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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Ziyi Xu |Andrea Kramar |Amanda Horvath |Cormac McCrimmon
CORTEZ, Colo. — A pink warehouse with colorful murals and large windows sits at the corner of an intersection. Inside, people moved quickly — too fast to be on foot. On nice days, the garage door is open, and the sound of squeaky wheels and music can be heard from a block away. Two years ago, a group of local skaters created Beech St. Skatepark to have a place to skate during the winter. They found the warehouse, which houses a few nonprofit organizations, including the Good Samaritan Food Pantry.
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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Amanda Horvath |Cormac McCrimmon |Joshua Vorse |Alec Berg
This story is part of production for an episode of “Colorado Experience” about the impact of baseball on different communities across the state. The episode is slated to air in the fall. Lee este artículo en español. DENVER — A sunny Saturday at Sloan’s Lake brings out all types of Denverites — cyclists, dog walkers, yogis and a group of nearly 50 smiling kids wearing baseball caps embroidered with Venezuelan flags.
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2 months ago | 
rmpbs.org | Kyle Cooke |Alec Berg |Cormac McCrimmon |Amanda Horvath
BOULDER, Colo. — In March, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency fired hundreds of workers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The firings included many Coloradans. Now, a leaked White House memo shows the Trump administration has more plans to gut federal climate research — cuts that will have a major impact in Colorado.
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2 months ago | 
rmpbs.org | Cormac McCrimmon |Alec Berg |Kyle Cooke |Amanda Horvath
GREELEY, Colo. — AJ Alvarado marched through the knee-high grass wearing eight-inch leather boots and fire-resistant pants. She sloshed fuel from a drip torch shaped like a tea kettle filled with diesel and gasoline. Tufts of grass crackled as they burned. A team of firefighters followed Alvarado, igniting additional rows of flames twenty feet apart at the Poudre Learning Center.
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2 months ago | 
rmpbs.org | Peter D. Vo |Lucas Brady Woods |Amanda Horvath
DENVER — Father Joseph Dang stood in the middle of a Costco parking lot just east of Federal Boulevard, looking up at two marble statues. On the left stood an American soldier, and on the right sat a South Vietnamese soldier. The two soldiers gazed straight ahead, posing next to their respective flags. However, the current national flag of Vietnam, with a golden star in a sea of red, isn't depicted next to the Vietnamese soldier.
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2 months ago | 
rmpbs.org | Joshua Vorse |Amanda Horvath |Ziyi Xu |Alec Berg
Rocky Mountain PBS is producing a documentary about hot springs in Colorado. This and other stories will examine the history and culture around hot springs, and what they mean to Coloradans and visitors today. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado is home to more than 100 hot springs in Colorado. But next door to Glenwood Hot Springs — and 30 feet underground — sits a natural vapor cave, the only one like it in the state.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
rmpbs.org | Kyle Cooke |Cormac McCrimmon |Carly Rose |Amanda Horvath
DENVER — “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” Mark Twain famously said. In Denver, it often caws. Every year since 2022, local journalists reported on an annual phenomenon: thousands of crows laying claim to entire blocks of downtown Denver, defecating in such staggering amounts that whole sidewalks have the appearance of a haphazard white-wash. First it was Denverite, then Westword and, most recently, the Denver Gazette. Allow Rocky Mountain PBS to join this media murder.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
rmpbs.org | Cormac McCrimmon |Carly Rose |Amanda Horvath |Chase McCleary
DENVER — Chef Sandra Ruiz Parrilla guided her knife like the bow of a cello virtuoso. The beef tongue dribbled with juice after cooking overnight. “Once they're cooked, we have to peel them then cut them,” said Ruiz Parilla, as she sliced beef tongue into bite-sized pieces for a tasting event last week at the National Western Stock Show. Her menu featured steamed beef tongue, braised beef cheek and beef heart in red chile.
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May 3, 2024 | 
rmpbs.org | Amanda Horvath |Peter D. Vo
During 2020, Whiteman estimates she went to the refuge around 100 times, or about twice a week. She knows the refuge so well, she has to challenge herself to slow down when she takes another trip around it. “I remember things that happen in various places like, I remember I saw the marshes by the lakes with the redwing blackbirds. There's like hundreds of them this time of year, and they're all hollering for their mates, and they live in those marshes,” said Whiteman as an example.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
aspenpublicradio.org | Carly Rose |Amanda Horvath
At Confluence Park in downtown Denver, where the South Platte River meets Cherry Creek, dogs splashed in the rushing water, skateboarders practiced tricks on the concrete steps and about a dozen people gathered to unpack the area’s brutal history through an interactive theater performance.
