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Law enforcement officers have shot and killed 17 Coloradans this year. What warrants the use of force, what are the alternatives?
By Robert Tann Summit Daily News (Via AP Storyshare) The July 9 police shooting and death of 18-year-old Summit High School graduate Charlie Foster marks the 17th police shooting in Colorado this year. Officers claim Foster, who was said to…
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Tyranny of Talent
“I was no f***ing prodigy!” This surprising declaration was seethed by pianist Ruth Slenczynska in response to the innocent query, “What was it like to be a child prodigy?” This incident was more than 30 years ago at a master…
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Building Bridges with CAAAS: A conversation with Dr. Rabaka
Yellow Scene spoke with Dr. Rabaka about the recently opened CAAAS —Center for African & African American Studies — the first of its kind in the Boulder area. Dr. Rabaka is not only the Director of CAAAS, and also the…
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Behavioral health and wellness program expanded for tribal students, staff
Story by Emma VandenEinde/ Mountain West News Bureau and KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) The Bureau of Indian Education recently extended a five-year contract of a program that provides additional mental health resources for tribal youth, impacting more than 100 tribal…
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Stimulants and survival: Unhoused Coloradans turn to methamphetamine as a form of protection
Alison Berg is a journalist at Rocky Mountain PBS. You can reach her at [email protected]. Zach Ben-Amots is an investigative multimedia journalist at Rocky Mountain PBS. You can reach him at [email protected]. Via AP Storyshare COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Stephen…
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The Dacono Files Part 3: New Horizons
How a small-town church supported the push to oust Dacono’s former city manager. “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Mark 12:17. Outside of Dacono’s city government, another influential force was…
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Weld County Commissioner Lori Saine Reassigned from Department Oversight Duties for Ethical Conflicts
Weld County Commissioner Lori Saine Reassigned from Department Oversight Duties for Ethical Conflicts Weld County Commissioner Lori Saine was reassigned from her departmental oversight duties during a regularly scheduled commission meeting on July 19 for alleged ethical conflicts, sources told…
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Investigation into Erie Cheer Coach Concludes with No Charges Despite Multiple Credible Allegations
Editor’s note: This piece has been edited to further hide identities of those involved. The allegations National championships, missing funds, and verbal abuse all sound like a headline ripped from an NCAA scandal but in fact are alleged to be…
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Boulder County Jail struggles to implement Colorado mental health law limiting solitary confinement
By John Herrick, Boulder Reporting Lab (Via AP Storyshare) In 2021, Colorado lawmakers passed a law that restricts holding people with a diagnosed mental illness in solitary confinement, part of a push in legislatures across the country to curb a…
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