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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

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

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

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

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

With Family Missing in Ethiopia’s Civil War, Denver Woman Says Her ‘Mind is the Hardest Place to Be’

Dec 23, 2020

Millete Birhanemaskel, a refugee, long-time Denver resident and businesswoman, grappled with 2020 as many others have:

Colorado’s Behavioral Health Chief Opens Up About His Own Severe Depression

Dec 17, 2020

Some words fail us, and for Robert Werthwein, “depression” is one of them. The 41-year-old director of Colorado’s

For One Lakewood Family, Mental Health Difficulties Aren’t Just About 2020

Dec 12, 2020

They love each other. That should go without saying. They have, in fact, gone through hell and back for one another —

What Can’t Be Washed Off: Psychiatrist Absorbs Her Patients’ Pain

Dec 11, 2020

Dr. Patricia Westmoreland washes her hands 20 to 30 times each day she does rounds at the Medical Center of Aurora.

On Edge: Personal Stories

Dec 6, 2020

A statewide series on how the recent confluence of crises has tested Coloradans’ mental

On Edge: Personal Stories

A statewide series on how the recent confluence of crises has tested Coloradans’ mental

First, COVID Took His Friends, Then It Took His Health

Eddie Kemm found the pool table early in the pandemic. It was the second one he had scouted after the governor’s

A Denver COVID Survivor Finds Her Footing Amid Her Fears

Until this year, Elizabeth Torres would not have called herself a particularly anxious person. Stressed, sure. Who

The Splotch: In a Rural Community Plagued by Drought, Stigma Won’t Be Easy to Overcome

EADS – “The Splotch,” as some here call the brown mark on the map they check weekly, is the color of

Colorado’s Shadow Epidemic: Mental Health Needs Are Testing Frayed Safety Nets

On Denver’s west side, an elderly man had been managing his solitude just fine until the pandemic hit, taking with it

Election 2022

Nov 26, 2020

Flooding targeted communities of interest with factual information and journalism to help combat mis- and

Triggered

How One of Colorado’s Smallest Protests Became Its Most

COVID Diaries Colorado: A Day in the Pandemic

On April 16, scores of reporters from across Colorado set out to find how people were

News Team

Helping newsrooms across Colorado grow stronger with reporting, editing, and hands-on

Inside the News

Nov 25, 2020

Lifting the curtain on how newsrooms make decisions that shape what you read, see and

COVID Coverage

COLab and its partners are reporting on the pandemic’s economic impact, public health challenges, and its spotlight

Highlighting our News Partners

A sampling of the fantastic work from newsrooms across

Election 2020

Nov 24, 2020

In the run up to the 2020 election, Colorado newsrooms joined forces to inform citizens

News Voices: Colorado

Nov 23, 2020

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

Misinformation Watch Colorado

Nov 22, 2020

Equipping Colorado newsrooms and the public with the tools and knowledge to fight the spread of viral online

Got Voting Questions? We’ve Got Answers.

Oct 27, 2020

County clerks started mailing ballots last Friday for the Nov. 3 election. With national concern about the integrity of

How to Tell Who’s Behind Political Messages Flooding Screens in Colorado Ahead of the 2020 Election

Oct 21, 2020

The political ads appearing on TV and social media and arriving in mailboxes are designed to influence voters, but the

Interactive Statewide Voter Guide for Colorado

Oct 16, 2020

Contributing partners: 5280, 9 News, AP, Asian Avenue Magazine, Aspen Times, CBS 4, Chalkbeat Colorado, COLab, Colorado

Eight Months Into Pandemic, Blind Coloradans Still Cannot Access Some State and County COVID Information

Oct 15, 2020

‘Accessibility and the thought of blind people doesn’t occur.

Covid-19’s Ongoing Reach Into Colorado’s Latino Community Stretches Far and Deep

Oct 12, 2020

In each of the state's 16 epidemiological regions, Latinos have tested positive at rates exceeding — sometimes

Test of Colorado Mail Finds Delivery Is Timely — Most of the Time

Sep 12, 2020

The Postal Service acknowledged nationwide delivery slowdowns in a report to Congress late last month. Those slowdowns

As Donald Trump Pushes Disinformation, Colorado Election Officials Reassure Public on Voting

Sep 8, 2020

The president’s tweets are creating questions about mail-in ballots and the Postal Service even in states with

Gardner and Hickenlooper Have Dual Personalities When It Comes To TV Ads and Campaign Emails

Sep 4, 2020

A Colorado News Collaborative analysis found Colorado's U.S. Senate candidates are far more partisan in emails, which

Triggered: How One of Colorado’s Smallest Protests Became Its Most Violent

Jun 27, 2020

ALAMOSA — The protesters, about a dozen in all, gathered on June 4 in the intersection of State Avenue and Main

Oil and Gas Donors Become an Issue in Democratic Primary, but Most of the Money Is Flowing to the GOP

Jun 25, 2020

Andrew Romanoff is criticizing his opponent in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary for accepting money from oil and gas

With Thursday’s Supreme Court Ruling on DACA Comes More Time, But No Less Uncertainty

Jun 18, 2020

Five DACA recipients talk about their long, rocky path toward a future as

At nearly every turn in Denver, protesters confront a reason to march

Jun 11, 2020

The marches open a window to institutional racism and the specific ways it has shaped the

By Marching in Denver, a Girl Finds Her Way to “Matter”

Jun 4, 2020

Jayla Felix took a bus and then light rail from east Aurora to Denver Sunday to see black lives mattering in person. By

COVID Diaries Colorado: A Westside Pastor Still Holding Services — 10 People at a Time

Apr 28, 2020

About this story: On Thursday, April 16, twenty-two Colorado news organizations sought to capture a snapshot in the day

COVID Diaries Colorado: For DACA Recipient, Pandemic Brings Uncertainty on Top of Uncertainty

Apr 27, 2020

Marissa Molina awakened at 7:42 a.m. on the 41st day sequestered at home as she does many mornings now — panicked. It

11:30 p.m.: Dr. Mercedes Rincon’s Home Office, Aurora

Apr 23, 2020

For nearly three decades, Dr. Mercedes Rincon has studied a molecule so obscure and unremarkable that even her

6:30 p.m.: Home of Cat and Zach Garcia, Aurora

Apr 22, 2020

Adilene Guajardo, Denver7 – thedenverchannel.com Cat Garcia had been waiting for the call from the nurses at the

5 p.m.: Fire Station 52, Brighton

Apr 21, 2020

Liam Adams, MetroWest Newspapers – thebrightonblade.com Capt. Colin Brunt climbed into Brighton Fire Rescue Tower

4:44 p.m.: Masjid Al-Shuhada, Downtown Denver

Apr 20, 2020

Victoria Carodine, 5280 – 5280.com In a building that can hold up to 200 praying together, Imam Muhammad Kolila

2:30 p.m.: Home of Arapahoe County Coroner Dr. Kelly Lear, Centennial

Apr 19, 2020

Kevin Vaughan, 9NEWS – 9news.com Arapahoe County coroner Dr. Kelly Lear was at home, in jeans and a turtleneck

2 p.m.: On the Road From Steamboat Springs to Oak Creek

Apr 18, 2020

Jennifer Brown, Colorado Sun – coloradosun.com Nolan Christopher Dreher’s parents tucked him into his car seat

1:30 p.m.: Self-Storage Locker, Grand Junction

Apr 17, 2020

Andrew Kenney, CPR News – cpr.org The self-storage yard was empty when Dawna Numbers arrived.  The rain had

12:20 p.m., St. Joseph Hospital Emergency Room, Denver

Apr 16, 2020

Claire Cleveland, CPR News – cpr.org It was another quiet day in the E.R., and the nurses gathered as they

Noon: Parking Lot of the El Jebel Laundromat, Eagle County

Apr 15, 2020

Scott Condon, The Aspen Times – aspentimes.com Fabiola Grajales waited for the nose swab that would tell her

11:15 a.m.: Avery Parsons Elementary School, Buena Vista

Apr 14, 2020

Jan Wondra, Ark Valley Voice – arkvalleyvoice.com The vehicles pulled into the parking lot on the west side

9:10 a.m.: Denver City and County Building

Apr 13, 2020

Conrad Swanson, The Denver Post – denverpost.com Speaking in a basement room of a mostly quiet City and

9 a.m.: Office in the Former Morris Elementary School, Yuma

Apr 12, 2020

Jesse Paul, Colorado Sun – coloradosun.com The president of the United States was on the line again.  U.S.

8 a.m.: COVID-19 Unit, St. Joseph Hospital, Denver

Apr 11, 2020

Kelley Griffin, CPR News – cpr.org Dr. Peter Stubenrauch reviewed patients’ charts with his medical team during

7 a.m.: Venture For Success Preparatory Learning Center, Denver

Apr 10, 2020

Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat – co.chalkbeat.org Dressed in purple scrub pants and a coordinated print top, Catherine

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