Megan Verlee

1 month ago | durangoherald.com | Bente Birkeland |Megan Verlee

Boulder is one of three finalists for the top-shelf film festival Boulder and its boosters could learn Thursday whether its bid to land one of the biggest film festivals in the world has succeeded. CPR News has heard from two sources involved in the effort to bring the festival to Colorado that the Sundance Board will hold its selection vote Thursday. Trustees are considering whether to stay in Utah or relocate the festival to Colorado or Cincinnati.

2 months ago | denverite.com | Kyle Harris |Andrew Kenney |Caitlyn Kim |Megan Verlee

Several Republican members of Congress called for criminal investigations — or even the arrest — of Mayor Mike Johnston and other city officials at an hours-long hearing before the powerful House Oversight committee in Washington on Wednesday. “We’ve had enough. America's fed up with this betrayal of oaths, and one of you said you're willing to go to jail. We might give you that opportunity,” said Rep.

Oct 27, 2024 | denverpost.com | Megan Verlee

Living in Colorado, for many, means spending a lot of time worrying about how to make the rent or the mortgage — or whether they’ll ever be able to buy a home. Housing costs have been on a long and sometimes sharp climb throughout the state. In Colorado Springs, home prices have risen 119% since 2015, according to the Common Sense Institute. In the Denver area, the average sale price for homes this year is $617,000, up from $304,000 a decade ago.

Oct 27, 2024 | rmpbs.org | Kyle Cooke |Andrea Kramar |Cormac McCrimmon |Megan Verlee

massive fur coat, the DENVER — When Marie, the last Queen of Romania, arrived at Denver's Union Station November 10, 1926 donning a Rocky Mountain News reported that she was “not in the slightest bit perturbed by the lack of formal dress by those attending daylight functions in her honor.”One of those functions was a luncheon at Boettcher Mansion, where Marie sat through what the Rocky called a “very effective and unusual” five-act pantomime on the history of Rocky Mountain settlements.

Oct 26, 2024 | coloradosun.com | Megan Verlee |Danika Worthington

Every election is a direct reminder of the power — and complexity — of democracy. This year’s is also an outlet for anxieties, across the political spectrum, about how democracy itself is faring. “Democracy and good government” ranked as a top issue for a quarter of the Coloradans who participated in the Voter Voices survey. Moderates and liberals ranked it higher than conservatives, but it made the top three for all three groups. That umbrella term captures many different concerns.