North Denver News

Denver City Auditor Tim O’Brien, CPA Accountability and transparency matter to our community — and that’s what I work hard to encourage in the City and County of Denver every day. I remain hopeful that I will be able to work meaningfully with Denver’s City Council to find a solution on audit subpoena power that is within the bounds of the audit standards I am required by law to follow. Recently, a majority of the City Council chose to... Read more...

Lake Middle School Student Mural Defaced Photo courtesy of Denver Public Schools A rainbow mural at Lake Middle School was defaced in late March. The mural, which proclaimed “Trans Lives Matter,” was a collaboration between the school’s Gay Straight Alliance, the Latinos in Action class and Lake’s Black Student Council, according to a district spokesperson. Students worked on the project after normal school hours. Principal... Read more...

Residents Had Complained of Highway Noise, Cars Crashing Through Fencing Some of the new concrete paneling that will replace wooden fencing along I-70 between Lowell Boulevard and Tennyson Street. Photos courtesy of CDOT Quieter days and safety from errant drivers may be ahead for people living near I-70. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) began work in March on the sound walls along 5,500 feet of the north and south... Read more...

Map of the new council districts overlaid with the current districts. New boundaries are in color while old boundaries are outlined. Image courtesy of The City and County of Denver On March 29, the Denver City Council decided on new council district boundaries after a year-long process and multiple versions of maps. The council agreed on a revised Map D, which will stay in place for a minimum of 10 years until the next census data is... Read more...

Sasha LaPointe, writer, poet, singer, and artist from the Upper Skagit and Nooksack Indian tribes in the Pacific Northwest, is many things. As she states in her new memoir, “Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk” (2022, Counterpoint): “Call me a writer. Call me a riot grrrl. Call me Coast Salish or poet. Call me a girl who loves Nick Cave, and night swimming, and ramen, and old Bikini Kill records. I no longer... Read more...

Stock image Spring has arrived and, for many people, the misery of seasonal allergies as well. People with recurrent allergies every year—also known as hayfever—will recognize the typical symptoms of itchy/watery eyes, a runny and stuffy nose, and frequent sneezing, but they still may find themselves without the right allergy relief drugs on hand. Those who have spring allergies for the first time may wonder whether they have a cold that... Read more...

Stock image The quest for personal improvement seems like a construct of more time in the day than work to be done. Social media scrolling, dating, meal planning, Netflixing… If we were working every moment just to survive, we would mate with the first suitable prospect we came across, eat whatever we could forage, and tumble to the earth under whatever shelter we managed to fashion at the end of each exhausting day. To keep our ancestors... Read more...

Denver Public Schools Board of Education In a split vote at the end of March, The Denver Public Schools Board of Education voted to bring innovation schools policies toward teachers more in line with other DPS schools. Previously, innovation schools had more ability to waive sections of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association contract. The new policy still allows waivers on licensure for non-core content subjects and allows the... Read more...

The Program Has More Than Tripled in Size in Just Five Years The track and field team at Denver North High School is the fastest growing team at the school after more than tripling in size in under five years. Photo courtesy of North High School When Sean Bowers was hired to take over track and physical education at Denver North High School (NHS) five years ago, there were only four—yes four—sprinters on the entire track and field... Read more...

If you have any information about these stolen artworks, please contact The Denver Police Department. Photos courtesy of Dan Drossman Almost a month after the theft of eight pieces of art on Feb. 24, Dan Drossman sounded fatigued. After fielding inquiries over the last weeks, the question of “why?” still lingered frustratingly. “I don’t know,” was all he could muster.  Drossman has spent his subsequent waking hours seeking updates from... Read more...