Ernest Gurulé

5 days ago | coloradocommunitymedia.com | Ernest Gurulé |Linda Shapley

There is a portal separating Denver North High School from a retirement community minutes away. It is an invisible tunnel that erases time, connecting young and old, while also wiping away decades of division. Credit for the portal is shared by two residents of the Gardens at Saint Elizabeth (GSE), Rick Wohlers and Donna Lucero, along with a revolving group of North High students. Wohlers is a retired Navy Lieutenant Commander, and Lucero is a long-time Denver educator.

2 weeks ago | lavozcolorado.com | Ernest Gurulé

Entering Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s third floor city hall office, one of the first things you notice is its remarkable lack of clutter. Of course, it has all the personal kitsch you would expect, but it seems to be the office of a real ‘Point A to Point B’ kind of guy, a guy who likes to get things done…in his own way. It might be easy to label the 51-year-old Johnston, not Johnson, a liberal. But that would be too easy.

2 weeks ago | lavozcolorado.com | Ernest Gurulé

It is a trip that may not have the same catchy beat as the classic “Route 66,” performed by countless artists, but Interstate 25 from Denver to Albuquerque has as many—maybe more—interesting stops “along the way.”The drive from Denver to New Mexico’s biggest city is, give or take, 444 miles. At 75 miles per hour, it’s a six-hour drive. That’s non-stop. But, because Mother Nature and pure curiosity make the calls, bank on something closer to a seven, maybe eight; maybe more. Let’s explore.

3 weeks ago | lavozcolorado.com | Ernest Gurulé

Every day in Pueblo Dave Tinnell sees the familiar faces of his city’s homeless. They’re the men and women living a reality that he has learned not to question. It’s not his job, he says. His job is to make sure they’ve got a safe place to warm up when it’s cold, to cool down when it’s hot and lay their heads when it’s time to rest. Tinnell is the manager of the Pueblo Shelter, also known as the Pueblo Rescue Mission.

3 weeks ago | lavozcolorado.com | Ernest Gurulé

He was, without a doubt, the shepherd for not only the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics, but for millions of others who found a quality in him that shone like a spiritual beacon. Pope Francis died on Monday following a difficult two-month period in which the frail 88-year-old pontiff battled various health problems, including a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.