Concerns about immigration, fueled by the ongoing migrant crisis, are at the forefront of many Colorado voters’ minds, a new poll says. But voters are split on how local officials should respond to the waves of new arrivals from the southern U.S. border. Thirty-one percent of likely voters in a poll conducted last month for … Read more
For Aly Garrett, the safe haven provided by Tribe Recovery Homes is a source of inspiration and, she hopes, salvation. The 34-year-old is on probation for charges related to fentanyl use. Her addiction started four years ago while she was in an abusive relationship and dealing with trauma that stemmed from her mother’s use of … Read more
Globeville and Elyria-Swansea in north Denver for decades have been boxed in and divided by highways, railroad tracks and the South Platte River. Now the neighborhoods have been selected for a $35.5 million infusion of federal grant money to boost city projects aimed at better stitching them back together. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston last week … Read more
For more than a year, state Rep. Leslie Herod has faced public allegations of sexual assault made by another woman who is active in Colorado Democratic politics, including some leveled in social media posts when Herod was running for Denver mayor. Now Herod says she feels vindicated after a Denver County Court judge last month … 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
Some Denver Motor Vehicle offices will close for a week at a time, recreation centers will reduce their hours and the parks department will slash spring recreational programming by 25% to help offset the fast-rising costs of sheltering migrants in the city. Efforts to trim city spending will be visible in other small ways. too. … Read more
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Friday overturned a measure passed by the City Council this week that would have stopped city agencies from clearing homeless encampments during freezing weather — the mayor’s first veto since taking office in July. Johnston decided the legislation, while well-intentioned, “would restrict the city’s ability to do this life-saving work … Read more
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston joined the leaders of New York City and Chicago Wednesday in lambasting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for continuing to send busloads of migrants from the southern border to their cities. The mayors said the chartered busing strategy was inhumane, reckless and inefficient, and in a joint media call they detailed new … Read more
The first migrant families are scheduled to move into temporary housing in the Mullen Home in the West Highlands at the end of this week after the Denver City Council approved a deal between the city and the Archdiocese of Denver. The city will lease the former assisted living facility at 3629 W. 29th Ave., … Read more
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said Tuesday that he and staff members had conversations only in recent days about how the administration has been reporting progress — and numbers — in an online dashboard for his House 1,000 homeless sheltering effort. The mayor’s office has come under fire in the last week for counting people moved … Read more
