Tag: Video
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Firefighters, families and first responders climb Red Rocks stairs in annual 9/11 stair climb event
Around 2,200 participants ascended Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s challenging stairs for the 17th annual Colorado 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, many donning full fire protective garb on a warm September day in Morrison, Colo. This year’s event was the largest in the country and raised around $110,000 for two charities—FDNY Counseling Services Unit and the National Fallen…
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Not Tom Cruise or window washers; these DTC high-rise ropers raise money for cancer nonprofit
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Near the bustling Denver Tech Center stretch of I-25, about 120 people — and the Nuggets’ mascot — are rappelling a 19-story hotel in the Denver Tech Center this week. Put on by Over the Edge, an…
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Trending video shows man hanging onto the back of RTD bus
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A trending video posted to Reddit on Monday appears to show a man holding on to the outside of a Regional Transportation District bus while it traveled along U.S. Route 36. The video posted to r/boulder has more than 1,300 upvotes and dozens of comments…
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Gov. Polis, other leaders unveil new fast-charging electric vehicle station
While consumer concerns surrounding electric vehicles’ viability on long road trips may remain, Colorado officials are doing their best to assuage them. Gov. Jared Polis, alongside the Colorado Energy Office’s Will Toor, CDOT’s Shoshana Lew and ChargePoint’s Justin Wilson, on Monday unveiled a new station in a Wheat Ridge Target shopping center parking lot that…
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Gov. Polis pardons four turkeys, highlighting Colorado ag
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For the second year running, Gov. Jared Polis pardoned several turkeys raised in the state in a small ceremony at the historic Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion. The four birds pardoned, Lady Riketa Featherington, Dinger, Rockette and Fred, were named, “in a fair and free election,” among the Governor’s staff, Polis joked. Polis, flanked…
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Xavier Becerra visits Denver neighborhoods dealing with pollution
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Close Briana Gonzales, left, and Antonio Rodriguez, right, speak with other attendees of the 2024 Latino Policy Summit held at Metropolitan State University’s Tivoli Turnhalle in Denver on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Tom Hellauer tom.hellauer@denvergazette.com Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save…
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Over 10,000 pounds of trash pulled from South Platte by non-profit this year alone
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Between the tall grasses and rocks of the scenic South Platte River’s banks lies a problem: tens of thousands of pounds of manmade waste ranging from cigarette butts and soda cans to car tires and discarded weapons. Beneath the familiar brick of Denver outdoor icon…
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Disabled students cycle, try archery at new Golden adaptive sports complex
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tom Hellauer/Denver Gazette More than 100 students from Aurora Public Schools had a field day — literally and figuratively — Wednesday at the National Sports Center for the Disabled’s recently-opened complex in Golden, Colo., on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Students, many of whom were disabled,…
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Denver police release security camera footage of fatal robbery shooting
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The Denver Police Department released updated information and released security camera footage Wednesday of an incident in which multiple officers shot a man who was allegedly robbing a convenience store. Officers responded to a report of a potential stabbing and robbery at the 7-Eleven at West 5th Avenue and Federal Boulevard at around 6:50 p.m.…