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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 â 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 hospitalâs 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 Coloradoâs...
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Trump administration withholds $70 million in K-12 school funding from Colorado
The money â which is allocated for students learning English, teacher training, afterschool and summer programs, and more â was appropriated by Congress for the 2025-26 academic year.
Colorado school districts brace for K-12 budget crunch by not filling jobs, offering smaller raises
Two metro Denver districts have announced layoffs so far this year, and others have already eliminated or plan to cut positions by not filling job openings in the coming months.
Denver Public Schools strikes tentative agreement with teachers union over pay
Under the deal, educators will receive $1,000 cost-of-living increases to the union's salary schedule each year for the next three years.
DPS schools that could close due to poor performance have high numbers of students of color, data showsÂ
Sixteen Denver schools have spent two or more years on state's Accountability Clock, meaning they are ticking toward state intervention, or, in the case of Abraham Lincoln High School, already...
Denver Public Schools to wait at least 4 years between school closures
The school board was split 4-2 in Thursday's vote to approve the hiatus, which comes as K-12 enrollment is expected to drop further in the coming years.
Fired Jeffco chief of schools bought child sex abuse material, but didn’t have criminal contact with kids, sheriff says
Jeffco Public Schools fired David Weiss in December, and he died by suicide in Maryland while under investigation.
DPS drops lawsuit against Trump administration that sought to keep immigration agents out of schools
DPS sued Homeland Security in February in an effort to force the federal government to reinstate a policy that largely prevented immigration enforcement at schools and other âsensitive locations.â
How the Boulder fire attack unfolded: Calm, confusion, chaos â âheâs out to killâ
The Pearl Street Mall on Sunday afternoon was so picture perfect that bystanders didnât recognize the first flashes of flame as dangerous.
Jeffco Public Schools’ teachers union votes ‘no confidence’ in Superintendent Tracy Dorland
Jefferson County Education Association President Brooke Williams said the union is supportive of the school board replacing Superintendent Tracy Dorland.
Colorado sets next year’s K-12 education funding at more than $10 billion
The new law will use a four-year enrollment average to help determine funding.