Tag: Competition
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Colorado middle schoolers compete in state civics bee finals
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eighteen middle schoolers from across Colorado got the chance to show off their civics knowledge Friday at the 2025 National Civics Bee Colorado State Finals. The annual competition is put on by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce Foundation in partnership with the Daniels Fund and the Civic Trust of…
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Skijoring in Leadville, ‘the purest form of adrenaline’
How does someone train to become a skijoring competitor in Leadville’s annual event dating back to 1949? “You don’t, you just do it,” said Greg Zevick, a racer from Durango. Thousands lined the streets Saturday and Sunday of one of the highest incorporated towns in North America, with Leadville sitting 10,152 feet above sea level,…
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Colorado-based champion figure skater hopes to expand her competitive niche
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A typical day for Dacia Loconte begins well before sunrise, while most of her Mesa Ridge High School classmates are still asleep. A competitive figure skater, Dacia gets up at 4:30 a.m. to train at the Broadmoor World Arena Ice Hall before school. After she has completed her school day, she returns to the arena…
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Rebel Bread to host inaugural Denver Bake Fest on Oct. 7
Denver’s Rebel Bread Owner Zach Martinucci remembers how he got his start in the business — through a competition. So Rebel Bread is cooking up the inaugural Denver Bake Fest — a friendly competition between more than 80 local amateur and professional bakers in six different categories on Oct. 7. “It was this validation that something…
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LIFE | Meet the Wardens, Colorado’s closest thing to real knights
Armored Combat is a competitive international sport that features steel medieval weaponry and armor. The Wardens, Colorado’s Medieval Armored Combat team, have made themselves known this year by qualifying to compete internationally. In April dozens of countries will represent at the Buhurt League World Cup in Prague, what’s been called the Battle of the Nations.…
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The war for talent: Aerospace industry competing with tech giants for top STEM students
Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, U.S. Space Force’s chief of space operations, understands full well the need to replenish his ranks with the country’s best talent, and he knows much of that talent will come from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students. “(STEM students) are critical to the future of space,” Raymond said. But the…
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United States v. DaVita: Preview of groundbreaking white-collar trial in Denver
The nearly three-week criminal trial of Denver-based DaVita, Inc. and its former leader, Kent Thiry, will begin on Monday morning, as prosecutors attempt to prove that a series of agreements between DaVita and its competitors are a novel violation of a century-old antitrust law. The government alleges there were high-level understandings that certain competitor companies…
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Bancroft Park’s self-cleaning restrooms a finalist in bathroom competition
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The TikTok-famous, $300,000 self-cleaning public restrooms in Old Colorado City’s Bancroft Park are once again gaining attention after placing as a finalist in America’s Best Restroom contest. Among 10 finalists, The Bancroft Park bathrooms includes ADA-compliant options, lights that indicate stall availability and hand-wave activated…