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In tiny Granada, teacher and students help preserve dark history of Japanese-American internment
For more than 20 years, John Hopper and his students have worked quietly in a remote corner of southeast Colorado to help ensure that the world doesn’t forget the Japanese...
Letters and diaries chart the enduring grief of a Denver mother with two sons at Pearl Harbor
Letters preserved in the archives of History Colorado record the worry and grief of a Denver mother whose two sons both died aboard the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor 75...
How Pearl Harbor touched lives — and Colorado — in ways that will never be forgotten
Dwindling Colorado survivors mark 75 years since the Pearl Harbor attack that that left 2,403 military and civilian personnel dead , 1,178 wounded and pulled U.S. into war.
HOV 3 marks a change in the Denver metro commuter numbers game
In a move that could shift the dynamics of carpools across the Denver metro area, the popular High Occupancy Vehicle rules that let two occupants ride free on Express Lanes...
Son honors Navy veteran’s request and sets ashes adrift so he can travel the world
Ted Rockwell of Steamboat Springs went the extra mile -- about 6,000 of them, actually, to honor his father's request to send his ashes to sea.
Amendment 71: Coloradans approve making constitution harder to amend
With most votes counted, a proposed amendment that would make it more difficult to amend the Colorado constitution was strongly approved by voters Tuesday night.
Amendments T and U: Voters lean toward keeping “slavery” reference, reject tax measure
Two ballot measures that would clean up constitutional language and eliminate a relatively minor tax issue didn’t attract as much pre-election attention as the seven others, but proponents emphasized their...
Colorado voters fend off tobacco tax from Amendment 72
An amendment to the state constitution that would sharply raise the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products went before Colorado voters with the stated purpose of reducing youth smoking...
Haunted by a face, mother of slain toddler finds restorative justice 21 years later
Victim's families and criminals can agree to engage in restorative justice -- a face-to-face atonement based on an offender’s remorse, accountability and willingness to repair harm as part of a...
Big tobacco money dominates home stretch for Colorado ballot initiatives
Amendment 72 would add $1.75 in tax to a pack of cigarettes and channel the revenue toward a number of health-related efforts.