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4 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 | Alec Berg |Peter D. Vo |Joshua Vorse
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — As Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed an agreement with Union Pacific Railroad to expand passenger rail service through the historic Moffat Tunnel, a 6.2-mile passage through the Continental Divide, Yampa Valley leaders celebrated the possibilities it could bring for decades to come.
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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.
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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Alec Berg |Cormac McCrimmon |Peter D. Vo
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Unhoused residents, business owners and parents of young children are urging Colorado Springs officials to build a permanent, accessible public restroom in the city’s downtown. “This is a fundamental need — not just for people experiencing homelessness, but for grandparents, parents, kids and anyone who’s downtown,” said City Council member Nancy Henjum, who led recent council discussions on the issue. Downtown Colorado Springs currently has only one public restroom.
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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Carly Rose |Peter D. Vo |Lucas Brady Woods
DENVER — It’s easy to remember what date Cinco de Mayo falls on. But the history behind the holiday — often symbolized in America by tacos, tequila, sombreros and other stereotypical Mexican iconography — is less obvious. Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of Mexican resistance against colonial forces. It commemorates Mexico’s military victory against much larger French forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Carly Rose |Peter D. Vo |Stephanie Wolf |Bente Birkeland
DENVER — Watching Charlie Myers glide across the stage in a sparkly blue gown and bring a theater to its feet after a rousing tap dance performance makes it hard to imagine her being shy about anything. As confident as she is on stage, Myers still cringes when she says her age out loud. But don’t worry, she’s working on that. Myers, 78, competed in the 31st annual Ms. Colorado Senior America pageant April 26, along with 10 other contestants who are all more than 60 years old.
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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Joshua Vorse |Peter D. Vo |Carly Rose |Melanie Asmar
CLIFTON, Colo. — Sixteen kids walked quickly down the hall of the Clifton Assembly of God church. A chorus of adults calling out “no running!” followed after them. The kids, mostly ages six to 10, attend Clifton Elementary School, and visit the church for an after-school program called The Hub. At the program on April 7, Pete Nuncio, age 10, started a loosely organized soccer game, while other kids dangled from the purple and green monkey bars in the church backyard.
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1 month ago | 
rmpbs.org | Peter D. Vo |Carly Rose |Melanie Asmar |Ziyi Xu
DENVER — Paul and Linda McCartney’s “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” played in the background of a brightly lit classroom, construction paper masterpieces lining the walls and preschoolers scattering their work over the carpeted floor: it was the end of class for the early childhood education cohort at Traylor Academy. About 20 three to five year olds lined up next to the door, giggling and whispering about the mess they just left. As they exited, the kindergarten class walked in, eyes wide.
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1 month 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.
