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“She is such a puzzle”: Colorado teen’s months-long ordeal spotlights mysteries of long COVID
Ever since Lilly Downs contracted COVID-19 in November, she has lived with persisting symptoms -- quick heart rate, fatigue, mouth ulcers, brain fog and more ā from the infection. She,...
Crisis Point: Teens increasingly turn to Safe2Tell for suicide, mental health emergencies. But Colorado doesn’t track what happens next.
Suicide is the leading cause of death for young Coloradans. The state's Safe2Tell tip line, created to stop school violence, uses police to intervene in mental health crises. Does it...
Inside a Colorado hospitalās COVID-19 unit, a quiet fight to keep coronavirus patients breathing
On a COVID unit at The Medical Center of Aurora the gravity of the disease is ever present as patients require ventilators to breathe, a sign that even as Coloradoās...
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Denver school board member exhibited ‘belittling, dismissive and condescending behavior’ toward staff, report says
Despite those findings, the report stated that the investigation was unable to determine whether John Youngquist deliberately discriminated against employees.
Political groups, teacher unions pour more than $1 million into DPS school board election
Four of the seven seats on the Denver Public Schoolsā Board of Education are at play this year.
Denver school board member John Youngquist accuses superintendent, district staff of retaliation
A Denver Public Schools board member under investigation by his colleagues for racial discrimination alleged Friday that the district has repeatedly retaliated against him because of previous attempts to raise...
State inspectors found trays of blood-caked surgical tools at University of Colorado Hospital
UCHealth, which owns the 700-bed hospital in Aurora, postponed non-emergency surgeries for a week in July following staffing shortages in the sterilization department.
Denver school board election: 11 candidates are vying for 4 seats
The election has already generated more than $250,000 in campaign spending, as candidates have secured endorsements from the teachers union and Denver Families Action.
DPS warns of financial ‘catastrophe’ after unexpected enrollment drop, possible funding cuts
DPS is down 1,200 students ā mostly immigrant children who had offset the impact of falling birth rates ā and, in turn, will receive $18.5 million less annually in per-pupil...
Denver school board majority at stake in November’s election
The high-stakes election has already generated more than $255,000 in campaign spending from political groups.
Here are 5 things parents can do to protect their children online
āWhat we see online happening with our children is desensitization of killing, of death, of what it means to take a life,ā said Susan Payne, a national school safety expert.
As kids like the Evergreen High School shooter sink into violent online extremism, what can parents do?
āWe feel like people donāt even know that this is going on,ā said Oren Segal of the Anti-Defamation League. "We need to understand there are these terrible places online.ā
Denver Public Schools earns ‘green’ academic rating from state for first time since 2019
DPS has received a āgreen,ā or Accredited, rating from the Colorado Department of Education, meaning the district met expectations in most academic performance areas during the 2024-25 school year.