LOOK: Our favorite photos of the year
There’s just so much to behold! Scroll and you will find some lovely images that, by sheer statistics, you’ll find resonates with at least one of your soft spots.
A massive protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline, which would cut through Indian Country in North Dakota, at the capitol on Sept. 8, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Look, it’s possible the sheer massive number of images on this page might be slow for you, but it’s worth the corn-dogged wait. There’s just so much to behold! Scroll and you will find some lovely images that, by sheer statistics, you’ll find resonates with at least one of your soft spots.
Isabella Smith smiles during a Thanksgiving meal drive by the Epworth Foundation. Nov. 11, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Esteemed elder Ms. Isetta Crawford Rawls watches from behind the curtain during the first night of Kwanzaa at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre, Dec. 26, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Paul Tamburello, Pene Doubleday and Axie Blondon of So Let's Roll pose for a photo. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Mandi McKeon helps her son Sullivan reach the waterfall where the Cherry Creek meets the South Platte during Riverfest at Confluence Park. June 25, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Master Organist Norm Sutphin at the keys. Christmas Eve at Trinity United Methodist Church, 2016, their 152nd anniversary. (Kevin J.Beaty/Denverite)
Colorado elector Polly Baca speaks to the media at the Colorado Capitol. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Will, who is camping in Denver despite a local ban, in his tent under a blizzard. Dec. 17, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Eden Crosby at the Denver Pavilions holiday carousel. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Black Girls Jump, an organization committed to promoting active lifestyles for kids, bounces around Five Points' Sonny Lawson Park. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
The National Anthem plays as hundreds gather to watch the Colorado Electoral College vote, Dec. 19, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Lumenati co-founder Scott McDonald at his company's new workspace. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Tonestus Pygmaeus, known as the pygmy goldenweed, collected on Mt. Goliath Aug. 18, 1982. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Town Center at Aurora brought Santa to kids with special needs. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Charles Burrell at home. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Randy Wilson holds up a bag of jewelry at Dickensheet and Associate's auction. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
The team behind the GOES-S weather satellite in Lockheed Martin’s Centennial cleanroom. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
A man who goes by "Possum" signs a written warning to vacate. Protestors who have set up camp in front of the City and County Building to denounce Denver's urban camping ban are removed by police. Nov. 29, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Juan Garcia in his bodega. Small Business Saturday. Nov. 26, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
A view down Colfax, featuring the Lion's Lair, Pete's Kitchen, the Satire Lounge and John's Liquors. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Kammie in her Denver home, where she lives with five indoor cats and four feral cats. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
A supermoon, seen from Red Rocks. Nov. 14, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
JROTC students stand in formation during the Veterans Day parade at Civic Center Park. Nov. 12, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
A couple of beer-loving folks hang in hammocks at Beerliner and Chill. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Jonathon Leddy (left) and Matt Callaway carry an enormous Trump/Pence sign down the 16th Street Mall. A passerby gives Leddy a high five. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Matthew McGregor, president of the Boise Beardsmen, competed in the Great American Beard and Moustache Championship at Summit Music Hall Saturday. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Danny Tims Jr., who has lived in Civic Center Park for the last month and was hired by Denver Day Works. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Rob Mies holds Camilla, the megabat flying fox (Pteropus) at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
TJ Vong, bar lead at Curio, pours a drink at Central Market. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Monmay Baniya sits in a circle of singing ladies. The Hindu Durga Puja celebration held in Aurora's Lowry Park pavilion by the local community of Bhutanese/Nepali refugees. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Mike Pence speaks to crowd after Town Hall at Mile High Station. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Folsom Field, as seen reflected in Ralphie the mascot's eye. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Upstairs at the Denver County Fair's Kitten Pavilion, this sphinx cat. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Point guard Emmanuel Mudiay speaks to reporters during Denver Nuggets press day, Sept. 26, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Francis Fontonia and her nephew Petros in Fontonia's house of flowers. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Julia Brown receives butterfly arm paint at the Child Rescue Foundation stand outside of the Cherry Creek Public Library. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Liberal and conservative supporters clash outside the Western Conservative Summit at the Colorado Convention Center on July 1, 2016. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
Shirlea Neal (left) and Rita Roberts dine at the Welton Street Cafe. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Nolan Arenado and a bunch of tacos. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Denver Justice Project co-founder Alex Landau speaks at a protest outside the City and County Building before a City Council meeting discussing the status of the Office of the Independent Monitor. Aug. 15, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Darryl Glenn speaks at the Red State Gathering in downtown Denver. August 12, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Esmeralda Aguilar outside her home in Elyria Swansea. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
The Bannock Street Criterium. July 31, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty)
Dr. Steven Lee watches "The Martian" during a Denver Film Society event at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Lee is Department Chair & Curator of Planetary Science at the museum and his work focuses on the interaction of surface and atmosphere on Mars. Needless to say he was the keynote presenter after the film, discussing the planet's weather and geography differ from the on-screen depiction. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Tamara Door, President and CEO of the Downtown Denver Partnership speaks about the organization's vision for the city in the next year. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Protestors from Black Lives Matter march through downtown Denver Thursday night. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Naureen Singh looks back at the crowd during the Vaisakhi celebration. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Jake Johns, a comic book collector for 40 years, lives his dream job organizing Mile High Comics' collection that holds an estimated 1,373,400 issues. The company is America's largest comics dealer. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Erigeron eximius, a wild daisy variety, found near Empire, Colo., on Aug. 22, 1999. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Meet the Colorado Blind Bowling Association, the Saturday league that has rolled for 50 years
Crown Lanes, on Federal Boulevard, is a bowling alley that has become a home for adaptive athletes.
Mayor Mike Johnston re-appoints Hancock-era Sheriff Elias Diggins and Fire Chief Desmond G. Fulton
City Council will make the final decision.
UCHealth says staff cut Indigenous man’s hair out of medical necessity. The family disputes the hospital’s claim.
“They were lying. There’s no breakdown of communication. It is just lies."
Friday’s snowy forecast leads to overnight shelter activation
With snow and low temperatures, the city will provide overnight accommodations from 7 p.m. Friday night to 7 a.m. Saturday morning.
Things to do in Denver this weekend, Dec. 8-10
Enjoy taking photos with Santa, decorating holiday cookies, or a Denver Nuggets game this weekend.
Here’s what Denver might do with another $1.15 million on the 16th Street Mall
A city council committee approved a contract that would continue the redesign of the area.
Denver police shot and injured a man who they worried was reaching for a gun they’d seen in his waistband
The man has been released from the hospital and charged with unlawfully carrying a firearm.
Denver is starting to move 200 people from a 20th and Curtis encampment to a converted hotel
It's part of the city's attempt to move 1,000 people indoors by the end of the year.
Migrant arrivals and flu season are straining Denver Health’s resources
The hospital is always busy this time of year, but a surge of patients from other countries means logistical and financial challenges.
Holiday markets and other festive family events in Denver this weekend
Markets in Five Points, Cherry Creek, West Colfax and DTC all happening this weekend.
A behavioral health center needs extra funding to make it through 2024 as some Denverites lose health coverage
Behavioral Health Solutions Center says it will run out of initial city funding in September next year, but federal pandemic recovery funds will bail them out through the end of the year.
Looking to give back this holiday season in Denver? Here are places to volunteer your time and donate clothes, toys and more
The city and many nonprofits are accepting all forms of donations for migrant families and other individuals in need.
Denver says it hired more than 200 people Friday as it looked to increase bilingual staffing at migrant shelters
More than 250 area residents attended Friday's hiring event.
Home sales dropped around Denver in November as high interest rates kept buyers away
The housing market typically slows during winter, but sales were down even more this year.
The next generation of Mexican Cowboys: Colorado youth are embracing the legacy of Charrería
“We call ourselves charros. That’s what we are.”
The Santa Fe Drive micro community in the Overland neighborhood is moving forward after some concessions
Denver City Council approved a contract for the site that includes 60 units, down from 150 originally planned by Mayor Mike Johnston's office.
What happened to the musical rocking chairs outside the Denver Art Museum?
Where’d the multi-colored musical chairs go? We asked the museum and got an answer.
Four days of a conference for Israel, four days of protests for Palestinians: Here’s what we saw
Pro-Palestinian protestors marched, chanted and blocked streets this weekend as the Jewish National Fund USA's Global Conference for Israel was held.
How César Chávez Park got its name
The park on Tennyson Street in Denver had a long history before it was dedicated to the Labor Rights activist.
Over a dozen arrested as pro-Palestinian protesters shut down Speer Blvd.
Protesters rallied against the Jewish National Fund’s Global Conference for Israel, which has been taking place in Denver since Thursday.