Today’s Denvergram
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STAR, the program that diverts some calls away from police, continues to grow
STAR teams have responded to more than 2,000 calls that would have otherwise gone to police or other city agencies.
Catalytic converter thefts continue to rise but bike thefts slightly decrease
Five Points and Central Park continue to be the hardest hit areas for bike and converter thefts, respectively.
Elisabeth Epps, abolitionist and bail reformist, is running to represent part of Denver at the State Capitol
The move is another example of grassroots activism shifting into more traditional centers of power.
Cleaning the 16th Street Mall, James Kinney has seen it all: zombies, a sword-carrying martial artist
“Like a basketball player, a football player, I know my job, and once I get this suit on I’m doing my job."
The National Western Center executives will still pursue its arena after voters deny funding
Voters chose not to fund the arena meant to be the complex's centerpiece earlier this November.
Frida Kahlo is getting the Immersive Van Gogh treatment
This spring, Denverites can immerse themselves in digital recreations of the iconic artist’s work.
Look out! It’s the friendly Highland neighborhood Spider-Man
Spidey isn't hanging from John Bonath's home because he loves superheroes. Spider-Man is a tribute to the neighborhood.
Former Denver Post printing facility officially ‘blighted,’ paving the way for massive redevelopment in Globeville
What does blighted mean again?
Should Denverites be worried about Omicron, the new COVID strain?
The new coronavirus variant was first detected earlier this November in Africa.
Denverites have $1.7 million to spend on projects. Here’s how many sidewalks, bike lanes or street lights that could buy
14 miles of sidewalks? 17 miles of bike lanes? Ten light poles in parks?
Where are the companies behind all these new Denver buildings based?
In the mix: Five Points, Shanghai and Chicago.
Things to do in Denver this weekend, Nov. 26-28
Holiday light shows are here!
What Denver’s exceptionally dry fall means for the future of snow
We talked to an expert.
There won’t be a public Sand Creek Healing Run this year
But this Indigenous man will still be running.
Denver’s creatives found the pandemic as inspiring as a root canal. They’re glad to be back at Drink and Draw.
The hang for local creatives is back, in the basement of the St. Mark's Coffee House.
Denver plans to send large buildings into the warm embrace of renewable electricity
It’s just pushing more lightly than some other deep-blue cities (cough, Berkeley, cough).
From Aurora to Brooklyn, NY Liberty’s Michaela Onyenwere is always moving forward
The New York Liberty forward and Grandview graduate is living her best life.
Andre Lavonn Faggett is one of 500 Denverites who’s secured permanent housing in recent months
A city initiative to house 200 people in 100 days has been a massive success.
Does Denver have a raccoon problem or a Ring problem?
This is a Denverite investigation.