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Greene: On longing What's moving you in this time of isolation and unrest?
Dear reader,
Tina and I have spent much of the last month knee-deep in documents for a difficult investigative project we’re still piecing together. So...
Griego: No local news is bad news
“Tell me a bit about the broader consequences that we found happen to a community when they lose their sources of local news.”
“Well, there’s...
Coronavirus bills push lobbying to record total in Colorado. Here’s a look at the...
The total spent on lobbying at the Colorado Capitol topped $40 million this session — a record driven in part because of contentious last-minute...
“Bright lights in dark times”
Dear reader,
Our apologies for our recent radio silence. Our new project launch with COLab (the Colorado News Collaborative) has us gathering string and casting nets...
What news collaboration looks – and smells – like
Dear readers,
It had been too long since I smelled a newspaper.
By that, I don’t mean the thing tossed on our front stoops each morning....
Triggered: How one of Colorado’s smallest protests became its most violent
ALAMOSA — The protesters, about a dozen in all, gathered on June 4 in the intersection of State Avenue and Main Street. Like protesters...
Indy wins National Press Foundation’s Carolyn C. Mattingly Award 'The breadth and depth of...
Dear readers,
We’re thrilled to pass on word from the National Press Foundation this morning that The Colorado Independent has won the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for...
How uncovering a small Colorado town’s hushed secret led to redemption and reconciliation in...
Introduction
One cold December evening, a year after a police officer killed a mentally-ill man in the northwest Colorado town of Rangely, the dead man’s...
Rangely police shooting: The truth emerges and the healing begins
RANGELY ̶ Late in the evening, two hours into Monday’s meeting at the community college, Debra Pierce turned and faced the police lieutenant who...
Editor’s column: The stories that must be told
Every story starts with a question.
Sometimes those questions are easy to find the answers to, and sometimes, well, sometimes they’re not.
In this week’s edition...