, the Regional Transportation District and Veo will cover one mile on a bike or scooter heading there in a new pilot program.
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Your first mile is free if you take a Veo to these two RTD stations. Here’s how it works
First Mile Free hopes that covering the cost can close a public transit accessibility gap.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The driver of the truck attempted to make a northbound (left) turn with a green turn signal while the bus driver failed to come to a stop for the red light," Denver Police spokesperson Doug Schepman wrote.
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RTD driver ticketed for running red light in first Colfax BRT lane crash
Two bus passengers were injured, but neither were taken to the hospital.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Regional Transportation District was set to introduce conceptual plans that hinted at severe service cuts. Then, it pulled the plug.
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RTD was going to start a conversation about severe service cuts. Then the board called it off
Agency staff were going to present concepts built around a 20% reduction in service, the board chair said.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The new station will include upgraded parking for visitors and DPD staff and safety canopies. The city also plans to tear down the existing Pharmacy Building and create about a quarter-acre lot for potential redevelopment — though local advocates were hoping for more space for housing.
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Capitol Hill police station gets $68M from City Council as calls for more housing fall flat
Some council members said the city failed at community outreach.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's your last day to vote for Denver's next sidewalk stamp.
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Here are the finalists for Denver’s sidewalk stamps contest
You have just over a week to vote on Denver’s five sidewalk stamp contest finalists.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The newly revamped stretch of Colfax Avenue saw its first bus-related collision, just a day after the city celebrated the grand opening of the first section of bus rapid transit. A bus and vehicle crashed at around 8:15 p.m. on the eastbound lane at Colfax and Williams Street.
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The new Colfax bus rapid transit lanes just had their first crash
Two people on the bus were injured, but neither went to the hospital. The status of the person or people in the vehicle is unknown.
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