Photographs line the walls, plants sit on windowsills and a Buddhist altar is arranged atop a dresser. Nearly every surface of the living room is covered by an item or memento collected by Thin Soe, Ye Ye Thin and their five children over the years in their three-bedroom apartment in Denver’s East Colfax neighborhood. Since … Read more
First lady Jill Biden plans to stop in Aurora this weekend to promote the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. First lady Jill Biden speaks next to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis at the Colorado Capitol on April 3, 2023, in Denver during a stop to highlight workforce training investments. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver … Read more
A plan to convert a Crowne Plaza Hotel into a facility to temporarily house and serve individuals who are homeless has spurred concerns from residents of Aurora and Denver about safety in the area and the effectiveness of the center in addressing homelessness in the region. The Aurora City Council approved the purchase of the … Read more
Transgender and nonbinary people would receive more explicit protections in Colorado’s anti-bias and harassment law if a newly introduced bill becomes law. Advocates characterize the bill as a simple legislative fix to ensure gender identity and expression are protected across state law, while also sending a message about Colorado’s values. “(The bill) ensures nonbinary and … Read more
Aurora is one of the most prolific and profound artists around. The Norwegian songstress hasn’t released an album since her 2022 entry The Gods We Can Touch, but she has just broken her silence on what she’s been working on. The 27-year-old has now confirmed she’s bringing a brand new album to streaming services on … Read more
After a marathon committee hearing, Colorado Democrats’ bill to ban the sale of semi-automatic rifles and other so-called assault weapons cleared its first hurdle early Wednesday morning and now is poised to pass the full House. The measure, House Bill 1292, passed the House Judiciary Committee on a 7-3 party-line vote. The wide margin came … Read more
Aurora’s city government wants to make clear that it has no plans to take in or provide services for an influx of migrants coming into the city from other municipalities, according to a resolution that the City Council passed on Monday night. The resolution, which also included people who are homeless getting transported to Aurora … Read more
Early on a mid-February morning, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in unmarked vehicles gathered in an empty parking lot in Denver, nearly a quarter mile from the workplace of a man they had been tracking. In a briefing, the officers described how they planned to arrest the 25-year-old, who was born in Mexico, as … Read more
Emily Borges wants to work — even if it’s not as a cop, the decade-long career she said she left behind in Venezuela after facing threats within her own police agency for doing her job amid pervasive corruption. After a treacherous journey to the U.S., Borges and her 2-year-old daughter, Arantza, crossed the southern border … Read more
On Christmas Eve 2019, Heather Fitzsimmons was released from jail for another set of offenses stemming from her heroin addiction. With a new dedication to sobriety and a stronger personal relationship with God to carry her, she said, she was determined to rebuild her life. But she lacked a place of her own and the … Read more
