North Denver News

By Kathryn White Kathryn White, editor, The Denver North Star. Photo by Jan Pelton I was intrigued when emails and voicemails started to arrive about our May cover story, “Leash Laws: They’re No Walk in the Park.” Our story missed something, and you let us know. As I replied and returned phone calls, I learned just how much North Denver cares for and about neighborhood dogs. And I was reminded how much I appreciate hearing from... Read more...

By Kathryn White News organizations across Colorado have been asking themselves if traditional election coverage has served communities well, if it’s been too driven by the horse race of polls and pundits, or if reporters have listened too much to candidates and not enough to you, the voters. The Denver North Star is joining newsrooms across the state in doing something that we all need to get better at: listening.  Voter Voices... Read more...

By Kathryn White I started writing for The Denver North Star shortly after its first issue landed on doorsteps in 2019. My column, The Gray Zone, was intended to ensure the lives of older adults didn’t get lost in the hustle of a changing community. I wasn’t much of a writer back then. Discovering my community turned me into one.  I first rented a room in North Denver back in the early ’90s. I bought my first home across the street... Read more...

Hello to our wonderful readers of The Denver North Star. I have enjoyed meeting many of you over the last year and a half and working with you to develop stories for the neighborhoods we cover. I am writing to you today to tell you that this edition will be my last month with The North Star and its companion paper, The G.E.S. Gazette. I have decided that after 13 years in the professional world of journalism to move to a different... Read more...

David Sabados Happy New Year from all of us at The Denver North Star. Now in our third year of publishing, we’re glad to be your still locally owned and run source of news about our community. Thank you to everyone who donated to our year-end fundraising drive. We raised over $9,000 from readers, and are receiving a $5,000 matching grant facilitated by the Colorado Media Project because of the community’s generosity. Thank you for... Read more...

Happy December! Thank you for reading The Denver North Star. We hope you’re enjoying the last issue of 2021. We strongly believe that news should be free and easily available to everyone, which is why we don’t have subscriptions and deliver a print newspaper to our community. About 85% of our funding comes from the local advertisers you see in each issue. The other 15% is from grants and readers like you. Please help us meet our... Read more...