The Front Range Air and Space Port's control tower on a clear night. March 11, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Colorado’s getting a spaceport! To go with its massive military-focused aerospace industry!

So you want to be an aerospace engineer.

Artist's rendering of Mission Ballroom at the North Wynkoop Development. (Works Progress Architecture)

Mission Ballroom, Denver’s fancy new North Wynkoop venue from AEG, will open Aug. 7

AEG is also taking a shot at making buying tickets less demoralizing.

Denver Elections judges run a counting machine at the division's downtown headquarters, Oct. 31, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

2019 Denver election guide: Denver’s two ballot initiatives

Voters will decide on whether to overturn the urban camping ban and decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms.

Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila celebrates Mass in the Samaritan House Women's Shelter chapel during the grand opening event on August 24, 2017, in Denver, Colorado. (Photo courtesyThe Catholic Alliance)

Family services suspended during renovations at Samaritan House

More rooms for families will be available when the work is done.

A display of newspaper clippings and flyers from Denver's Chicano movement, arranged by Emanuel Martinez and on display in his Morrison studio, March 15, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

50 years since the Denver West High Blowouts, the school and the Chicano movement have come a long way

“It was like a wildfire that just started to consume, travel across the states saying, ‘We have a right to stand up, we have a right to live a life that we have justice and equality and it’s not going to happen because someone feels sorry for us.’ It’s going to happen when we stand up, when we say ‘¡Ya basta! No more. We’re not doing this anymore.’”

Jesse Lyon interviews Richard Martin for the annual point-in-time survey at the Denver Rescue Mission, Jan. 30, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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The new executive director of Metro Denver Homeless Initiative is a stubborn optimist

He has a community mental health background.

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SAME Cafe's new food truck, March 15, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

SAME Café’s mission is going mobile

A pay-what-you-can food truck is set to hit the road in the spring.

A vigil for the victims of a massacre at a Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque at the Colorado Muslim Society, March 16, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Colorado’s largest mosque to rethink security following white supremacist massacre in New Zealand

“This was a hard 24 hours for a lot of people.”

Gov. Jared Polis announces a lawsuit against the federal Justice Department for withholding grant money bound for state police departments, March 12, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Gov. Polis signs law on presidential electors

The bill would have Colorado join others in casting their presidential electoral votes for the winner of the national popular vote.

Election

The Denver ballot lottery is like Mega Millions, except if you win, you might get to govern

Candidates whose names appear first on the ballot tend to win runoff elections, but it's no silver bullet.

Housing near Union Station, seen from atop the DaVita Kidney Care building downtown, Sept. 9, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Metro Denver landlords bowl to raise money for nonprofit that helps families experiencing homelessness

The Apartment Association of Metro Denver held a bowling tournament that raised over $34,000 for Family Homestead.

The day she announced her stay of deportation, Jeanette Vizguerra visits Ingrid Encalada, who is still in sanctuary, May 12, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Jeanette Vizguerra is suing ICE

Her attorneys allege ICE has “carried out a years-long campaign” against her. She applied for a U visa for victims of certain crimes about six years ago, but the application is still pending as the expiration o her stay of deportation fast approaches.