Bruce Finley

General enterprise reporter

Bruce Finley

Bruce Finley covers general enterprise topics and breaking news. He has focused on environmental and climate issues, winning recognition for outstanding investigative reporting, and global news, with on-site work in 40 countries. He grew up in Colorado, a fourth-generation resident, graduated from Stanford, then earned degrees in international relations as a Fulbright scholar in Britain and in journalism at Northwestern. He is a licensed lawyer.

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Refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rukasa Claude, left, and Therese Mukandakezi in Claude's apartment in Denver on Dec. 2, 2022. Therese's grandson and Ruskasa's good friend, Zuwa Goro, was shot and killed in a nearby alley last year. Another friend of Claude's, Eugene Karekezi, was also killed in the same alley. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Refugees who fled war in Congo thought they’d be safe in Denver 鈥� but were met with gun violence

January 9, 2023 at 6:03 a.m.

Refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo Eugene Karekezi and Goro Zuwa (short for Zuwayidi Byiringiro) in Denver's East Colfax neighborhood, along with Emmanel Amani, are among the latest of...

In Colorado mountain towns, where affordable housing is scarce, “even living out of your car is gentrified”

August 8, 2022 at 1:45 p.m.

Blocked from sleeping in vehicles within municipal boundaries, workers in profit-minded Colorado mountain towns now must seek 鈥渟afe outdoor space鈥� 鈥� in Walmart lots, surrounding woods or new designated parking...

Ute Mountain Ute irrigation manager Michael Vicente tells how ...

How this tribe survives in Colorado’s worst drought region with as little as 10% of its hard-won water supply

July 10, 2022 at 9:34 a.m.

The Utes are surviving, for now, by relying on a unique asset: a mill built in 2014 where tribal crews de-husk, grind and package all the corn they can harvest.

DENVER, CO - JUNE 30: Denver Parks and Recreation workers Tim Lopez, left, and Bridger Hardy, right, return to land after having applied an algaecide in to the water that they hand sprinkled on Ferril Lake at City Park on June 30, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. Denver Parks and Recreation is trying to take care of a huge algal bloom that has taken over the lake and shut down the boating on the lake. The department is using an algaecide that they are sprinkling by hand into the water as well as rakes to try to pull the long algae out of the water. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Denver’s City Park lake getting choked by green slime invasion

July 22, 2016 at 4:28 p.m.

Denver parks and environmental crews blitzed the city鈥檚 signature lake Thursday in City Park, battling a putrid, globular green slime, up to 10 feet thick, that has gummed up boats...

BOULDER, CO - June 23: His Holiness the Dalai Lama duplicates sign language from an audience member expressing 鈥滻 love you鈥� during the Compassion in Action event at the Coors Events Center June 23, 2016. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Dalai Lama regales Coloradans, urges compassion, “global sensibility”

June 24, 2016 at 2:15 a.m.

Tibet抖阴ap Dalai Lama built his case for a happier, friendlier world in back-to-back sellout appearances at the University of Colorado Thursday, urging deeper self-study and compassion as remedies to rising...

FILE - In this April 30, 2007, file photo, a shovel prepares to dump a load of coal into a 320-ton truck at the Black Thunder mine in Wright, Wyo. The mine is owned by St. Louis-based Arch Coal Inc. which says its Chapter 11 filing will not affect employee pay or benefits while the company reorganizes its debt. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Coal giant’s hiccup causes turmoil in dependent Colorado towns

June 23, 2016 at 9:14 a.m.

Peabody Energy鈥檚 failure to pay a $1.2 million June installment to Routt County translated almost instantly to trouble for fire protection, the library, cemetery and school for 325 children. It...

Three men enter the South Platte River with inflatable inner tubes with the intention of riding down the rapids at Confluence Park on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 in Denver, Colorado.

Feds come to Colorado to bestow $44 million to boost drought resilience

June 23, 2016 at 12:31 a.m.

As temperatures set records around the arid southwest, Obama administration officials will head to the South Platte River north of Denver on Thursday to launch $44 million in projects aimed...

KREMMLING, CO - AUG. 24, 2014: Expert kayakers make their way into Gore Canyon for the annual raft and kayak race last Sunday. The Colorado River flowing through remote, steep-walled gorge just south of Kremmling is one of the state's most valuable recreational assets.
(Photo By Scott Willoughby / The Denver Post)

Federal scientists find that half of the water in the Colorado River starts underground

June 22, 2016 at 4:23 p.m.

Federal scientists probing the Colorado River, the primary water source for the West, have found that, on average, 56 percent of the flow starts underground and seeps to the surface...

GOLDEN, CO - NOVEMBER 13: Golfers use the driving range at Applewood Golf Course on November 13, 2015, in Golden, Colorado. At the beginning of the month voters approved a tax increase to help Prospect Recreation and Park District purchase Applewood Golf Course in an attempt to save it from development. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Colorado locks in more outdoor open space bit by bit amid population boom

August 22, 2016 at 11:28 a.m.

As more people fill more space, land conservationists at Great Outdoors Colorado are committing $19.8 million to save four more parcels covering 24,825 acres.

A water tower overlooks the community of Security in the foreground of Pike's Peak on June 8, 2016. A invisible toxic chemical has been discovered in the drinking water that affects 70,000 people in the communities south of Colorado Springs.

Drinking water in three Colorado cities contaminated with toxic chemicals above EPA limits

September 23, 2016 at 2:39 p.m.

Invisible toxic chemicals are contaminating drinking water for 80,000 people south of Colorado Springs, one of 63 areas nationwide where the chemicals widely used to fight petroleum fires have been...

As crude oil prices fall, so has the influence of large oil companies on legislators.

CSU study measures air pollution released during study oil and gas production

June 14, 2016 at 6:18 p.m.

Colorado State University scientists on Tuesday unveiled measurements of oil and gas industry air pollution in western Colorado under a $1.7 million Garfield County contract, partially funded by companies, including...

The Animas River flows through the center of Durango on August 7, 2015. Over a million gallons of mine wastewater made its way into the Animas River closing the river and put the city of Durango on alert.

EPA Gold King Mine coordinator retires as Animas water, soil tests begin

June 14, 2016 at 7:08 p.m.

Environmental Protection Agency's Steve Way, who is the on-site coordinator at the Gold King and other mines contaminating Animas River headwaters, is retiring as the feds begin soil and water...

Denver police exchange gunfire with man on downtown balcony with long rifle

June 13, 2016 at 9:11 a.m.

Denver police late Sunday shot a suspect who was making threats in lower Downtown.

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Featured Stories

Refugees who fled war in Congo thought they’d be safe in Denver 鈥� but were met with gun violence

In Colorado mountain towns, where affordable housing is scarce, “even living out of your car is gentrified”

How this tribe survives in Colorado’s worst drought region with as little as 10% of its hard-won water supply

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Denver’s City Park lake getting choked by green slime invasion

Dalai Lama regales Coloradans, urges compassion, “global sensibility”

Coal giant’s hiccup causes turmoil in dependent Colorado towns

Feds come to Colorado to bestow $44 million to boost drought resilience

Federal scientists find that half of the water in the Colorado River starts underground

Colorado locks in more outdoor open space bit by bit amid population boom

Drinking water in three Colorado cities contaminated with toxic chemicals above EPA limits

CSU study measures air pollution released during study oil and gas production

EPA Gold King Mine coordinator retires as Animas water, soil tests begin

Denver police exchange gunfire with man on downtown balcony with long rifle