North Denver News

By Cassis Tingley Hundreds have taken up camp along West 27th Avenue between Zuni and Alcott. Photo by Kathryn White The corner of Zuni and Speer has become a microcosm of the intensifying Venezuelan humanitarian crisis, the American immigration system fiasco, and local politics here in Denver. Over 200 refugees and migrants, primarily from Venezuela, have set up camp outdoors along West 27th Avenue. Inside the neighboring Quality... Read more...

By Allen Cowgill A section of North Denver’s most deadly road is getting an upgrade. In November, Denver began work on Federal Boulevard upgrades between West 23rd Avenue and West 27th Avenue. The project is expected to last until fall of 2024. Construction work continues on Federal Boulevard at West 25th Avenue on Dec. 4. Photo by Allen Cowgill Upgrades will include bulb outs, which shorten the crossing distance for pedestrians;... Read more...

By David Sabados David Sabados Back in September, we updated the community that the paper has been struggling financially. Thank you to everyone who donated, offered ideas or just offered up kind words of support. We truly appreciate all of you. Today, I wanted to share an update, and again ask for your help. As you might know, we publish both The Denver North Star here in NW Denver and The G.E.S. Gazette, which serves the... Read more...

By Rebecca A. Hunt As our Northside has evolved we are losing many of the iconic institutions that marked us as a community of diverse people. What replaces the old businesses becomes the norm for the new residents, and memories of earlier uses fade. This is true of the block at the corner of West 23rd Avenue and Tejon Street. Now it is home to Ash’Kara with Señor Bear in the corner space that once housed Gerald Natale’s Tejon Drug... Read more...

By Anne Button, Guest Columnist Anne Button About a decade ago, I hit a professional wall. Burned out and depleted, I applied for a new job. The interview started with the softball question: Why this job and why you? It’s the most basic question, one I’ve asked many times from the other side of the interview table. Yet I scrambled to come up with an answer beyond, “Getting out of my rut.” I bombed it. Years later, it still... Read more...

By Kathryn White Last year, The Denver North Star introduced readers to Jen Anderman and Regis University’s new GLOBAL Inclusive program, an academic experience for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). It’s a one-, two-, or three-year program designed with the Jesuit principle of cura personalis (care for the whole person) in mind. Students take specially designed and integrated courses and are supported by... Read more...

By Kathryn White Shock and sadness rippled across Wheat Ridge and North Denver when local news outlets began reporting that Peter Damian Arguello, a beloved father, husband, friend and businessman, was shot and killed Wed., Nov. 29, in what police said was an attempted robbery. An outpouring of remembrances has circulated in the community ever since. Within hours of Arguello’s death, flowers, notes and candles in his memory began... Read more...

By Allen Cowgill Just after midnight on Nov. 18, Nick Cordova was commuting home from his job as a shift manager at Blue Pan Pizza on his prized, red, gas-powered scooter. Cordova was traveling southbound on Speer Boulevard near Grove Street at the small intersection northwest of Walgreens when the driver of a white Chevy Trailblazer traveling in the opposite direction on Speer hit and killed Cordova, then left the scene of the... Read more...

By Wendy Thomas Notable historian of Denver’s seamy and sordid is back, this time digging into where the bodies are buried. In Volume 1 of a three-volume series, Dr. Phil Goodstein takes a look at “The Scenic History of Denver Cemeteries: From Cheesman Park to Riverside.” Join him on a stroll through these historic cemeteries to see how they reflect Denver’s cultural and political history. Denver’s first cemetery, Mount Prospect,... Read more...

By London Lyle On Jan. 1, the annual Audubon Christmas Bird count will occur for the 123rd year. Participants will meet in the parking lot just north of the City of Cuernavaca Park at 8:30 a.m. and progress along the South Platte River to Riverside Cemetery. First, they will walk through Commons Park to Confluence Park in Cherry Creek, then drive to Globeville Landing Park. The plan is to stop at the Kind Coffee Shop on 15th Street... Read more...