At the close of the 19th century, from downtown Denver offices, an unlikely pair of business partners unleashed a daily newspaper that would eventually drive out all competition. Celebrating 125 years of delivering news, this documentary explores the Denver Post's storied past and uncertain future.
Video by Lindsay Pierce, Katie Wood and AAron Ontiveroz
Forest fires are no joke in Colorado. Although forest fires are part of the natural ecosystem, beetle kill, extremely dense forest and dry weather conditions create the perfect conditions for a tin...
The battle lines have been drawn in the cold war skirmishes between the Epic Pass of Vail Resorts and the Ikon Pass of Alterra Mountain Co. All passes are on sale now at epicpass.com and ikonpass.c...
Tips for living, hiking, or camping in bear country. Bears are scavengers. The best thing you can do is take away the temptation (food). Bottom line: Use proper food and trash storage.
People don't always realize how dangerous moose can be. They are big, weighing 800 to 1,200 pounds and standing up to 6-feet tall at the shoulder. Moose are territorial, not afraid of people and ca...
Packing for the trail can be an art, especially when you are planning a multi-day trip without any stops in civilization. Denver Post photo editor and hiker-extraordinaire Dean Krakel shows us what...
It’s always a good policy not to get in the river to swim or tube during peak flows. Rivers are powerful, cold and constantly changing. One part of a river may be smooth while another is raging. An...
The influenza season in Colorado is on a record-setting pace. The total number of Coloradans hospitalized with influenza this 2017-18 season is over 3,300, according to the state Department of Publ...
Denver hit the top of the top 10, the mediocre middle and scraped the bottom of many, many lists in 2017. For better or for worse — or in this case, for data-driven research or publicity hunters — ...
Colorado is the third deadliest state for fatal lightning strikes, according to data compiled by the National Weather Service. Twenty-five million cloud-to-ground lightning strikes occur each year ...
The Adams City Eagles had won just one of their previous 50 games — a forfeit in a game they initially lost 34-14 to Niwot. Under first-year head coach Dan Jajczyk, the Eagles entered the 2014 seas...
Justice High School is a public charter school in Lafayette, Colorado that services nearly 100 at-risk students. In 2015, their eight-man football team went winless. This season, with a core of sen...
Four times in four years, wind-fanned flames raced through Colorado neighborhoods in and at the edge of dying forests, killing people and breaking records for destruction. And because more than 100...
Cytomegalovirus, or CMV, is the most common non-genetic cause of childhood deafness in the country. CMV can also bring blindness, cognitive delays and microcephaly, and it is vastly more common tha...
Seven Colorado poets visited the Denver Post office to share their work and talk about how it connects with current events. During a sound check, they told us why they write poetry.
When Alison told her Mormon mother and conservative Lutheran father she was transgender, it hit them like a train. Until that moment, they believed transgender children came from "other" families. ...
Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King is among an estimated 15,500 transgender troops who are banned by military rules and yet continue to serve their country. While she and others await results of an offi...
One Colorado school district has become a model in instilling acceptance and understanding for transgender youth. Boulder's approach attracted 15-year-old Shannon Axe and her parents, and word is s...
The Adams City Eagles had won just one of their previous 50 games — a forfeit in a game they initially lost 34-14 to Niwot. Under first-year head coach Dan Jajczyk, the Eagles entered the 2014 seas...