Ziyi Xu

1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Carly Rose |Melanie Asmar |Ziyi Xu

DENVER — Castro Elementary School, which has served generations of students in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood, will close at the end of the school year. The school is named after education and civil rights activist Richard T. Castro. The building will welcome a different cohort of students in August. Summit Academy is moving into the building this summer with plans to open in time for the 2025-26 school year. The academy is a Denver Public Schools-run “pathways school” for sixth through 12th graders.

1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Melanie Asmar |Ziyi Xu |Carly Rose |Chase McCleary

DENVER — Colorado will refuse a demand from the Trump administration to certify that its schools have eliminated what the federal government says are illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, state Commissioner of Education Susana Córdova said Thursday. “I am not signing that,” Córdova said.

1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Joshua Vorse |Amanda Horvath |Ziyi Xu |Alec Berg

Rocky Mountain PBS is producing a documentary about hot springs in Colorado. This and other stories will examine the history and culture around hot springs, and what they mean to Coloradans and visitors today. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado is home to more than 100 hot springs in Colorado. But next door to Glenwood Hot Springs — and 30 feet underground — sits a natural vapor cave, the only one like it in the state.

2 weeks ago | rmpbs.org | Ziyi Xu |Chase McCleary |Peter D. Vo |Alec Berg

CORTEZ, Colo. — By noon, a line of people stretched down Beech Street, chatting while waiting for the doors of the Good Samaritan Food Center to open. When the clock struck 12, a volunteer stepped outside, tablet in hand, and began taking down names. One by one, shoppers entered the pantry, where carts awaited them. Unlike traditional food pantries, Good Samaritan operates more like a free grocery store.

3 weeks ago | rmpbs.org | Alec Berg |Joshua Vorse |Ziyi Xu

DENVER — Sable Schultz’ smiled big as she made her rounds around the Center on Colfax and saw hundreds of transgender and non-binary people celebrating the organization’s third annual International Transgender Day of Visibility. “That can feel rare these days,” Schultz, the director of transgender services at the Center on Colfax, said of her smile.