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3 days ago | 
rmpbs.org | Carly Rose |Joshua Vorse |Cormac McCrimmon |Andrea Kramar
DENVER — Kindergarteners through fifth graders walked out of Castro Elementary School for the last time Tuesday after an early dismissal, kicking off their summer vacation under gray, cloudy skies. The somber weather matched the bittersweet ending to the school year. After more than 30 years of welcoming students in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood, Castro Elementary is closed.
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5 days ago | 
rmpbs.org | Cormac McCrimmon |Alec Berg |Peter D. Vo |Joshua Vorse
AURORA, Colo. — When Lena Silva first saw the line of cars at the Air Care Colorado emissions testing facility, she assumed her GPS had taken her to the wrong location. “There must be some sort of event,” Silva remembered thinking. On March 28, cars stretched for three football fields back to South Parker road. That was just the line to enter the gate. Silva was busy applying for jobs in product management, but she needed an emissions test to complete her car registration.
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1 week ago | 
rmpbs.org | Joshua Vorse |Cormac McCrimmon |Andrea Kramar |Alec Berg
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Students at Grand Junction High School have finished their first academic year in the new, $145 million building. In 2021, Mesa County voters approved a bond measure to replace the old high school, which dated back to 1956 and had serious foundation and structural issues that were impossible to repair. Over the years, the old school expanded, sprawling to seven separate buildings. The new facility consolidates the campus into a 250,000 square-foot, three-story school.
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1 week ago | 
rmpbs.org | Cormac McCrimmon |Andrea Kramar |Alec Berg |Ziyi Xu
LAFAYETTE, Colo. — Since Centaurus High School banned cell phones in January, principal Carlyn Carroll said she can hear the difference. At lunchtime on May 6, Jenga blocks crashed to the ground, pucks whistled across air hockey tables and chatter rebounded off the walls of one of the school’s activity rooms. “It used to be really quiet. Kids would be on their phones. They’d be sitting at a table, and every single one of them would have a screen up,” said Carroll.
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2 weeks ago | 
rmpbs.org | Cormac McCrimmon |Chase McCleary |Andrea Kramar |Kyle Cooke
KREMLING, Colo. — At 10 p.m., Caitlyn Taussig trudged through the darkness toward her Chevrolet Blazer. The car groaned to life as Taussig maneuvered through the pasture, shining a flood light outside the car window to search for cows in distress. Calving season is one of the most stressful times of year for Colorado ranchers like Taussig. Cows give birth with little warning and ranchers must vaccinate, tag and care for newborns. When births go awry, ranchers must act fast to save calves.
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2 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks ago | 
rmpbs.org | Carly Rose |Cormac McCrimmon |Joshua Vorse |Alec Berg
DENVER — Trucks, SUVs, school buses — if it could haul a tree, people drove it into the parking lot at the City Park Greenhouse. A well-oiled machine of orange-vested volunteers milled about the lot, taking down names and returning with one or several trees, which the receiving parties happily loaded into their vehicles.
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3 weeks ago | 
rmpbs.org | Chase McCleary |Emma Vanden Einde |Cormac McCrimmon |Peter D. Vo
DENVER — Punxsutawney Phil can prognosticate as he pleases, but Coloradans know that the surest sign of Spring is the return of the farmer's market. The veggies — artichokes, carrots, lettuce, spinach — are typically first on the scene, along with occasional early-season fruits like apples and strawberries.
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3 weeks ago | 
rmpbs.org | Emma Vanden Einde |Cormac McCrimmon |Peter D. Vo |Joshua Vorse
Bright sunlight blasts through the garage door window on an early Thursday morning at Peculier Ales in Windsor. The brew tank whirs to life as head brewer KC Lyons starts heating it up. It’s time to start making some beer, and today, Lyons and the other brewers are getting help from some newbies. “Come on up Isayah!” Lyons shouts. “Let’s get you in here.”Colorado State University senior Isayah Lang steps up to the tank platform to make a new, signature beer.
