North Denver News

By Kathryn White When a CBS News survey came out in 2021 about letter writing in the U.S., it surprised few to learn that the trend sloped downward. Kathryn White Americans have come a long way since the “Great Age of Letter Writing” in the 18th century. The survey found 37% of 1,717 adults surveyed hadn’t mailed a hand-written letter in more than five years, and 15% had never sent one. Data held constant across multiple age... Read more...

By Allen Cowgill On July 15, Dana Fells was riding her bike to work at StrechLab on 38th Avenue and Lipan Street. But she didn’t show up to work on time that day. Fells was biking down the new West 41st Avenue neighborhood bikeway when a driver headed north on Irving Street ran a stop sign and hit her. Her coworker, Emily Kennel, said she was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery due to internal bleeding. Kennel said that... Read more...

By Erika Taylor Last year, after Carmen Messina Janneck helped plan a retirement party for Denver’s departing police chief, she was inspired. She had secured the jazz band from North High School, the departing chief’s alma mater, to provide music, and being her charismatic, connected self, she struck up a conversation with the kids and their band leader, John Jonas, during the event. Erika Taylor In talking with them, Carmen... Read more...

By Paul López First and foremost, thank you, Denver. It is my honor to continue serving as your clerk and recorder. In my role, I am the lead elections official and oversee other essential functions like issuing marriage licenses, recording land documents and administering bank foreclosures. Paul Lopéz It is important that we innovate where we can, especially as processes like elections and records management become more technical... Read more...

By Eric Heinz Denver Public Schools (DPS) has seen a backward trend in the way schools are segregated among students of economic situations and racial backgrounds, according to a study recently published by the Latino Education Coalition (LEC). Key findings from the study included that schools segregated by race (with predominantly students of color) have above-average rates of students in poverty, English learners and special... Read more...

By Eric Heinz Picked among a handful of players throughout the United States, Jason Fogle of the North Denver Bambinos baseball club was selected for the 12-and-under team to play in the Latin American Baseball Classic in the Dominican Republic. Fogle and his U.S. team went 2-1-1 in pool play before losing in the semifinals 1-0 on a walk-off home run by the host Dominican team. Fogle played catcher, his favorite position, in two of... Read more...

By Eric Heinz Since the departure of Rep. Serena Gonzales- Gutierrez from the Colorado House District 4 seat after she won an at-large seat on Denver City Council, three people have filed to replace her. In Colorado, vacant state legislature seats are filled by a group of party officers from the party who held the seat and not by special election. A selection process is set to take place for the three Democrats on Aug. 26 at Regis... Read more...

By Eric Heinz Five candidates are vying for the seat that will be left vacant by current Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education Vice President Auon’tai M. Anderson. The election is Nov. 7. Ulcca Hansen is a former classroom teacher who became a lawyer and led several nonprofit organizations. She said right now is the time DPS should be envisioning a 10- to 15-year plan that will most benefit students. Ulcca Hansen “I... Read more...

By Eric Heinz For a little more than a year, it wasn’t clear who was going to run for the seat on the Denver Public Schools Board of Education previously held by Rev. Brad Laurvick, who moved to Fort Collins. Charmaine Lindsey, who was appointed to fill the vacancy, had previously said she wasn’t going to run for a full term, but since then she has changed her mind, and two other candidates have now joined the race as well.... Read more...

By Eric Heinz As the stretch of 44th Avenue from Tejon to Federal Boulevard continues to change, Sunnyside United Neighbors Inc. (SUNI) is trying to establish a district in which groundfloor retail would be preserved. The area hosts numerous small businesses, but after a small convenience store closed on Tejon to make way for a planned townhome development, the SUNI members started to take a harder look at the street section. Trupti... Read more...