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Monte Whaley
Monte Whaley is a former Denver Post reporter.
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Denver’s weather will be boring and beautiful
Metro area residents are going to have to deal with sunny and warm weather this weekend accompanied by little or no drama.

Amendment 73 portrayed as both lifeline and drag to Colorado’s underfunded schools
The Amendment 73 ballot initiative is a long-needed $1.6 billion annual lifeline that will bolster classrooms and teachers in Colorado schools, say proponents including teacher groups, school boards and other...

Musician Nathaniel Rateliff urges gun safety at conference
Musician Nathaniel Rateliff, a long-time gun owner, has made gun safety a top priority for his newly-minted foundation, The Marigold Project.

Mellow fall gives way to intense cold front tonight and Sunday
Denver residents should get their biking, gardening and soccer watching all finished by Saturday afternoon before winter delivers a sucker punch to the Front Range this evening, forecasters say.

“Why do men act the way they do?” New men’s health minor at Denver’s Metro State looks at toxic masculinity and more
Steve Rissman has been examining why men are in such a fix through a series of men's health classes at Metropolitan State University of Denver that he developed. These classes...

Colorado Association of Libraries blasts pornography lawsuit as censorship crusade, attempt to undermine “fundamental tenets of a free society”
Two parents who filed a lawsuit claiming pornography was distributed to their children by a national scholastic network and the Colorado Library Consortium are more interested in censorship than protecting...

Parent group sues Colorado Library Consortium over database it alleges gives kids access to pornography
A parent group is suing a national contractor that sells online research databases to schools and the nonprofit Colorado Library Consortium, alleging they spread pornography to unsuspecting Colorado school kids.

Terrance Carroll, Denver Public Schools’ chief legal counsel, stepping down after 7 months
Terrance Carroll is leaving as Denver Public Schools' chief legal and and strategic initiatives officer, stepping down after just seven months on the job. His DPS post was criticized as...

Pets get special, free care at Denver’s poor neighborhoods
Veterinarian Peyton before delivering an updated vaccine into the dog's right leg Saturday morning. Peyton never flinched and only glanced at Guzman before retreating behind his owner's legs.

Commerce City police transports man after he has “mental health crisis,” starts fire inside home
An adult male, described as having a mental health crisis, was transported to a local hospital Saturday morning after he started a small fire inside a home at 16381 East...