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Noelle Phillips
Noelle Phillips is an award-winning, 30-year veteran of newspapers. She has covered everything from local government in rural Kentucky to combat in the Middle East. At The Denver Post, Noelle writes about air quality, wildfires and other topics impacting the quality of life in Colorado. She is a Nashville native so that's the accent you hear during interviews. She's a proud Western Kentucky University journalism school graduate. Noelle believes in holding the powerful accountable and that strong journalism is the best hope for democracy.
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Secrecy surrounds Suncor’s shutdown, but experts say it’s a sign the company’s invested in Commerce City
While Suncor has said the refinery won't be fully operational until the end of March, work at the site is ongoing as crews repair damaged equipment and work on maintenance...

Marshall fire survivors rely on kindness, generosity, therapy as they recover from trauma: “I can’t do it alone”
As the one-year anniversary of Colorado's most destructive wildfire approached, survivors have shared feelings of anger, grief and fear that it could happen again. They also continue to navigate a...

Colorado is producing some of the world’s best female athletes 50 years after embracing Title IX
Title IX is "the 37 words that changed the world.” Here’s a look at how Colorado embraced women’s sports and produced some of the world’s best female athletes.
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Bill would ban prop bets on sports apps in Colorado as lawmakers seek to curb gambling addictions
Colorado lawmakers who are concerned about rising gambling addiction and betting scandals in professional sports filed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit sports betting apps from offering proposition bets.

Family of Black man killed by Aurora police intends to sue the city
Rajon Belt-Stubblefield was unarmed when Aurora police officer Matthew Neely shot him three times.

Colorado Lottery wants to start selling tickets online, but a legislative bill would scratch the plan
A bipartisan group of Colorado legislators on Friday filed a bill to block online lottery ticket sales even as the Colorado Lottery Commission formulates its plan with the support of...

Pedestrian struck and killed by RTD A Line train in northeast Denver
The pedestrian was hit around 10:30 a.m. near Smith Road and Dahlia Street, the Denver Police Department reported on X.

Denver developer behind Union Station project identified in Epstein files
Chad McWhinney, who founded the real estate company McWhinney — recently renamed Realberry — 35 years ago, is the subject of a single email exchange between an unknown person and...

Colorado voters would be leery of legalized internet gambling, poll shows
Colorado voters surveyed in a political poll were largely opposed to legalized iGaming in the state, according to the National Association Against iGaming.

A homeless victim, bank transfers and Aspen ski trips: What the Epstein files say about Colorado
The Justice Department has uploaded millions of documents, photographs and videos to its publicly searchable Epstein Library database, adding nearly 3 million more documents on Jan. 30.

Colorado AG, environmental groups challenge order to keep Craig coal plant open
The two petitions argue that there is no emergency surrounding Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association's plans to shutter its Unit 1 power plant in Craig and that the closure makes...

How a missing Colorado woman’s son hopes AI can solve her 18-year-old cold case
Arash Ghaemi hopes one day CrimeOwl will have its big break in solving a case, and maybe — just maybe — it will help figure out what happened to his...

East Colfax neighborhood chosen for Colorado’s first environmental equity study
"This is really a chance to look holistically at the environmental stressors and health impacts that one community is facing," said Meghan Guevara.