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  • 1 week ago | denver7.com | Russell Haythorn

    DENVER — The selection of a new pope is top of mind for many Catholic parishioners in Colorado. At the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, Wednesday’s noon mass had a different tone on this historic day. “Who would you like to see as the new pope and why?” asked Denver7’s Russell Haythorn. “Cardinal (Robert) Sarah is a very holy man,” said one parishioner. “Pro-Catholicism, so anti-abortion.”“Well, I’m hopeful,” said parishioner Eduardo Flores.

  • 1 week ago | denver7.com | Russell Haythorn

    GRANBY, Colo. — Mary Ann Kerstiens addressed a large crowd of supporters in Grand County on Monday and was immediately met with a wave of cheers. “We could not have done this without all of you,” Kerstiens told the crowd. After 30 years of making do, the Grand County Animal Shelter broke ground on a new home on Monday. The road to get here was paved with a lot of support from their community and Denver7’s viewers, who donated thousands to the cause through our Denver7 Gives foundation.

  • 1 week ago | denver7.com | Russell Haythorn

    DENVER — What was once considered a long shot is now looking more like an easy putt for the future of Park Hill Golf Course. Roughly seven years after the course shut down in 2018, it could partially reopen within a few weeks after a monumental Denver City Council vote set to happen this week. The council will consider an ordinance to finally rezone the property from a golf course to a park.

  • 1 week ago | denver7.com | Russell Haythorn

    DENVER — The history of crime in Five Points is complicated at best. “Man, it got bad,” said Rev. Leon Kelly, founder of Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives. “It got real bad.”Rev. Kelly is talking about drug activity, violence and drive-by shootings in the 1980’s and ‘90’s. Denver7 file footage from news coverage in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s punctuates that sentiment. “There’s too many guns out here, there’s too many drive-bys going on,” said a patrol officer in that file footage.

  • 2 weeks ago | denver7.com | Russell Haythorn

    GRANBY, Colo. — After 30 years, the Grand County Animal Shelter is about to embark on a new journey in a new location with the same mission. “Thirty years and we’ve made do,” said Mary Ann Kerstiens, Grand County Pet Pals treasurer and an animal control officer.

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20 May 24

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20 May 24

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