LOOK: Justina Ford was known as Denver’s “Baby Doctor”
Born on January 22, 1871 in Knoxville, Illinois, Justina Ford moved to Denver in 1902.
By Karl Christian Krumpholz





How to choose a Denver mayor, according to four Denver mayors
“You're executing and overseeing a $3 billion operation, almost 12,000 city employees, including three units that are considered paramilitary.”

City could be in the hole for, well, that big hole from last week
The water line break on 9th Avenue damaged a boiler and flooded the parking garage of a nearby apartment building.

History Colorado wants to sell a historic house in City Park West that used to be home to a miniatures museum
With over 15 million artifacts, photographs, and archival materials, History Colorado is in need of a new Collections Care Facility.

Ava Truckey wants to make social services more accessible
She's running for Council District 1.

Looking for relief? Here are Denver’s best bizarre restrooms
The tour includes toilets with trigger warnings, porta potties and a giant mural of David Bowie.

Denver mayoral candidate Chris Hansen’s homeless plan calls for a reset
He wants to audit what’s working, and what isn’t.

Free skiing and snowboarding return to Ruby Hill Park in Southwest Denver
The Ruby Hill Rail Yard will be open starting Feb. 4 until March.

Home prices may be falling in Denver, but costs are still shutting out many buyers
Home prices are falling and listings are staying on the market longer.

Denver is no longer using city rec centers to shelter migrants
As arrival numbers drop, the city has shifted to working with its partners.

Good news: the giant hole on E. 9th Avenue through Hale is being fixed. Bad news: the street will be closed for days
Denver Water doesn't know exactly how long it'll be closed after a water line broke early Thursday morning and caused a huge crater at the intersection of 9th Avenue and Eudora Street.

(Denver has a) Baby sloth! Zoo-zoo zoo zoo-zoo
And yes, it is adorable.

Do Denver’s Fair Elections Fund candidates have to return unspent money or can they keep it?
Hint: The program is not a cash grab.

Things to do in Denver this weekend, Feb. 3-5
Black History Month events, food, music and more!

Ways to celebrate Black History Month in Denver
Here's how you can celebrate Black culture and history and support Black businesses and creators all month long.

A Denver landscaping firm denied more than $200,000 in overtime wages to temporary workers
The U.S. Labor Department recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars from Grandview Landscaping Inc. it denied to temporary immigrant workers.

A water line break opened a massive hole at E. 9th Avenue and Eudora Street
You should probably avoid the area near the Rose Medical Center and find an alternate way home if you live nearby.

Denver Police is launching a dedicated fentanyl investigative unit
DPD cites an “ever-increasing epidemic of fentanyl distribution” as the reason for the team’s creation.

Andy Rougeot has lots of money, few donors and an uphill-looking battle to be Denver’s next mayor
If elected, he would hire 400 additional police officers, speed up permitting, cut regulations on new development and enforce the urban camping ban that makes unsheltered homelessness an arrestable offense.

Denver’s paying out another $1 million in matching campaign contributions, giving some mayoral campaigns a major boost
Nine of the 17 mayoral candidates are getting money in the January round of Fair Elections Fund disbursements.

Teen to be sentenced for 2020 Green Valley Ranch arson that killed 5 from Senegal
The fire killed five people, including a toddler.