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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 — 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 hospital’s 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 Colorado’s...
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Federal judge rejects DPS’s request to block immigration enforcement at schools
DPS is believed to be the first school district in the nation to sue the Trump administration over the end of a policy that largely prevented federal agents from making immigration...
ICE raids in Denver last month struck fear in children and families, DPS leaders say in court filings
Children who attend Place Bridge Academy discovered federal immigration officers with military-style rifles banging at their doors one morning last month as armored vehicles blocked streets.
Colorado pauses deep cuts to program serving young children with disabilities — at least temporarily
The Colorado Department of Early Childhood had announced that its Early Intervention Colorado program planned to put a four-hour-a-month cap on services that children can receive.
Denver Public Schools cuts 38 central office jobs to save $5 million
The positions being eliminated touch on various departments, including positions that serve students of color.
Colorado to slash care to young children with developmental disabilities
The Early Intervention program provides care to babies and children up to age 3 who have developmental delays or disabilities.
Immigration enforcement at schools largely unchanged under Trump, feds argue in response to DPS lawsuit
The filing is the agency’s response to the lawsuit brought by DPS on Feb. 12 that seeks to prevent ICE agents from making arrests at the district¶¶Ňőap schools.
Denver Health, Children’s Hospital Colorado to resume gender-affirming treatments for youth
The hospitals' decision comes as Colorado joins a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block Trump's executive order
Arbitrator backs DPS in months-long pay dispute with teachers union
"This is not a surprise to us and it is unfortunate that both the district and DCTA had waste(d) resources to reaffirm what we negotiated," Superintendent Alex Marrero told the...
Denver Public Schools sues Trump administration to block immigration raids at schools
Denver Public Schools asked a federal court to block immigration agents from making arrests at schools.
Fear that ICE could show up at schools increases as raids hit Denver, Aurora
The fear that ICE agents could show up at schools has led students to miss class -- even before Wednesday’s raids, one teacher says.