Three Bullets to the Back
Apr 6, 2021
The Striking Silence Around a Police Killing in Small-town Colorado
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Award-Winning Investigative Reporter John Ferrugia Joins COLab
Mar 18, 2021
Veteran award-winning investigative reporter John Ferrugia is joining COLab, the Colorado News Collaborative, a new nonprofit coalition of journalists from more than 100 news outlets statewide. Ferrugia will help local
Help and Hope for Mental Health
Mar 18, 2021
Coloradans joined in a statewide conversation on mental health during these challenging times. 9News and the rest of the Colorado News Collaborative presented a one-hour statewide conversation about mental health as
Three Bullets to the Back: The Striking Silence Around a Police Killing in Small-town Colorado
Mar 11, 2021
KIOWA COUNTY, Colo. – Nearly a year has passed since the local undersheriff and a rookie deputy gunned down handyman Zach Gifford in this Eastern Plains county where trust in law
After Wanting to Die, Learning to Live
Jan 29, 2021
Navee Essien has grown up keenly aware of her gifts. More times than she can count, people have reminded the senior at Aurora’s Rangeview High how fortunate she is to
How Friendship Can Be a Mental-Health Safety Net
Jan 26, 2021
It started about four years ago when Laurel Carpenter and Melissa Humphrey bought matching parkas and then matching comfort shoes. Soon enough, the nurses-slash-best friends from Grand Junction found themselves
For Tylan Jones, Anxiety is Also a Battle Between Optimism and Pessimism
Jan 21, 2021
Tylan Jones is not naive. He is a 20-year-old Black man living in the United States. This reality does not easily accommodate naivete. When he was in middle school, he
Veteran Paramedic Grapples With COVID’s Toll on His Lungs and Sense of Self
Jan 13, 2021
Even now, nearly three months after COVID invaded his body, Jason McGinnis cannot stop asking himself how he contracted the virus. On its face, the answer seems clear: He’s a
When Politics Feels Like a Moral Injury
Jan 7, 2021
Scott Zayatz upped his dosage of antidepression and antianxiety medication in early spring when the pandemic started clobbering the nation and the presidential race, post-primary, turned foul. The 43-year-old news
In the Wake of Furloughs, Closings, Suicides, a Mountain Town Businessman Searches for Balance
Dec 30, 2020
Dick Carleton came to Breckenridge from Virginia when he was 24. He had a business degree from Virginia Tech, a ‘69 Volkswagen bug, $100 and three friends willing to share
