Colleen O'Connor

Former Now Team Reporter

Colleen O'Connor

Colleen O'Connor was a reporter for The Denver Post's Now team. She was a voracious reader of American history and biography. She was previously a Denver Post food writer and city desk reporter. O'Connor died on Aug. 31, 2016, 聽while crossing the street.

Colorado’s new educational standards stress strategic thinking

December 10, 2009 at 2:35 p.m.

Colorado's new educational standards stress strategic thinking

Bernadette Ortega, 50, looks outside and says, "I want to cry because I know what it is going to be like out there tonight." She has been staying at the Aristocrat Motel with the VOA for the past twelve days, but the time has ended there and there are no beds for her in Denver as the temperature hovers around 4 degrees F. Judy DeHaas, The Denver Post

Shelter space sparse for solo homeless women in Denver

May 6, 2016 at 7:24 p.m.

Shelter space sparse for solo homeless women in Denver

Old West lessons change students’ lives

December 6, 2009 at 2:52 p.m.

Old West lessons change students' lives

Lew Weltzer, a survivor of Pearl Harbor, and his wife, Lyna, are shown in Oahu. A Greenwood Village medical-service firm is arranging for him to get home to Arvada after he fell ill in Texas.

Arvada Pearl Harbor veteran gets a free ride home after hospital stay in Texas

May 6, 2016 at 6:03 p.m.

Arvada Pearl Harbor veteran gets a free ride home after hospital stay in Texas

Chris Anderson, left, and Brian Nierode make sure the pipes at this house are ready to withstand the freeze and upcoming thaw.

Deep freeze has plumbers girding for frozen pipes

May 6, 2016 at 6:27 p.m.

Deep freeze has plumbers girding for frozen pipes

Jessica Ramirez, 19, and her son Adrian, 4, color while they wait at a dental clinic. She attends Florence Crittenton School and is earning a nurse's aide certificate.

Teen mom back in school, looking to the future

May 6, 2016 at 6:13 p.m.

Teen mom back in school, looking to the future

Nate Webb, presidentof Blazen Illuminations,checks out an LED fixture,585 of which will light theCity and County Building.

Denver lights the way to greener holiday displays

May 6, 2016 at 7:23 p.m.

Denver lights the way to greener holiday displays

Steven Brodbeck holds two VA checks worth $6,000 in education benefits that he and his wife received in error. "It seems they are incompetent," he says of the agency.

Colo. Springs couple gets $6,000 in VA benefits they didn’t seek

May 6, 2016 at 6:41 p.m.

Colo. Springs couple gets $6,000 in VA benefits they didn't seek

Marilyn Calderon debates Byron Moore on Friday at the Baker Hostetler Debate Classic, at Thomas Jefferson High School. Calderon and Wendy Hoang, left, are from Martin Luther King Jr. Early College. Moore attends Jefferson High.

Urban debate contests sharpen learning, skills for college-bound students

May 6, 2016 at 7:46 p.m.

Urban debate contests sharpen learning, skills for college-bound students

Colorado doctors not revising breast-cancer screening stance

November 17, 2009 at 4:33 p.m.

Colorado doctors not revising breast-cancer screening stance

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Colorado’s new educational standards stress strategic thinking

Shelter space sparse for solo homeless women in Denver

Old West lessons change students’ lives

Arvada Pearl Harbor veteran gets a free ride home after hospital stay in Texas

Deep freeze has plumbers girding for frozen pipes

Teen mom back in school, looking to the future

Denver lights the way to greener holiday displays

Colo. Springs couple gets $6,000 in VA benefits they didn’t seek

Urban debate contests sharpen learning, skills for college-bound students

Colorado doctors not revising breast-cancer screening stance