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1 week ago | 
rmpbs.org | Kyle Cooke |Joshua Vorse |Peter D. Vo |Cormac McCrimmon
DENVER — Charlie Burrell, a jazz and classical bass player who became the first African-American member of a major American symphony, passed away Tuesday. He was 104 years old. Burrell was a fixture in Colorado’s music scene. His first orchestral career opportunity came from the then-Denver Symphony (now called the Colorado Symphony) in 1949.
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1 week ago | 
rmpbs.org | Peter D. Vo |Cormac McCrimmon |Alec Berg
DENVER — State officials are celebrating Colorado’s 150th birthday next year with a pedestrian bridge connecting the Colorado State Capitol to Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park. Spearheaded by Gov. Jared Polis’ office and designed by an out-of-state firm, the bridge is estimated to cost between $18-20 million. Renderings show the bridge curving over Lincoln Street, stretching more than 11,000 square feet. The project's location, cost and design have drawn some heavy criticism.
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2 weeks ago | 
rmpbs.org | Carly Rose |Joshua Vorse |Peter D. Vo |Alec Berg
DENVER — Karina Marsh and her family moved to Westwood, a predominantly Latino neighborhood in southwest Denver, about a year ago. They live one block from Garfield Lake Park. When Marsh and her mom, Dora Vallejo, decided to take a walk in the park to enjoy a sunny Saturday afternoon, they didn’t expect to stumble upon a crowd of 3,000 people enjoying free food, kayaking in the lake, rock climbing and exploring dozens of resource booths.
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2 weeks ago | 
rmpbs.org | Alec Berg |Carly Rose |Joshua Vorse |Peter D. Vo
DENVER — Those who knew Jax Gratton best remembered for her striking blue eyes, bold sense of style and deep love of art. Nearly two months after Gratton was reported missing, the Lakewood Police Department discovered her body in an alley June 6. Authorities have not yet released the cause of death.
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2 weeks ago | 
rmpbs.org | Alec Berg |Peter D. Vo |Carly Rose |Cormac McCrimmon
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — After four decades as co-owner of Straightline Sports, Brett Lee has watched the Yampa River — the heart of his fishing gear business — change dramatically. While there are always outlying, lucky years, he said flows are almost always lower each year than the last. “It’s not good at all, but we have to adapt,” Lee said. As of April 1, the Yampa/White/Little Snake Basin saw 93% of its typical snowpack this year.
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2 weeks ago | 
rmpbs.org | Joshua Vorse |Peter D. Vo |Alec Berg |Lily Haverstock
MONTROSE, Colo. — “I used to just attend Pride, and it gave me the courage to be more outspoken and become more myself. I think Pride is iconic. I think it's absolutely necessary,” said Bellamy Romanova as he waited to perform on the amphitheater stage at Cerise Park during Montrose Pride Saturday, June 7. Romanova performed in a drag show at the event as Craven Moore Romanova. The lineup included first-time performers and a well known Colorado Drag Queen, Hysteria Brooks.
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3 weeks 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 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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.
