Listen: Investigation Shows Mental Health Centers Fail to Meet Community Need

Apr 29, 2022

Colorado has among the highest rates of mental illness in the country, yet it has one of the lowest rates when it comes

Inside the News: Judge & Attorney General Try To Stop Denver Gazette From Publishing a Story. Paper Fights Back.

‘Went about it the way I did’ Update, 5:15 p.m. Friday: The attorney general’s office says it will not appeal a

Colorado Lawmakers Aim To Protect Mental Health Therapists From Billing Headaches, Clawbacks After a Rough Year

Apr 25, 2022

Two bills with bipartisan support would help therapists in private practice who are fed up with the convoluted Medicaid

Eastern Plains County Settles Cop-Killing Case for $9.5 Million

Apr 18, 2022

Kiowa County has reached a $9.5 million settlement with the family of Zach Gifford, the unarmed local handyman its

Inside the News: Rocky Mountain Media Review

Apr 15, 2022

This is a special, expanded edition of the “Inside the News in Colorado” newsletter. Occasionally, I’ll try to

Judge Orders Woodland Park School Board To Comply With Colorado’s Open Meetings Law by Listing Agenda Items ‘Clearly, Honestly and Forthrightly’

Apr 14, 2022

A Teller County District Court judge Friday ordered the Woodland Park school board to comply with the Colorado Open

CORA Exemption Would Protect Colorado Wildlife and Sensitive Plant Species, Proponents Say

Restricting access to certain public records in Colorado will protect the state’s wildlife and sensitive plant

Inside the News: Voters in Estes Park, Colorado Sided With Their Town Over the Local Newspaper

Apr 8, 2022

‘Bad precedent’ In the months leading up to a recent local election, The Estes Park Trail-Gazette newspaper urged

Mind Springs Interim CEO Meets With Eagle County Commissioners

Apr 6, 2022

A delegation from Mind Springs Health, led by Doug Pattison, the interim CEO and CFO, met Monday with the Eagle Board

Summit County Commissioners Take Initial Steps To Cut Ties With Mind Springs Health

Mar 29, 2022

The Summit County commissioners are taking steps to cut ties with Mind Springs Health as community members continue to

Regional Mental Health Centers Are Alarmed by Colorado’s 232-Page Plan To Shake Up the System

The signature piece of legislation to redefine Colorado’s mental health system is a 232-page bill that’s causing

Colorado Legislators Introduce Two Bills To Bolster Access to Behavioral Healthcare Workforce

Lawmakers in the Colorado Senate have introduced a pair of bills aimed at improving access to Colorado’s behavioral

On Edge: Outlets Unite To Take a Closer Look

Mar 20, 2022

Reporters throughout the state work together investigating public and private mental health care in Colorado and

State Hid Findings of “Life-Threatening” Errors at Troubled Mental Health Center

A pattern of “severe, life-threatening” prescription errors by the troubled mental health center responsible for

Think Big: With Increasing Community Needs, Aurora Mental Health Center Says the Time To Build Is Now

For years, Aurora Mental Health Center has been fighting a battle of supply and demand. While services offered through

Small Business Tax Credit for Local News Advertising Advances in Colorado House

Mar 12, 2022

A committee of state lawmakers Thursday endorsed a tax credit for small businesses that spend money to advertise in

Inside the News: That ‘Local News’ Bill Has Advanced in Colorado — But It Looks Very Different

Mar 11, 2022

‘Media outlets are not the direct beneficiary’ A panel of Colorado lawmakers this week gave preliminary approval to

Lawmakers Seek Audit of Community Mental Health Centers

Mar 9, 2022

The Legislative Audit Committee authorized the state auditor to draft a bill that would investigate 17 nonprofit

Inside the News: A Reformed Oath Keeper Militia Spokesman Runs a Local News Substack in Estes Park

‘Things are ramping up’ Northern Colorado resident Jason Van Tatenhove might be on his way to becoming something of

Inside the News: Denver is Newsbreak’s ‘Test Market’

Feb 25, 2022

Plus, 9News gets sold to a hedge fund, KUNC reflects on ‘the legacy of racist Colorado media coverage,’ Denver

Listen: Reflecting on the Legacy of Racist Colorado Media Coverage, and Correcting It Today

Feb 23, 2022

Media in Colorado and across the country has a long history of harming communities of color. In the 19th and 20th

Judge: Redacted Portions of Tay Anderson Investigative Report Won’t Be Disclosed

Feb 16, 2022

Redacted portions of an investigator’s report on sexual misconduct allegations against Denver school board member Tay

CFOIC, Other Groups Seek Colorado Supreme Court Review of Ruling That Makes Attorneys Liable for Statements Made to News Media

The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and other organizations are asking the state’s highest court to review

Inside the News: Hedge-fund TV News Ownership Coming for 9News in Denver?

Feb 11, 2022

Also, the Springs alt-weekly slashes at The Gazette, KUNC ousted a longtime news leader, Colorado's (maybe) first-ever

Boulders Largest Mental Health Provider Cuts Emergency Services as the Community Endures Compounding Crises

Mental Health Partners, a private nonprofit serving Boulder County, has abruptly closed its weekend walk-in crisis

House Committee Passes Bill To Create Free Website for Colorado High-Court Opinions

With civil court records now free to access online in Colorado, the state may soon also post the text of high-court

Inside the News: A Colorado Legislator Pushes a Law ‘Supporting Local Media’

Feb 4, 2022

Democratic Rep. Lisa Cutter, who was responsible for our state’s relatively new media literacy program, had an idea

Novel City Program Works To Draw Some Criminal Suspects Into Mental Health Treatment To Keep Them From Coming Back

Jan 27, 2022

On a recent Monday morning, Chief Defender Doug Wilson said six of the eight inmates in the Aurora municipal jail were

Colorado Judicial Branch Considers Opening Records on Completed Personnel Investigations

Jan 24, 2022

Amid multiple probes into allegations of employee misconduct, the Colorado Judicial Department is considering a new

Editorial: Our View — Mind Springs’ Work Is Too Important Not To Pay Attention

Jan 20, 2022

Newfound attention has landed on Mind Springs Health after an investigative series from the Colorado News Collaborative

Proposed Rules for Colorado Ethics Commission ‘Limit Transparency and Public Oversight’

Jan 6, 2022

The constitutionally created state commission that investigates allegations of ethical misconduct by public officials

Embattled Western Slope Mental Health Executive Resigns. Polis Appoints New State Mental Health Chief.

Jan 4, 2022

Mind Springs President and CEO Sharon Raggio stepped down Tuesday, Jan. 4. Her resignation after 14 years in the

Everything You Need To Know About Voting in Colorado’s 2022 Elections

Election Day is Nov. 8 this year, but since every eligible registered Colorado voter will receive a mail ballot in

CFOIC’s 2021 Year in Review: Sole Finalists, Internal Affairs Records, Body-cam Footage, Peace Officer Database, Disinformation, a Judge’s Order to ‘Be Kind’

Dec 28, 2021

Court rulings top CFOIC’s 2021 list of Colorado transparency highlights and lowlights, with the most impactful paving

Solvista Health: “We Know Who We Are and What We Stand For”

Dec 23, 2021

Part I of a two-part On-Edge Series about Solvista Health. A conversation with Solvista Heath Centers CEO Brian Turner

Revelations About Mind Springs Necessitate Change

The extensive investigative reporting by the Colorado News Collaborative in Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Sentinel

The Trouble with Mind Springs

Two counties are breaking from their mental health provider. Others are taking

Our Community Mental Health Centers Are Broken. The State Wants To Give Them Millions More.

Dec 17, 2021

For more than three years now, Gazette reporters have been tracking the crisis in mental health care in Colorado. In a

Colorado’s Mental Health System Is “Broken.” An Audit Could Reveal Why, and What To Do About It.

Dec 16, 2021

As state policymakers and media outlets scrutinize Colorado’s mental health system, the head of a trade group

Editorial: ‘Mental Health Will Drive You Mad’

Dec 10, 2021

We’re bringing you the latest installment in the “On Edge” series from the Colorado News Collaborative this week.

News Organizations’ Court Filing Argues for Disclosure of Redacted Portions of Tay Anderson Investigative Report

Dec 8, 2021

An attorney for The Denver Post and The Denver North Star explained in a new court filing why the news organizations

On Edge: Mental Healthcare Safety Net Failing in Aurora, Across Colorado

Dec 6, 2021

Aurora Mental Health Center officials are fast to offer a short list of critical observations about their industry and

On Edge: The Initial Investigation

COLab exposes decades of problems within Colorado’s publicly funded mental health safety-net system, including at one

On Edge: Mental Health in Colorado

Dec 2, 2021

Our investigation into Colorado’s safety net system. And our profiles of Coloradans facing challenges in a time of

CFOIC’s New Online Guide to Colorado’s Sunshine Laws

Nov 11, 2021

Bookmark it. Use it. Share it. For the first time, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition’s sunshine laws

The Voices Initiative

Nov 8, 2021

How do we transform local news so that it’s more inclusive and better serves

Media News for Everyone

Nov 7, 2021

Information to help Coloradans think critically about

Depleted Workforce, Housing Plague Aspen as Ski Season Looms

Nov 3, 2021

It’s the housing shortage, stupid. That’s the chief culprit for the labor woes hitting Aspen and other

Watch — The Time is Right Now: A Community Conversation with Black Voices

Sep 21, 2021

On Sept. 21, Coloradans joined in for a two-hour panel discussion and community conversation centered on the

Read the Report — ‘The Time is Right Now:’ A Call to Action from Black Coloradans for Anti-Racist and Just Local News

Sep 16, 2021

In early 2021, News Voices: Colorado — a collaboration among the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab), Colorado Media

Judge Dismisses News Organizations’ Lawsuit Seeking Disclosure of Child-Abuse Hotline Statistics for State-Licensed Facilities

Sep 8, 2021

A judge dismissed a lawsuit brought against a state agency by 9NEWS and The Colorado Sun, ruling that a statute

Colorado News Conservancy

May 18, 2021

A first-in-the-nation effort to keep newspapers locally owned and

Kiowa County’s Sheriff Resigns Amid Controversy Around Fatal Shooting

May 5, 2021

Casey Sheridan has announced his resignation as Kiowa County sheriff a year after two of his officers gunned down an

Deputy Accused of Killing Unarmed Man Had History of Using Deadly Force

May 4, 2021

Kiowa County’s sheriff ignored questionable incidents, records

Watch — Latinx Voices: The Past as Prologue

Apr 9, 2021

The story of the relationship between local journalism and Colorado’s Latinx community is complicated,

Three Bullets to the Back

Apr 6, 2021

The Striking Silence Around a Police Killing in Small-town

Inside the News: He Streamed the Boulder Shooting Scene for Hours. Was He a ‘Journalist?’ Does It Matter?

Mar 24, 2021

Typically, when Dean Schiller is looking to film law enforcement activity, he seeks something out by listening to a

Inside the News: Why You See That Unseemly ‘Sponsored Content’ Alongside Colorado News Stories

Feb 25, 2021

The other day, while reading the local newspaper on my iPhone, I actually stopped to think about something I typically

Inside the News: Some Colorado Newspapers are Rethinking Criminal Justice Coverage

Feb 5, 2021

In 1864, when U.S. cavalry troops slaughtered more than 100 Cheyenne and Arapaho in what became known as the Sand Creek

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