Deion Sanders has overhauled the University of Colorado Boulder’s football team in the nine months since he was named head coach. As the season begins, what will constitute success for one of the boldest experiments in major college football?
Roughly one quarter of Coloradans are living with some form of intellectual or developmental disability. In the most serious cases, medical advances have increased life spans, but that newfound longevity has created a host of challenges for parents and other caregivers.
Using drafts, trades, and free agency, the Denver Nuggets’ brass has created a roster that’s just two wins away from its first-ever NBA title.
The league champion Boulder Collegians take their swings in the shadows of the Flatirons, where they try to recapture a baseball vibe from decades past.
Johnny Hurley was certain of many things in his life—one of which was that he would someday have the opportunity to stop an active shooter. On June 21, 2021, he did.
A so-called anarchist murdered a Mile High City priest 115 years ago, but what’s the real story and its aftermath?
Denver has been a hot spot for millennial transplants for years. But what happens when the generation born between roughly 1981 and 1996 suddenly becomes the one that can’t afford to stay?
When a 24-year-old Denver soldier was shot and killed by military police near his base in Texas in 1942, his family and friends suspected the official story wasn’t complete. They were right.
5280 sat down with both candidates in the tight race to discuss fentanyl, crime, reproductive rights, and other issues that the top law-enforcement official in the state will face.
Thirty years ago, engineers completed construction on the Glenwood Canyon stretch of Colorado’s most important east-west interstate. Today, climate change threatens that critical section of I-70—and anyone who travels it.
A new head coach with a championship pedigree leads a Mines team that already had title aspirations. Will this Division II school in Golden be Colorado’s most successful football program?
Zack Hample’s stadium critique of the Colorado Rockies’ ballpark went viral on social media—and then (kinda, sorta) blew up in his face.
Alex Sullivan was killed in the 2012 shooting, along with 11 others. His father, Tom, subsequently began a career in state politics focusing on issues related to gun violence and safety. In an interview, Sullivan talked about losing his son, the challenges of passing gun-violence legislation, and whether or not Alex would approve of Tom’s musical tastes.
Stories of love, loss, and perseverance in the face of disaster.
The Rainbow Family will celebrate their 50th anniversary in Colorado, where it all started, while Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests land managers braces for their impact.
Critics argue the city’s Street Enforcement Team, which was created by the Denver City Council last year, isn’t much different from the police. Armando Saldate, who helms the city’s Department of Public Safety, says that’s not the case.
After several years of sizable growth, the Boulder-based company pulls back in an effort to have a longer “runway” as it prepares to go public.
A little over a year ago, Robin Thurston purchased Outside magazine and turned Boulder’s Pocket Outdoor Media into a brand he thinks will remake and improve active-lifestyle journalism. Not everyone agrees.
August 14, 2020, wasn’t particularly special or noteworthy. It was just another day—1,440 long minutes—during the crime epidemic that has engulfed Denver since the COVID-19 outbreak began.
The grassland fire destroyed hundreds of homes after igniting on Thursday afternoon. It is the most destructive fire in Colorado history.
