According to new studies highlighted by multiple national outlets, the omicron variant may require slight adjustments to testing protocols in order to effectively identify early positive cases. The findings come as omicron has dominated state cases in recent weeks, including the Denver metro.
The preliminary findings highlight the importance of modifying COVID-19 protocols per variant in a timely fashion to remain successful in...
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Many businesses now require all guests to show proof of vaccination in accordance with state and city guidelines. Photo from istockphoto
Your all-access pass to restaurants, clubs, and other businesses may not be your ID showing your age, or a cover charge, but rather your proof of vaccination. Businesses in Denver have a choice: require masks or vaccinations, and the list of businesses requiring their staff and customers to be vaccinated...
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CEC offers students pathways into careers including EMT, advanced manufacturing and video game programming. Photo courtesy of CEC Early College.
It’s not your typical high school. Though it is exactly that in many ways. Dozens of pennants with school names and mascots hang from the ceiling along the main hallway. Students wearing backpacks and masks chat and laugh as they make their way to class. Inspiration is painted on the walls: Do...
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West Highland and Regis are the latest two North Denver neighborhoods targeted for possible rezoning to facilitate construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on existing residential property lots. District 1 Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval is in the planning process that eventually could lead to City Council consideration of the change, seeking comment from neighborhood residents and scheduling town hall meetings for public...
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New Year’s resolutions can be a dreaded idea for children, especially older kids. I have always enjoyed making goals for the new year and have learned a lot about effective goal setting. I like finding ways to make the process more palatable for kids of all ages. Here are some ideas:
Make a Wish
Clinical psychologist Sally A. Theran suggests fostering conversations with our kids as toddlers in order to lay a foundation of...
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Alicia Cardenas. Photos courtesy of RiNo Art District
“She came home with her first tattoo at age 15–illegal for her age! I told her, ‘No more tattoos, young lady!’ Her response was to come home with another one. I learned to keep my mouth closed after that!” Alicia Cardenas’ father, Al Cardenas, reflects on the tenacity, passion and dynamic personality that his daughter possessed, even inher teens.
Alicia Cardenas was killed among...
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The Highland Ramblers are one of the North Denver’s best known local bands, bringing
“dad-grass” to venues across the community, including this 2017 concert in Jefferson Park. Photo Courtesy of the Highland Ramblers
When Andy Carlson moved here from Chicago in the mid-2000s he chose North Denver specifically as his neighborhood after years of visiting friends here, many of whom were also musicians.
Carlson had cultivated his music...
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Ring-necked Ducks near East 64th Avenue and York Street on the
South Platte River. Photos by Jill Boice
A hardy group of citizen scientists started off the new year with a 122-year-old tradition. Despite single digit temperatures and a coating of snow on the trails, they set out Jan. 1 along a route that was added to the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in the late 1990s.
The outing had a “bubby New Year’s vibe,”...
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Vikings’ swimmer brings home school’s first state swimming title
Junior swimmer Tuva Siegel is all smiles as she realizes she’s the first to touch the wall at the state championships in March 2021. Siegel became the first state champion swimmer in North High School history after posting a time of 53:35 in the 100-yard freestyle. Photos courtesy of North High School
Long story short, Tuva Siegel, junior swimmer at North High School, has...
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Vikings fired up about bona fide head coach
Brianna Hypolite (upper right in Yellow), the girls’s basketball coach at North, brings experience from both the high school and professional levels to the Vikings. Photo courtesy of North High School.
Taking over a high school basketball program is no easy task in the best of circumstances, and doing so in the middle of an unprecedented global pandemic only adds to the difficulty, but the...
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