Author: Sage Kelley
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Underground Music Showcase 2024 returns this weekend
The streets of Denver will be alive with the sound of underground music this weekend. The Underground Music Showcase — which started in 2001 and has hit South Broadway every year except 2020 — returns for its 2024 iteration on Friday, displaying over 175 bands throughout a nearly one-mile stretch. The festival takes place on four outdoor…
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Xcel details energy plan amid Colorado heatwave
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With potentially record-breaking heat pushing through the metro Denver area this weekend, many homes will be relying on air conditioning to get through — all stemming from electricity. Xcel Energy — which serves over 3.7 million customers throughout eight states, including Colorado — is planning ahead on keeping energy…
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Aurora police: Kilyn Lewis shot blind, 63-year-old man
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Even as protesters and the lawyers representing the family Kilyn Lewis — who was killed by the Aurora police in May — sought to portray his death as part of a pattern that included Elijah McClain and others, there are major differences in the cases. Notably, McClain was…
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Denver pedestrian dies after overnight crash near Union Station
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Denver pedestrian died in the hospital Friday after an overnight crash in the Union Station neighborhood. Police responded to reports of a pedestrian-automobile crash in the area of 15th and Wazee streets around 12:30 a.m. Friday, according to a social media post from the…
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Denver police announce weekend rideshare spots in LoDo to reduce crime
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Police Department and Mayor Mike Johnston look to lower crime in the Lower Downtown (LoDo) neighborhood and Ballpark District through the implementation of designated rideshare drop-off and pickup locations on weekend nights. Beginning Friday, the Denver Police Department is partnering with rideshare companies…
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Greeley woman sentenced to life in prison after 2022 shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Greeley woman will spend the rest of her life behind bars after shooting and killing a 21-year-old woman in 2022. Judge Allison Esser sentenced 28-year-old Mary Alicia Garcia to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday after a jury found her…
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59-year-old woman dies in Louisville pedestrian crash
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 59-year-old woman was struck and killed during a car crash in Louisville on Monday evening. Louisville police responded to a crash at the intersection of Sagebrush Way and Via Appia Way around 6 p.m., according to a press release from the department. A 65-year-old…
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Schools, organizations to get $17 million to combat youth vaping
Following a lawsuit against a major vaping company that netted Colorado more than $30 million, the Attorney General’s Office distributed roughly half of that amount to schools and organizations for programs to combat youth vaping. The office distributed $17.4 million to 42 schools, governmental entities and nonprofits battling the “youth vaping crisis,” according to a…
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Not just a toy: Denver area yo-yo club shows that 2,000-year-old hobby is still alive
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save National Yo-Yo Hall of Famer Jon Gates stood in front of a table of handmade yo-yos and professional trading cards with his picture and information plastered on them on Saturday afternoon. Gates pointed toward a man sitting with a baby in the stands, noting that…
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Fan Expo Denver brings together comics, costumes and celebrities
Three women stood outside of the exhibit hall at the Colorado Convention Center on Friday, all dressed in handmade outfits designed after characters from the hit anime and manga, Demon Slayer. The trio, who have been attending Fan Expo Denver since 2017, were eager to get inside and show off the handsewn cloaks bustling with…