9:24 am, Aug 2, 2012
The Wellness Warriors from the Mental Health Center of Denver race in last weekend's Dragon Boat Festival.
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8:42 pm, Jul 26, 2012
Sunrise at Ice Lakes (near Silverton).
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9:12 am, Jul 5, 2012
Lakewood's Chandler Thayer jumps off a cliff into Bear Creek (just west of Morrison).
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11:55 am, Jun 28, 2012
We love Colorado's beauty, which is why it is all the more heartbreaking to see the state's scenery shrouded by smoke, like in this picture (taken Wednesday, at 6 p.m., on Highway 93 south of Boulder). Want to help? This week, we compiled a list of ways that you can get involved to support fire-fighting efforts and victims.
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8:42 am, Jun 14, 2012
The recent hot weather has us dreaming of pools, and rivers, and lakes. Photographer Jeff Panis captured this shot in Confluence Park. We're not sure which person we're more envious of: the diver or the reader.
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11:44 am, Jun 7, 2012
Technology has come a long way since 1945. Today we have drones and GPS. During World War II, pilots had Morse code and manually operated control panels. But you can step back into that era with Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum's B-17 Day.The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (pictured, left) is a World War II bomber that ran missions in...
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3:45 pm, May 31, 2012
The Colorado Convention Center is packed nearly every week with one program or another. This week was a little different: Service Employees International Union (SEIU) held its international conference there. What's the big deal? The labor union is massive (it covers more than 100 occupations and some 1.8 million workers).Minnesota's Property...
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9:12 am, May 24, 2012
On a gloomy Wednesday, President Obama's motorcade worked its way through Denver. The President was in the Centennial State to give the commencement speech at the Air Force Academy and for a fundraiser. Colorado is still positioned to be a swing-state in the 2012 election, meaning that this won't be the last time we see Air Force One or a...
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3:20 pm, May 10, 2012
Urban development too often means that historic buildings are torn down and forgotten. Not so with Downtown's Holy Cross Catholic Church (1900 California Street). Since the 1920s, the house of worship has remained as Denver's business center grew up around it. When 1999 California Street—a skyscraper with more than 40 stories—was developed in the...
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9:04 am, May 3, 2012
Wayne Boger, Coaster Supervisor at Elitch Gardens, walks the tracks of the Twister II. To see a day in the life of a Denver "coaster goat," watch Just Coasting. Or stop by and see the action when Elitch Gardens opens on May 5.
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4:40 pm, Apr 26, 2012
Did you pick up a Peyton Manning jersey today? Rick De Leon of Denver did.
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9:11 am, Apr 19, 2012
It's officially mud season in Colorado, which makes us long for the, er, greener pastures of summer. To help make the wait easier, check out this picture captured in Rocky Mountain National Park last May.
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9:06 am, Apr 12, 2012
A dog sits, waiting to ride in a motorcycle sidecar in Sterling.
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2:48 pm, Apr 5, 2012
Two of our favorite words at 5280 are "bicycling" and "beer." So when we heard that the Denver Beer Company (DBC) was teaming up with BikeDenver to concoct a new brew, we had to check it out. DBC owners Charlie Berger (on the bike) and Patrick Crawford demoed their swanky new bicycle-powered mill—invented by the creative, two-wheeled minds at...
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12:59 pm, Mar 29, 2012
Haze from the North Fork Fire casts a diffused glow over downtown Denver from this vantage point.
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