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Jenn Fields
Jenn Fields is a former Denver Post travel editor and features writer. She left in 2018.
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5 geological wonders that make rocks cool again
Our Red Rocks and jagged peaks already make Colorado geologically fascinating. But fans of earth sciences will find there's even more to love at these five spots.

Soak in hot springs, hike to waterfalls and avoid crowds during a Pagosa Springs weekend getaway
Pagosa Springs is just far away enough to avoid crowds but close enough to offer a great mountain relaxation vacation over a long weekend.

Fields: The stories that might not get told — and the importance of telling them
With huge cuts to Colorado's largest newspaper, how many important human stories won't be told?

To stay or go? As immigration battles unfold in Congress and courts, Coloradans losing temporary protected status face an “impossible” decision
More than 2,000 people living in Colorado for decades will lose their ability to remain in the United States under Temporary Protected Status, and now they’re struggling with decisions about...

Eliseo Jurado Fernandez, partner of Peruvian woman living in sanctuary, posts bond in immigration court
Eliseo Jurado Fernandez, the partner of a Peruvian woman who has claimed sanctuary in three Colorado churches to avoid deportation, bonded out of detention Monday morning after being held at...

These Denver birders are trying to turn 2018 into a “big year” by seeing as many species as they can
The Denver Field Ornithologists are chasing a group big year, aiming to see or hear as many species of birds as they can in one calendar year in Colorado.

Remote Rangely aims for a retail revival to diversify its boom-and-bust oil economy
As in other remote towns, business owners in Rangely in northwest Colorado operate in a challenging environment -- they're a critical resource for those who live in the region yet...

Rare snowy owls spotted in Colorado are drawing crowds beyond the birding community
Local birders were atwitter at the sudden appearance of a snowy owl along the shores of Standley Lake in Westminster in late December, posting photos of this white visitor from...

Explore the wilds of Denver with these three “urban hikes”
More than a walk but less than a hike, urban hiking treats the city like an obscure trail.

Husband of Peruvian woman taking sanctuary at Boulder church detained by ICE
When Ingrid Encalada Latorre's husband, Eliseo Jurado, stopped by a Westminster Safeway on Thursday to pick up some items for his 9-year-old stepson, Bryant, and 2-year-old son, Anibal, she didn't...