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Rain or Shine, Oaxaca in Denver festival continues in Westwood
Though many Coloradans may call Oaxaca home, the Mexican city is 2,000 miles away from Denver. On Saturday, an event was held in the Westwood neighborhood to honor and celebrate Oaxacan culture.Inside Re:Vision's Art and Cultural Center a taste of Oaxaca is unfolding.Mariana Del Hierro, executive director for Re:Vision, says this is part of their cultural event series. Re:Vision is a nonprofit that aims to work with communities impacted by social inequities."With these cultural celebrations, we not only highlight the beauty of Mexican culture, but it also creates a space for our vendors to really create that local economy and...
Wet weather perfect for some businesses, not so great for others
DENVER — A decades-old Denver bookstore is back open after a grand reopening on a chilly, wet day Saturday. The Bookies is now in a stand-alone building at the corner of South Holly Street and East Evans Avenue, after 40 years on East Mississippi Avenue. “It’s a big move,”...
Denver Weather forecast: Morning sun, afternoon showers, and a glimpse of warmer days
DENVER — THE FORECAST BY: Meteorologist Chris Bianchi. FORECAST AT A GLANCE: A gloomy start to our Sunday should give way to at least a bit of sunshine later this morning in the Denver area before more showers and storms this afternoon, though these won't produce nearly as much rain as what we saw on Friday and Saturday.
Three homes struck by lightning in Colorado, some public transportation suspended
On April 25 at about 4 p.m., North Metro Fire Rescue District responded to a structure fire in Broomfield, with suspicion that the fire was started by lightning that was present in the area. Family members were at home when the fire started, able to call 911 and also able to safely evacuate from the home with their dogs without injury. Denver's 9News has since confirmed the strike, noting that two other Denver metro area homes were also struck about 30 minutes later – one...
A new barbershop in Denver is staffed with formerly incarcerated people
(CNN) — ”This is nerve-wracking,” James Canody exclaimed — through an exhale — of his new job as an apprentice at the Denver-based business R&R Head Labs. When speaking with CNN, Canody had been working as an apprentice at the barbershop for 13 days.
Denver federal grand jury indicts four more conspirators in elaborate tax fraud scheme
(The Center Square) – A federal grand jury in Denver charged four people with conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday. A superseding indictment was returned alleging Marcia Predmore, Roderick Prescott, Suzanne Thompson and Weldon Wulstein conspired with Larry Conner and Timothy McPhee, who were indicted in September 2023 on federal fraud charges for allegedly assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns. McPhee, from Estes Park, was also charged with his spouse for evading personal...
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